Five Star award winner Jeffrey Feinendegen

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Jeffrey Feinendegen

Managing Partner

TS Financial Group, LLC

1052 N Western Ave

Lake Forest, IL 60045

Office: 847-840-5054

jeff@tsgroupllc.com
www.tsgroupllc.com

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Jeff Feinendegen is an investment advisor representative with TSFG, LLC with over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has his securities license, holding Series 7 and 63 registrations with LPL Financial, and Series 66 registration with both LPL and TSFG, LLC. Jeff is also licensed to market life insurance.

Jeff is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s College with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance.

Jeff has been recognized for the following awards:

2014 – 2015, 2019-2021 Chairman’s Council – LPL Financial. 2022 - 2025 Summit Club. This ranking based on production puts Jeff in the top 1% of all LPL advisors in the nation.
2009 – 2013, 2016 – 2018 Chairman’s Club – LPL Financial. This distinction is based on an annual production ranking of registered financial advisors supported by LPL Financial, and puts Jeff in the top 6% of the firm’s advisors nationwide.
2012 – 2025 Five Star Wealth Manager as seen in Chicago Magazine. Award based on 10 objective criteria associated with providing quality services to clients such as credentials, experience, and assets under management among other factors. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of 2012 – 2025 Five Star Wealth.
As an independent advisor, Jeff enjoys developing easy-to-understand financial plans that provide his clients with a sense of comfort. Because of this, he has an outstanding client loyalty, to which he credits all of his success.

Jeff and his wife Cindy have two children, Max and Ruby. In his free time, he enjoys coaching his children’s sports teams, golfing and volunteering at his parish.

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This award was issued on 10/01/2025 by Five Star Professional (FSP) for the time period 01/01/2025 through 08/01/2025. Fee paid for use of marketing materials. Self-completed questionnaire was used for rating. This rating is not related to the quality of the investment advice and based solely on the disclosed criteria. 6399 Chicago-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 362 (6 % of candidates) were named 2025 Five Star Wealth Managers. The following prior year statistics use this format: YEAR: # Considered, # Winners, % of candidates, Issued Date, Research Period. 2024: 6,273, 400, 6%, 10/1/24, 1/9/24 - 8/9/24; 2023: 5,549, 405, 7%, 10/1/23, 1/9/23 - 7/31/23; 2022: 4912, 384, 8%, 10/1/22, 1/24/22 - 7/29/22; 2021: 5635, 386, 7%, 10/1/21, 12/28/20 - 8/6/21; 2020: 4636, 356, 8%, 10/1/20, 1/6/20 - 8/7/20; 2019: 5430, 429, 8%, 10/1/19, 1/7/19 - 8/9/19; 2018: 5449, 435, 8%, 10/1/18, 1/12/18 - 8/17/18; 2017: 3781, 438, 12%, 10/1/17, 12/16/16 - 8/3/17; 2016: 3411, 726, 22%, 9/1/16, 2/26/16 - 8/19/16; 2015: 5833, 716, 12%, 10/1/15, 2/4/15 - 8/3/15; 2014: 8161, 744, 9%, 10/1/14, 2/4/13 - 8/3/13; 2013: 3998, 772, 19%, 10/1/13, 2/4/12 - 8/3/12; 2012: 2970, 780, 26%, 10/1/12, 2/4/11 - 8/3/11.

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Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advice offered through TSFG, LLC, a registered investment advisor. TS Financial Group LLC and TSFG LLC are separate entities from LPL Financial.

Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. The award is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria - required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser (RIA) or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a RIA or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by FSP, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or FSP's consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through FSP's consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client's experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria - considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. FSP does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. The award is not indicative of the wealth manager's future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients' assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by FSP or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by FSP in the future. Visit www.fivestarprofessional.com.