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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The Five Star Wealth Manager award (the “FSWM award”) is administered by Crescendo Business
Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional). Data for the FSWM award was gathered during the
current or prior year. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of
Five Star Wealth Managers. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase marketing materials
from Five Star Professional, including additional profile ad space or promotional products. Eligibility
criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment
adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a
registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory, complaint,
employment, bankruptcy and felony review (as defined by Five Star Professional); 4. Fulfilled their firm
review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. Oneyear client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Noninstitutional discretionary and/or nondiscretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and
professional designations. For more information on the FSWM award and the research/selection
methodology, go to https://fivestarprofessional.com/ref/research/WM_ResearchMethodology.pdf.
FSWM award candidates are identified by one of three sources: firm nomination, peer nomination or
pre-qualification based on industry standing. The FSWM award does not evaluate the quality of
services provided and 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 client’s 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 Five Star Professional 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 Five Star Wealth Managers will be awarded this accomplishment
by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information about FSWM market research statistics,
go to https://www.fivestarprofessional.com/wmdisclosures.
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.
