Five Star award winner Alan Rhode, CFP®, CPWA®, CVGA®, CEPA®, RLP®

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Alan Rhode, CFP^®, CPWA^®, CVGA^®, CEPA^®, RLP^®

Founder & CEO | Private Wealth Advisor

Modern Wealth

730 Penllyn Blue Bell Pike

Blue Bell, PA 19422

Office: 888-692-3897

alan@modernwealthllc.com
www.modernwealthllc.com

Professional Approach

I'm Alan Rhode, a financial advisor in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, working with business owners to turn the value locked in the company into money you can use and a life you actually want. No products, no commissions, no Wall Street. Just someone on your side of the table.

I started Modern Wealth in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, after living the moment my clients now plan for. My father ran a solo dental practice that carried our whole family, and when he got sick I stepped in to keep the doors open, then led the sale so my mother would be okay. I know firsthand how much rides on decisions made at the worst possible time, and how few advisors are built to help. So I built the opposite: an independent, fee-only firm that earns nothing but the fee you pay me. No commissions, no quotas, no hidden agenda.

I'm a Penn State finance grad with more than 15 years in this work and a stack of credentials I actually use: Certified Financial Planner™ professional (CFP®), Certified Private Wealth Advisor® professional (CPWA®), Certified Value Growth Advisor® (CVGA®), Certified Exit Planning Advisor® (CEPA®), and Registered Life Planner® (RLP®). Along the way I've been named a US Top 100 Financial Advisor and a Philadelphia Five Star Wealth Manager. I hold the whole picture on one page. In plain English, I help you grow what your business is worth, plan a smart exit, and turn it into a life you actually want, not just a bigger account balance.

When I'm not doing that, you'll find me on an autocross course in my Miata, running the same clean line I bring to planning: look far ahead, stay smooth, don't chase the hero lap. Otherwise I'm cheering (and suffering) for Philly sports, or home in Blue Bell with my wife Jamie, our daughter Joey, and our goldendoodle, Enzo, the reason any of this matters. Money is a tool for building a life, and the life is the point. I'd genuinely like to hear your story.

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This award was issued on 11/01/2026 by Five Star Professional (FSP) for the time period 02/26/2026 through 09/11/2026. 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. 4783 Philadelphia-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 266 (6% of candidates) were named 2026 Five Star Wealth Managers. The following prior year statistics use this format: YEAR: # Considered, # Winners, % of candidates, Issued Date, Research Period. 2025: 4,680, 275, 6%, 11/1/25, 2/24/25 - 9/2/25; 2024: 4,532, 303, 7%, 11/1/24, 2/13/24 - 8/30/24; 2023: 3,885, 328, 8%, 11/1/23, 2/13/23 - 8/31/23; 2022: 3604, 305, 8%, 11/1/22, 2/21/22 - 8/19/22; 2021: 3576, 310, 9%, 11/1/21, 1/18/21 - 9/3/21; 2020: 4148, 366, 9%, 11/1/20, 2/10/20 - 9/11/20; 2019: 3910, 437, 11%, 11/1/19, 2/11/19 - 9/20/19; 2018: 3721, 439, 12%, 11/1/18, 2/20/18 - 9/19/18; 2017: 3022, 437, 14%, 11/1/17, 1/20/17 - 9/8/17; 2016: 2671, 660, 25%, 10/1/16, 3/5/16 - 10/7/16; 2015: 4696, 805, 17%, 11/1/15, 3/5/15 - 9/9/15; 2014: 4438, 856, 19%, 11/1/14, 3/5/13 - 9/9/13; 2013: 3354, 934, 28%, 10/1/13, 3/5/12 - 9/9/12; 2012: 2847, 773, 27%, 11/1/12, 3/5/11 - 9/9/11.

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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.