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Mark Larsen

Senior Director/Investments
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
50 S 6th St Ste 1300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Office: 612-337-2717
mark.larsen@opco.com
fa.opco.com/mark.larsen/

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Mark Larsen has been a Senior Director – Investments at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since 2006. Prior to joining Oppenheimer, Mark spent 14 years at UBS Financial Services in Wayzata. Working with high net worth individuals and families, Mark has spent his career focusing on providing advice and solutions tailored to the unique circumstances of each client. From accumulating wealth for retirement to multi-generational family wealth planning strategies, circumstances vary as widely as the temperaments, desires and goals of the individual involved.

Having extensive experience with a wide range of investments, including professional money management, insurance and alternative investments for qualified investors, Mark enjoys helping his clients understand the rationale of each investment as well as their place in a portfolio. Taking the time to address concerns and questions while providing excellent service is at the heart of each relationship. In today’s increasingly complex and volatile financial investment climate, Mark believes it is more important than ever that clients and advisors work together based on trust, integrity and open communication.

 

This award was issued on 12/1/19 by Five Star Professional (FSP) for the time period 03/1/2019 through 10/25/2019. 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. 3606 Mpls / St. Paul-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 589 (16% of candidates) were named 2020 Five Star Wealth Managers. The following prior year statistics use this format: YEAR: # Considered, # Winners, % of candidates, Issued Date, Research Period. 2019: 3504, 671, 19%, 12/1/18, 3/23/18 - 10/23/18; 2018: 2622, 591, 23%, 12/1/17, 2/23/17 - 10/13/17; 2017: 2304, 836, 36%, 11/1/16, 2/25/16 - 10/14/16; 2016: 2083, 854, 41%, 11/1/15, 4/17/15 - 10/14/15; 2015: 2673, 825, 31%, 12/1/14, 4/17/14 - 10/14/14; 2014: 1931, 844, 44%, 12/1/13, 4/17/13 - 10/14/13; 2013: 2151, 863, 40%, 12/1/12, 4/17/12 - 10/14/12; 2012: 1256, 624, 50%, 11/1/11, 4/17/11 - 10/14/11.
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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.