• Barron's Top 50 Private Wealth Management Teams
• Barron's Top 100 Financial Advisors
• Barron's Top 1,200 Advisors
• Barron's Top 100 Women Financial Advisors
• Financial Times Top 400 Financial Advisors
• Forbes America’s Top Wealth Advisor
• Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors
• Forbes Top Women Advisors
• Forbes Top Next-Gen Wealth Advisors
• Los Angeles Business Journal Most Influential Wealth Managers
• Working Mother and SHOOK Research's Top Wealth Adviser Moms
• Crain’s New York Notable Women In Financial Advice
• Financial Planning 40 under 40

Barron's Top 50 Private Wealth Management Teams

This is Barron’s first-ever ranking of wealth advisory teams that specialize in serving individuals and families. The teams are ranked on a variety of factors, including their size and shape, the regulatory records and credentials of their members and the resources they have at their disposal to serve their client bases. The teams listed specialize in managing wealth on behalf of individuals and families, as opposed to large organizations and companies. An increasing number of these teams provide services extending beyond investment management: estate planning, taxes and philanthropy.

Barron's Top 100 Financial Advisors

Barron’s “Top 100 Financial Advisors” bases its ratings on qualitative criteria: professionals with a minimum of 7 years of financial services experience, acceptable compliance records, client retention reports, customer satisfaction, and more. Financial Advisors are quantitatively rated based on varying types of revenues and assets advised by the financial professional, with weightings associated for each. Because individual client portfolio performance varies and is typically unaudited, this rating focuses on customer satisfaction and quality of advice. The rating may not be representative of any one client’s experience because it reflects a sample of all of the experiences of the Financial Advisor’s clients. The rating is not indicative of the Financial Advisor’s past or future performance. Neither THE FIRM nor its Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors pay a fee to Barron's in exchange for the rating. Barron’s is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company, L.P. All rights reserved.

Barron's Top 1,200 Advisors

The rankings are based on data provided by over 4,000 of the nation’s most productive advisors. Factors included in the rankings: assets under management, revenue produced for the firm, regulatory record, quality of practice and philanthropic work. Investment performance isn’t an explicit component because not all advisors have audited results and because performance figures often are influenced more by clients’ risk tolerance than by an advisor’s investment-picking abilities.

Barron's Top 100 Women Financial Advisors

The ranking reflects the volume of assets overseen by the advisors and their teams, revenues generated for the firms and the quality of the advisors’ practices. The scoring system assigns a top score of 100 and rates the rest by comparing them with the top-ranked advisor.

Financial Times Top 400 Financial Advisors

The Financial Times 400 Top Financial Advisors is an independent listing produced annually by Ignites Research, a division of Money-Media, Inc., on behalf of the Financial Times (April 2020). The FT 400 is based on data gathered from advisors, broker-dealer home offices, regulatory disclosures, and the FT’s research. The listing reflects each advisor’s status in six primary areas: assets under management (AUM), asset growth, compliance record, experience, credentials and online accessibility. This award does not evaluate the quality of services provided to clients and is not indicative of this advisor’s future performance. Neither the brokerages nor the advisors pay a fee to the Financial Times in exchange for inclusion in the FT 400. 

Forbes America’s Top Wealth Advisor

America’s Top Wealth Advisors ranking was developed by SHOOK Research and is based on in-person and telephone due diligence meetings and a ranking algorithm that includes: client retention, industry experience, review of compliance records, firm nominations; and quantitative criteria, including: assets under management and revenue generated for their firms. Investment performance is not a criterion because client objectives and risk tolerances vary, and advisors rarely have audited performance reports. Rankings are based on the opinions of SHOOK Research, LLC and not indicative of future performance or representative of any one client’s experience. Neither Forbes nor SHOOK Research receives compensation in exchange for placement on the ranking.

Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors

The Forbes ranking of Best-In-State Wealth Advisors, developed by SHOOK Research, is based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria, mostly gained through telephone and in-person due diligence interviews, and quantitative data. Those advisors that are considered have a minimum of seven years’ experience, and the algorithm weights factors like revenue trends, assets under management, compliance records, industry experience and those that encompass best practices in their practices and approach to working with clients. Portfolio performance is not a criteria due to varying client objectives and lack of audited data. Neither Forbes or SHOOK receive a fee in exchange for rankings.

Forbes Top Women Advisors

The Forbes ranking of America’s Top Women Wealth Advisors, developed by SHOOK Research, is based on an algorithm of qualitative and quantitative data, rating thousands of wealth advisors with a minimum of seven years of experience and weighing factors like revenue trends, assets under management, compliance records, industry experience and best practices learned through telephone and in-person interviews. Portfolio performance is not a criteria due to varying client objectives and lack of audited data. Neither Forbes or SHOOK receive a fee in exchange for rankings.

Forbes Top Next-Gen Wealth Advisors

SHOOK considered advisors born in 1980 or later with a minimum 4 years relevant experience. Advisors have: built their own practices and lead their teams; joined teams and are viewed as future leadership; or a combination of both. Ranking algorithm is based on qualitative measures: telephone and in-person interviews, client retention, industry experience, credentials, review of compliance records, firm nominations; and quantitative criteria, such as: assets under management and revenue generated for their firms. Investment performance is not a criterion because client objectives and risk tolerances vary, and advisors rarely have audited performance reports. Rankings are based on the opinions of SHOOK Research, LLC. Neither Forbes nor SHOOK receives compensation from the advisors or their firms in exchange for placement on the ranking. For more information see www.SHOOKresearch.com.

Los Angeles Business Journal Most Influential Wealth Managers

Methodology for Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Most Influential Wealth Managers”: We invite our readers and the business community to nominate outstanding Wealth Managers in LA County. A Publisher’s Executive Committee reviews the careers of the most notable wealth management professionals in the region and selects some of the very best to be showcased in this feature.

Working Mother and SHOOK Research's Top Wealth Adviser Moms

SHOOK™ Research considered women advisors with children living at home under 21 years old. Ranking algorithm is based on qualitative measures derived from telephone and in-person interviews and surveys: service models, investing process, client retention, industry experience, review of compliance records, firm nominations, etc.; and quantitative criteria, such as assets under management and revenue generated for their firms. Investment performance is not a criteria because client objectives and risk tolerances vary, and advisors rarely have audited performance reports. Rankings are based on the opinions of SHOOK Research, LLC. Neither SHOOK nor Working Mother receive compensation from the advisors or their firms in exchange for placement on a ranking. For more information see www.SHOOKresearch.com.
Data provided by SHOOK™ Research, LLC.

Crain’s New York Notable Women In Financial Advice

Honorees were selected based on several factors related to their particular roles in the field of financial advice. For those who personally provide financial advice — those with titles including wealth advisor and financial advisor, for example — the level of assets under management, whether personally or as part of a team, inclusion in reputable advisor rankings and professional certifications and accomplishments were taken into account. For those who work in organizations that provide financial advice online, who work in a management capacity in an organization that provides financial advice or who in some way are expanding the boundaries of financial advice, criteria included the scope of the potential influence of the honoree’s work on the delivery and quality of advice, the size of the honoree’s organization and/or the extent of its innovation.

Financial Planning 40 under 40

Each year, Financial Planning recognizes the top producing younger advisors at wirehouses and regional firms. The criteria is a ranking of 2020 production among reps who were younger than 40 on 12/31/2020. The eligible advisors are any W-2 employee advisors, with an extra criteria of only regional W-2 employee advisors for the Top 40 Regional BD advisors under 40. Nominees’ information was confirmed with their employers. Production and AUM figures are as of Sept. 30, 2020.