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The E-Valuator was created with one goal in mind: to make the lives of investors, advisors, and investment firms as efficient and effective as possible. By analyzing mutual funds and ETFs against their Morningstar benchmark following customized metrics, this analytics software can: Create portfolio accounts… MORE
Cetera Financial Group (Cetera) is a leading financial advice firm. It empowers the delivery of an Advice-Centric Experience® to individuals, families and businesses across the country through independent financial advisors as well as trusted tax professionals and banks and credit unions. Comprehensive services include wealth management solutions, retirement plan solutions, advisory services… MORE
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The Company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and institutional investor in the debt and private capital markets Morningstar provides data… MORE
At Ubiquity Retirement + Savings , we are dedicated to making sure your 401k plan is tailored to meet your retirement goals. Our mission is to empower small businesses and their employees to create a more secure financial future and peace of mind, by leveraging technology with affordable and effective retirement solutions, and world-class customer support. Ubiquity Retirement + Savings™ is one of the best… MORE
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American Century Investments is a leading global asset manager focused on delivering investment results and building long-term client relationships while supporting research that can improve human health and save lives. Founded in 1958, American Century Investments’ 1,400 employees serve financial professionals, institutions, corporations and individual investors… MORE
Headquartered in New York City, ARK Investment Management LLC is a federally registered investment adviser and privately held investment firm. Specializing in thematic investing in disruptive innovation, the firm is rooted in over 40 years of experience in identifying and investing in innovations that should change the way the world… MORE
Carson Group serves financial advisors and investors through its businesses including Carson Wealth, Carson Coaching, and Carson Partners. The family of companies offers coaching and partnership services to advisor firms – and straightforward financial advice to the investing public… MORE
At Charles Schwab Investment Management, we believe in a straightforward approach to asset management. That’s why we offer a focused lineup of core products and solutions for building the foundation of a portfolio. As one of the industry’s largest and most experienced asset managers, we put client needs first and are… MORE
Since many financial advisors find their strengths lie in cultivating relationships and creating an overall financial strategy for their clients, they often choose to outsource portfolio management to CLS Investments (CLS). Our partnership model gives advisors time to create meaningful relationships with their clients and learn important details about… MORE
Envestnet, Inc. is a leading provider of intelligent systems for wealth management and financial wellness. Envestnet’s unified technology empowers enterprises and advisors to more fully understand their clients and deliver actionable intelligence that drives better outcomes and improves lives. Envestnet Wealth Solutions… MORE
Fidelity’s mission is to inspire better futures and deliver better outcomes for the customers and businesses we serve. With assets under administration of $7.3 trillion, including discretionary assets of $2.9 trillion as of March 31, 2020, we focus on meeting the unique needs of a diverse set of customers: helping more than 32 million people invest their own life savings, 22,000 businesses manage employee benefit… MORE
Fiduciary Trust Company (FTC) is a private wealth management firm focused on individuals, third-party advisors, family offices, and nonprofits seeking objective expertise to grow and protect their investments. FTC’s capabilities include customized wealth planning, investment management, trust and estate administration, and family office… MORE
Financial Advocates, LLC (FA) and their Hybrid RIA, Financial Advocates Investment Management (FAIM), provide servant leadership in the financial advice market and serves as a financial advisor’s primary ally through the transition, growth, and ongoing management of an independent practice. FA’s experienced and diverse staff delivers intensive support to advisors as they… MORE
First Ascent is an award-winning provider of outsourced portfolio management services for fiduciary advisors. It was ranked as the #1 TAMP and the #1 Online Portfolio Management Tool in the 2020 T3/Inside Information Advisor Software… MORE
Guggenheim Investments is the global asset management and investment advisory divsion of Guggenheim Partners and manages assets across fixed-income, equity, and alternative strategies. Our investment professionals perform rigorous fundamental and quantative research to understand market trends and identify undervalued opportunities. We have an extended track record of delivering innovative solutions by focusing on the needs of institutional… MORE
In April 2019, iCapital Network announced an exclusive partnership with Nasdaq Private Market (NPM) to create an integrated secondary marketplace for private funds. In April 2020, the marketplace went live. The platform offers liquidity solutions to advisors and their high-net-worth… MORE
Innovator ETFs (Innovator Capital Management, LLC) is an SEC registered investment advisor based in Wheaton, IL. The firm is headed by ETF visionaries Bruce Bond and John Southard. Our goal is to bring revolutionary exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that change the investing landscape… MORE
iSectors ® is an ETF investment strategist that provides advisors with a suite of 21 proprietary ETF asset allocation models . iSectors’ investment management services, along with the technological infrastructure and support staff of our platform partners, help advisors optimize… MORE
John Hancock Investment Management, a company of Manulife Investment Management, serves investors globally through a unique multimanager approach: We search the world to find proven portfolio teams with specialized expertise for every strategy we offer, then we apply robust investment oversight to ensure they continue to meet our uncompromising standards and serve the best interests… MORE
Just Invest Just Invest redefines investment management by focusing on the needs of financial advisors and their clients. We are direct indexing specialists, delivering custom SMAs that integrate daily tax loss harvesting, ESG characteristics, smart-beta factors, and portfolio optimization on an individual security basis. We build technology solutions for financial advisors, empowering them with transparency… MORE
Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC (Milliman FRM) is a global leader in financial risk management to the retirement industry, providing investment advisory, hedging, and consulting services on over $148.6 billion in global assets as of September 30, 2019. Milliman FRM has swiftly grown to be the fastest growing and one of, if not the largest ETF subadvisor. They subadvise and… MORE
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The Company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and institutional investor in the debt and private capital markets Morningstar provides data… MORE
Orion Portfolio Solutions is a turnkey asset management program that exists to help financial advisors build strong and profitable businesses. To do that, OPS seamlessly integrates technology that is equal parts intuitive and powerful, with flexible investment options and hands-on product support in one, cohesive platform. OPS helps advisors confidently manage their clients, investments, and business… MORE
Resources Investment Advisors – A OneDigital Company, is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm focused on offering a holistic benefits experience for employees to build an exceptional workforce. When employees are… MORE
SpiderRock Advisors is an asset management firm focused exclusively on delivering option-based solutions and strategies to Financial Advisors and Institutions. Combining world-class technology with comprehensive derivatives… MORE
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Advisor Group, Inc. is the nation’s largest network of independent wealth management firms, serving approximately 11,000 financial professionals and overseeing over $450 billion in client assets. The firm is mission-driven to support the strategic role that financial professionals can play in the lives of their clients. Securities and investment advisory services are… MORE
Cambridge is a financial solutions firm focused on serving independent financial professionals and their investing clients while preserving its private control. Cambridge offers a broad range of choices for independent financial professionals regarding solutions for advice, growth, technology, and independence… MORE
Cetera Financial Group (Cetera) is a leading financial advice firm. It empowers the delivery of an Advice-Centric Experience® to individuals, families and businesses across the country through independent financial advisors as well as trusted tax professionals and banks and credit unions. Comprehensive services include wealth management solutions, retirement plan solutions, advisory services… MORE
Edward Jones , a Fortune 500 firm, provides financial services for individual investors in the United States and, through its affiliate, in Canada. Every aspect of the firm’s business, from the types of investment options offered to the location of branch offices, is designed to cater to individual investors in the communities in which they… MORE
LPL Financial LPL Financial is a leader in the retail financial advice market and the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer and top 5 custodian.1,2 We serve independent financial advisors, professionals, and financial institutions, providing them with the technology, research, clearing and compliance services, and practice management programs they need to create and grow thriving practices. LPL enables them to provide objective guidance to millions of American families seeking wealth management, retirement planning, financial planning… MORE
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (Merrill) is a leading provider of comprehensive wealth management and investment services for individuals and businesses. With $2.2 trillion in client balances as of March 31, 2020, it is among the largest businesses of its kind in the world. Bank of America Corporation, through its subsidiaries… MORE
Since its founding in 1962, Raymond James has become an industry leader in financial services, providing private client group, capital markets, asset management, banking and other services to individuals, corporations and municipalities. Raymond James is the proud home of approximately 8,100 advisors. We have always been a different kind of financial services… MORE
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Advisor Group, Inc. is the nation’s largest network of independent wealth management firms, serving approximately 11,000 financial professionals and overseeing over $450 billion in client assets. The firm is mission-driven to support the strategic role that financial professionals can play in the lives of their clients. Securities and investment advisory services are… MORE
Edward Jones , a Fortune 500 firm, provides financial services for individual investors in the United States and, through its affiliate, in Canada. Every aspect of the firm’s business, from the types of investment options offered to the location of branch offices, is designed to cater to individual investors in the communities in which they… MORE
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (Merrill) is a leading provider of comprehensive wealth management and investment services for individuals and businesses. With $2.2 trillion in client balances as of March 31, 2020, it is among the largest businesses of its kind in the world. Bank of America Corporation, through its subsidiaries… MORE
Since its founding in 1962, Raymond James has become an industry leader in financial services, providing private client group, capital markets, asset management, banking and other services to individuals, corporations and municipalities. Raymond James is the proud home of approximately 8,100 advisors. We have always been a different kind of financial services… MORE
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As a full-service independent broker/dealer and Registered Investment Advisor, American Portfolios (AP) seeks to provide the best platforms, products and services to support the needs of its investment professionals (IPs) in order for them to serve their clients. Headquartered in Holbrook, N.Y. since 2001, AP has invested in a dedicated team of… MORE
With a caring staff empowered to deliver personal, innovative support, Parkland Securities, LLC partners with financial advisors committed to enhancing their clients’ experience in an ethical, trustworthy manner. We provide comprehensive financial planning tools, solutions, and… MORE
Experience Different. PEAK Reps, LLC is a holding company for PEAK Brokerage Services (independent broker-dealer), Blackridge Asset Management (registered investment adviser) and Top Advisors Group (insurance marketing agency). The founding group ascrbie to… MORE
With a caring staff empowered to deliver personal, innovative support, Sigma Financial Corporation partners with financial advisors committed to enhancing their clients’ experience in an ethical, trustworthy manner. We provide comprehensive financial planning tools, solutions, and services supporting our representatives’ efforts in guiding their… MORE
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MarketCounsel is the leading business and regulatory compliance consulting firm to the country’s preeminent entrepreneurial independent investment advisers, operating in collaboration with the Hamburger Law Firm, whose expertise extends to virtually all areas of the investment and securities industry as well as entrepreneurial… MORE
MyComplianceOffice (MCO) provides compliance management software that enables companies around the world to reduce their risk of misconduct. Our powerful platform lets compliance professionals demonstrate they are proactively managing the regulated activities of employees, third-party vendors… MORE
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 | Foreside | |
 | Fraser and Fraser Genealogists and International Probate Researchers | |
 | Hamburger Law Firm | |
 | MarketCounsel Consulting | View Company Profile |
 | MyComplianceOffice | View Company Profile |
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For more than 50 years, SEI has been a leader in the financial services industry, recognized for its history of innovation. SEI is a leading global provider of technology-driven wealth and investment management solutions. We deliver comprehensive platforms, services and infrastructure – encompassing investment processing, investment operations… MORE
TD Ameritrade Institutional empowers more than 7,000 independent registered investment advisors to transform the lives of their clients. It provides powerful technology and resources that help simplify running a business and let advisors spend more time doing what matters most — serving their clients… MORE
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Fidelity’s mission is to inspire better futures and deliver better outcomes for the customers and businesses we serve. With assets under administration of $7.3 trillion, including discretionary assets of $2.9 trillion as of March 31, 2020, we focus on meeting the unique needs of a diverse set of customers: helping more than 32 million people invest their own life savings, 22,000 businesses manage employee benefit… MORE
LPL Financial LPL Financial is a leader in the retail financial advice market and the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer and top 5 custodian.1,2 We serve independent financial advisors, professionals, and financial institutions, providing them with the technology, research, clearing and compliance services, and practice management programs they need to create and grow thriving practices. LPL enables them to provide objective guidance to millions of American families seeking wealth management, retirement planning, financial planning… MORE
For 30 years, Schwab Advisor Services has worked side by side with RIAs, providing custodial, operational and trading support. In addition to custody services, Schwab Advisor Services provides business consulting services, practice management, and technology solutions to help independent advisors… MORE
TD Ameritrade Institutional empowers more than 7,000 independent registered investment advisors to transform the lives of their clients. It provides powerful technology and resources that help simplify running a business and let advisors spend more time doing what matters most — serving their clients… MORE
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 | Apex Clearing | |
 | Fidelity Investments | View Company Profile |
 | LPL Financial | View Company Profile |
 | Pershing | |
 | TD Ameritrade Institutional |
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Goldman Sachs Private Bank Select® (GS Select) builds upon the extensive lending expertise of Goldman Sachs’ Private Bank, offering revolving securities-based lines of credit as a liquidity source for clients of independent financial advisors. With GS Select, clients can access liquidity quickly and easily, instead of selling securities… MORE
AdvicePeriod is reinventing wealth management. Focused on what really matters to clients, AdvicePeriod combines actionable financial and estate planning advice with objective investment guidance. The firm’s partners have a history of pioneering wealth management and developing many of the services… MORE
Founded in 2012, FiComm Partners is an integrated communications agency with a singular focus on wealth management and financial services. FiComm partners with clients to drive differentiation and tell impactful stories… MORE
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 | AdvicePeriod | View Company Profile |
 | Blue Tractor Group | |
 | CFRA | |
 | FA Match | |
 | FiComm Partners | View Company Profile |
 | Goldman Sachs Private Bank Select | |
 | Merlyn.AI Corporation | |
 | Vanilla | View Company Profile |
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AdvicePeriod is reinventing wealth management. Focused on what really matters to clients, AdvicePeriod combines actionable financial and estate planning advice with objective investment guidance. The firm’s partners have a history of pioneering wealth management and developing many of the services… MORE
Fidelity’s mission is to inspire better futures and deliver better outcomes for the customers and businesses we serve. With assets under administration of $7.3 trillion, including discretionary assets of $2.9 trillion as of March 31, 2020, we focus on meeting the unique needs of a diverse set of customers: helping more than 32 million people invest their own life savings, 22,000 businesses manage employee benefit… MORE
Key Private Bank simplifies wealth management by leveraging its community bank footprint, cross-functional teams and technology to deliver customized solutions for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families, including wealth advisory, investment management, trust administration, customized credit, private banking and family office services. By combining the market insights… MORE
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| AdvicePeriod | View Company Profile |
 | Boston Private | |
| Fidelity Investments | |
 | Key Private Bank | View Company Profile |
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AdvicePeriod is reinventing wealth management. Focused on what really matters to clients, AdvicePeriod combines actionable financial and estate planning advice with objective investment guidance. The firm’s partners have a history of pioneering wealth management and developing many of the services… MORE
Founded in 1997 in Raleigh, North Carolina,CAPTRUST CAPTRUST is an independent registered investment advisor with more than 650 employees nationwide and $368 billion in client assets under advisement (as of December 31, 2019). An employee-owned firm, CAPTRUST provides investment advisory services to retirement plan fiduciaries… MORE
Carson Group serves financial advisors and investors through its businesses including Carson Wealth, Carson Coaching, and Carson Partners. The family of companies offers coaching and partnership services to advisor firms – and straightforward financial advice to the investing public… MORE
Since 1986, Edelman Financial Engines has been committed to always acting in the best interest of our clients. We were founded on the belief that all American investors – not just the wealthy – deserve access to personalized… MORE
With a caring staff empowered to deliver personal, innovative support, Sigma Financial Corporation partners with financial advisors committed to enhancing their clients’ experience in an ethical, trustworthy manner. We provide comprehensive financial planning tools, solutions, and services supporting our representatives’ efforts in guiding their… MORE
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| AdvicePeriod | View Company Profile |
 | Beacon Pointe Advisors | |
 | Betterment for Advisors | |
 | CAPTRUST | View Company Profile |
 | Carson Group | View Company Profile |
 | Cerity Partners | |
 | Dakota Wealth Management | |
 | Edelman Financial Engines | View Company Profile |
 | Facet Wealth | |
 | Hightower Advisors | View Company Profile |
 | Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo, LLC | |
 | Sigma Planning Corporation |
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Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The Company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and institutional investor in the debt and private capital markets Morningstar provides data… MORE
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| CFRA | |
 | ECHELON Partners | |
 | Morningstar, Inc. | View Company Profile |
 | Truvalue Labs |
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DPL Financial Partners is the leading RIA insurance network that brings low-cost, commission-free insurance solutions from a variety of the nation’s top carriers to RIA practices. DPL’s mission is to create a marketplace of no-load insurance products that enables RIAs… MORE
BNY Mellon’s Pershing and its affiliates provide advisors, broker-dealers, family offices, hedge fund and ’40 Act fund managers, registered investment advisor firms and wealth managers with a broad suite of global financial business solutions. Many of the world’s most sophisticated and successful financial services firms rely on Pershing for clearing and custody, investment and… MORE
Jackson is a leading provider of retirement products for industry professionals and their clients. The company and its affiliates offer variable, fixed and fixed index annuities designed for tax-efficient growth and distribution of retirement income for retail customers, as well as products for institutional investors. Jackson is a proud founding member and co-chair of the Alliance for Lifetime Income, a nonprofit… MORE
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DeVoe & Company is a goal-based consulting firm and investment bank focused exclusively on guiding wealth management companies to a higher level of success. The firm provides consulting, M&A and valuation services to help RIAs… MORE
Goldman Sachs Private Bank Select® (GS Select) builds upon the extensive lending expertise of Goldman Sachs’ Private Bank, offering revolving securities-based lines of credit as a liquidity source for clients of independent financial advisors. With GS Select, clients can access liquidity quickly and easily, instead of selling securities… MORE
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 | DeVoe & Company | View Company Profile |
| Goldman Sachs Private Bank Select | View Company Profile |
 | Oak Street Funding |
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Passionately committed to being a disruptor in the RIA industry, RFG leads the industry with a cutting-edge fully-integrated platform designed for independent Advisors. We are a service company first, a technology company second and an RIA third. Advisors chose RFG because of our culture and our excellence in delivering all of the vital … MORE
Thrivent Advisor Network (TAN) is a new hybrid RIA platform created especially for advisors who value independence yet crave a strong sense of community, shared values and support. TAN builds on the heritage of our parent company Thrivent, a holistic financial services organization that for over a century has been helping people build their financial futures and live lives full of meaning and gratitude…. MORE
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 | Dynasty Financial Partners | |
 | RFG Advisory | View Company Profile |
 | Thrivent Advisor Network | View Company Profile |
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MarketCounsel is the leading business and regulatory compliance consulting firm to the country’s preeminent entrepreneurial independent investment advisers, operating in collaboration with the Hamburger Law Firm, whose expertise extends to virtually all areas of the investment and securities industry as well as entrepreneurial… MORE
FP Transitions is the nation’s leading business consulting firm dedicated to wealth managers and independent financial advisors. With a full-service, concierge approach to supporting advisors during key points in their lifecycle, our comprehensive, coordinated, and customized solutions enable financial services businesses to achieve long-term, sustainable growth. Our team of 40 includes… MORE
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