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FIVE STAR WEALTH MANAGERS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Benjamin D. Spiker CFP®, CRPC®, President
Meet These Baltimore and Washington D.C. Award Winners
You work hard and want your money to work hard for you with solid investments and financial strategies that fit your family and your situation. These days, finding the right wealth manager is an integral part of your financial freedom and well-being. But where should you turn to find the adviser who can start working for you? Five Star Professional employed a rigorous research process to identify the Five Star Wealth Manager award winners in the Baltimore and Washington D.C. areas. Award-winning professionals were carefully selected from among thousands of wealth managers for their knowledge, service and experience. Winners featured here represent some of Baltimore and Washington D.C.’s most dedicated wealth managers, each committed to pursuing professional excellence and providing exceptional service to their clients.
Five Star Professional identified award candidates based on industry data and nominations received from industry firms and individuals in Baltimore and Washington D.C. (self-nominations are not accepted). Only candidates who satisfied 10 objective eligibility and evaluation criteria have been named Five Star Wealth Managers. The select list of Baltimore-area Five Star Wealth Managers was announced in the Feburary 2020 issue of Baltimore magazine. The select list of Washington D.C.-area Five Star Wealth Managers was announced in the October 2019 issue of The Washington Post Magazine.
For the full lists of Baltimore and Washington D.C.-area Five Star Wealth Managers and an overview of the research methodology, visit fivestarprofessional.com.
To see the full list of winners, visit www.fivestarprofessional.com
Financial Planning
Craig Beden ∙ Beden Wealth Management ∙ 703-356-9522
Benjamin D. Spiker ∙ Shore to Summit Wealth Management, LLC ∙ 410-573-1472 J.W. Thomas II ∙ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. ∙ 443-837-1071
Daniel McNulty ∙ AXA Advisors, LLC ∙ 703-205-0394
Noreen S. Miyake-Char ∙ American Asset Management Group, Inc. ∙ 301-251-1002
Investments
Jennifer E. Myers ∙ SageVest Wealth Management ∙ 703-992-7650
Hilary Gerald Platt ∙ LPL Financial ∙ 410-517-3170
Michelle L. Bender ∙ Potomac Financial Consultants, LLC ∙ 301-948-3900
Matthew Novak ∙ Harbor Investment Advisory ∙ 410-659-8904
Victor Simon ∙ LifeTime WealthCare Family Office ∙ 410-518-6823
E. Kingdon Hurlock Jr. ∙ Capital One/United Income ∙ 410-435-3270
Niall Huntington O’Malley ∙ Blue Point Investment Management ∙ 443-600-8050
Connor McKinney ∙ Morgan Stanley ∙ 202-857-5488
Pamela Monetti ∙ Life Plan Financial ∙ 410-969-9500
Christopher Oxenham ∙ Oxenham Financial ∙ 410-423-4482 Elaine M. Shanley ∙ FinanceForward, LLC ∙ 410-494-7766
David Solomon ∙ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. ∙ 410-715-2506 Christopher Thomas ∙ MacroView Investment Management, LLC ∙ 301-245-3587
Matthew Zaft ∙ Morgan Stanley ∙ 202-857-5425
147 Old Solomons Island Road, Suite 306 Annapolis, MD 21401 Phone: 410-573-1472 [email protected] www.shoretosummitwm.com
A Personalized Approach
FOUR-YEAR WINNER XXX-YEAR WINNER
• 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2020 Five Star Wealth Manager • Providing individualized, comprehensive and highly focused advice • Addressing and coordinating all components of your financial life at every stage
Taking a personalized approach to managing your wealth with more than 20 years in the financial industry, Benjamin Spiker co-founded Shore to Summit Wealth Management in 2017. Ben specializes in guiding a variety of clients — including physicians, business owners and families — through complex wealth management situations as they pursue their financial goals. Ben offers customized strategies and capabilities across a range of areas, including investment planning, retirement income and trust and estate issues. Investment and Insurance Products Are: NOT FDIC-Insured NO Bank Guarantee MAY Lose Value
Investment products and services are offered through Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC (WFAFN), Member SIPC. Shore to Summit Wealth Management is a separate entity from WFAFN [CAR-0120-00826]. Wealth Manager Award Winner
The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. 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 and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, 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 Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’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. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star 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 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 wealth managers will be awarded this acco mplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 1,898 Baltimore-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 234 (12% of candidates) were named 2020 Five Star Wealth Managers. 1,956 Washington, D.C. area wealth managers were considered for the award; 122 (6% of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers.