Insurance Planning Services & Asset Protection | Cerity Partners (2024)

FAQs

Is Cerity Partners a fiduciary? ›

Our in-house team of specialists work closely with individuals, families, businesses and nonprofit organizations to understand their financial goals and concerns, then offer comprehensive, customized solutions. As fiduciaries and stewards of your money, our commitment is to you—nothing else.

Cerity Partners is pleased to announce it ranked #11 on Barron's 2023 Top 100 RIA Firms. The firm has been included in this list for the fourth year in a row.

Current firm president and CEO Kurt Miscinski co-founded Cerity Partners — then called HPM Partners — in 2009, with backing from Emigrant Bank and its chairman Howard P. Milstein.

Cerity Partners CEO and founder Kurt Miscinski says his firm has found a steady stream of new clients through its workplace benefits business, which provides executive financial counseling and other services.

Cerity Partners is one of the largest and fastest-growing independent wealth management firms in the U.S. From 16 markets across the U.S., the firm's 425 professionals serve more than 10,000 clients and advise on approximately $50 billion in assets.

Cerity Partners offers the following services to high net worth and retail investors: Investment Advisory, Wealth Planning, Financial and Tax Planning, and Executive Financial Counseling.

The Key Differences

Fiduciary standard: RIAs are fiduciaries, always required to act in their customers' best interests. While some financial advisors may also be fiduciaries, not all are bound by this duty. Compensation: As fiduciaries, RIAs typically use fee-only or fee-based models.

People & Places. The collective experience and knowledge of more than 900 colleagues in over 35 offices across every wealth management discipline position Cerity Partners to deliver on our commitment to positively impact the financial lives of our clients. Looking to join an awesome team? We're hiring.

Kurt Miscinski | Cerity Partners.

We are unwavering in our commitment to put clients first and to minimize conflicts of interest whenever possible. We act with integrity, authenticity and purpose to be a steward and advisor for our clients and colleagues. We are in-service to clients, colleagues, and the firm.

Who founded Dana investment Advisors? ›

Founded in 1980 by Mike Dana, a Midwest native and experienced investment professional, Dana originally served many business owners and their employees. These entrepreneurial roots still run deeply within our firm today.

Dana Investment Advisors Background

Dana was founded in 1980. It became registered with the SEC in 1985. The firm is principally owned by Mark R. Mirsberger and Jerome (Joe) Veranth.

Ron Carson is founder and CEO of Carson Wealth, Barron's Hall-of-Fame wealth advisor, one of Investopedia's top 100 financial advisors in America, radio talk show host, industry innovator, Forbes contributor and New York Times bestselling author.

The news comes as Avantax faces three lawsuits and "multiple" demand letters from stockholders asking the company for additional financial disclosures.

Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company (“Prudential") is a non-fiduciary service provider hired to provide administrative and record keeping services to your plan, including in connection with Advice and Income Engines.

The key difference between a fiduciary and a financial advisor is the level of ethical standards that they are held to when working with clients. This is not to say that a financial advisor does not have any ethical standards. To the contrary, most financial advisors hold themselves to best business practices.

Another way to ensure your advisor is a fiduciary is to work with a certified financial planner — a highly trained specialist with significant financial education and experience. The CFP code of ethics states that all CFPs “must act as a fiduciary, and therefore, act in the best interest of the client.”

At all times when providing Financial Advice to a Client, a CFP^® professional must act as a fiduciary, and therefore, act in the best interests of the Client. The following duties must be fulfilled: Duty of Loyalty.