D CEO Dallas 500 - Inclusion in the 2025 D CEO Dallas 500 special edition is predicated on a year-long research initiative conducted by the editors of D CEO Magazine. Selections are made based on extensive contacts in local business circles and hundreds of interviews. This award is not based on any other criteria and should not be understood to convey any particular client experience or and other qualification of the recipient. Third-party recognitions are no guarantee of future investment success and do not ensure that a client or prospective client will experience a higher level of performance or results. This recognition should not be construed as an endorsement of the advisor by any client nor is it representative of any client's evaluation.
Best D 2024 - The Best Financial Planners rating issued by D Magazine on (date) for the (year) year was awarded to Certified Financial Planners (CFP) in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The financial professional was nominated for the recognition. Every CFP in the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) was asked to cast an online ballot. In total (# of votes) votes were cast, and (# of nominees) individuals were nominated, of these, (# of selected) were selected by a panel of local financial planners with filters for FPA membership, geographic boundaries, regulatory record, experience, and acceptance of new clients. No fee was paid for the nomination or receipt of the award; however $150 was paid for a plaque. Third-party ratings are no guarantee of future investment success and do not ensure that a client or prospective client will experience a higher level of performance or results. These ratings should not be construed as an endorsement of the advisor by any client nor are they representative of any one client's evaluation.
The FIVE STAR Wealth Manager list, awarded in 2024 is created by Crescendo Business Services LLC. It includes less than 8% of 4255 wealth managers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in 2024.
Award candidates are identified by one of three sources; firm nomination, peer nomination or prequalification. Wealth managers were evaluated across ten criteria: (a) Credentialed as an investment advisory representative or a registered investment advisor; (b) Actively employed as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of five years; (c) Favorable regulatory and complaint history review; (d) Fulfilled their firm review based on internal firm standards; (e) Accepting new clients; (f) One-year client retention rate; (g) Five-year client retention rate; (h) non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; (i) Number of client households served. (j) Educational and professional designations. Favorable and unfavorable evaluations are included in the score.
Each wealth manager is reviewed for regulatory actions, civil judicial actions, and customer complaints. A favorable regulatory and complaint history is defined by Five Star Professional to mean that the wealth manager has not: *Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; *Had more than a total of three settled or pending customer complaints filed against them with any regulatory authority or through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; *Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint filed with a regulatory authority; *Filed for personal bankruptcy; *Been convicted of a felony. Five Star Wealth Managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Scores reflect an average of all respondents and are not representative of any one client's evaluation.
The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth managers’ future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. 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 Five Star Professional in the future. 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 the magazine. Five Star Professional is not an advisory firm. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to: fivestarprofessional.com.
