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Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors 2023 – 1
Condor Capital Wealth Management’s Chief Executive Officer, Ken Schapiro, was recognized as a Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisor for 2023. He is currently ranked #9 in the North NJ (High Net Worth) category.
Advisors for this list are selected after extensive research and interviews as part of SHOOK Research’s careful methodology. They are evaluated through both quantitative and qualitative metrics, including but not limited to: weightings from revenue, client retention rates, assets under management, compliance records, industry experience, and whether they exhibit “best practices” when working with clients.
To view the profile in the Forbes directory, please click here. To view the full Best-In-State Wealth Advisor List, click here.
Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors 2023 – 2
Ken Schapiro, Chief Executive Officer of Condor Capital Wealth Management, was listed in Barron’s ranking for the Top 1,200 Financial Advisors in 2023. This makes the seventh consecutive year he has placed in this ranking, and he is currently #27 in the state of New Jersey. Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors ranking draws from all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, and it’s the largest, most comprehensive of the annual advisor listings that Barron’s Magazine runs. It includes a cross-section of private wealth advisors, from independents who own and operate their own practices to advisors from large Wall Street firms.
This special report lists the top advisors in each state, with the number of ranking spots determined by each state’s population and wealth. The rankings are based on assets under management, revenues generated by advisors for their firms, and the quality of the advisor’s practices. Investment performance is not an explicit criterion because performance is often a function of each client’s appetite for risk. In evaluating advisors, Barron’s examines regulatory records, internal company documents, and 100-plus points of data provided by the advisors themselves.
To view our profile in Barron’s directory, please click here. To view the full ranking table, please click here.
2022 Five Star Wealth Manager – 3
Condor Capital’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ken Schapiro, was recognized as a 2022 Five Star Wealth Manager, making it his eleventh time receiving this award. Jeanette Lucas, Partner and Senior Financial Advisor, was also recognized as a 2022 Five Star Wealth Manager, marking the second year she has received the award. The Five Star Professional award program, managed by fivestarprofessional.com, conducts market-specific research throughout the U.S. and Canada to select reputable, specialized, and honest service professionals.
After careful consideration, awards are presented to top wealth managers, real estate agents, mortgage professionals, home/auto insurance professionals, and investment professionals in more than 45 markets across the above-listed regions. Five Star Professional also offers public exposure to award winners by offering no-cost listings within city and regional magazines in order to receive the recognition they deserve.
NJBIZ Best Places to Work NJ 2023 – 4
For 2023, Condor Capital Wealth Management ranked among the best small companies to work for in the state of New Jersey, making it eleven years on this prestigious list. NJBIZ is New Jersey’s only weekly business journal covering the entire state with the goal of providing useful and important information for the benefit of New Jersey’s customers, employees, and communities as a whole.
Every year, NJBIZ selects companies to receive the coveted designation of “Best Place to Work in NJ.” Winners are selected based on employee information, surveys, and company-specific data such as policies, practices, and demographics. The recipients are then divided between large, medium, and small-sized companies to complete the process and earn a spot on the list of Best Places to Work in NJ. To view the full list for 2023, please click here.
2023 RIA Ranking by Financial Advisor Magazine – 5
Condor Capital was recognized in the 2023 RIA Ranking by Financial Advisor Magazine and listed as #259 for the “$1 billion and over” asset category.
For a link to the full ranking, please click here.
Reaching 80,000 qualified readers each month, Financial Advisor magazine delivers essential market information and strategies that advisors need to succeed in the complex area of wealth management. Every year, the publication conducts a survey to determine the best registered investment advisors (RIAs) in the country based on information submitted by individual firms. Companies are ranked based on the total of their discretionary and nondiscretionary assets, percentage growth in total assets, and percentage growth in assets per client.
2016 Medical Economics Best Financial Advisers for Doctors – 6
For six consecutive years, Condor Capital Wealth Management has appeared in Medical Economics! Published by Advanstar Communications, this listing is a source of information concerning individual financial advisers for use by physicians, heath care professionals, and the public. Based on criteria such as qualifications, good standing with the SEC and FINRA, fee arrangements, and minimum portfolio amounts, winners are selected and released to subscribers of the Medical Economics publication.
2020 Top 100 Financial Advisor Firms in Colorado – 7
Condor Capital Wealth Management was recognized in investor.com’s ranking for the 2020 Top 100 Financial Advisor Firms in Colorado. This list leverages the latest update of investor.com’s Trust Algorithm to determine the best firms with at least one location in Colorado among more than 650,000 individuals and 17,000 RIAs throughout the nation.
Data from various sources, such as the FINRA Broker Check, SEC IAPD, state regulator databases, and professional designation websites, is used to compare various data points and determine a star rating for each qualifying company. Condor is proud to announce that we have qualified for a 5-star rating and received the “Trusted by investor.com” badge to certify that we achieved a score of at least 85 points or higher based on the Trust Algorithm. To view the full list for 2020, please click here.
For Condor’s specific entry in the directory, please visit our profile listing.
2016 Best Financial Advisers for Dentists – 8
Published by Advanstar Communications, this listing is a source of information concerning individual financial advisers for use by dentists and the public. Based on criteria such as qualifications, good standing with the SEC and FINRA, fee arrangements, and minimum portfolio amounts, winners are selected and released to subscribers of the Dental Products Report service.
Recognized on Investment News RIA Rankings – 9
InvestmentNews is a weekly publication for financial advisers covering the entire financial services industry. Each year the publication compiles and ranks the top fee only RIAs in the country. To be considered, firms must first meet certain standards based on AUM, classifications, and various other criteria. Firms who qualify are then listed and ranked on the InvestmentNews website.
2015 Financial Times Top 300 Financial Advisers – 10
Financial Times, one of the largest financial news publications in the world, publishes a yearly list of the top 300 registered investment advisers (RIAs) in the United States. The goal of the Financial Times 300 is to select reputable advisers registered with the SEC who manage more than $300 million in assets. Selection criteria are centered on the mindset of affluent and wealthy investors who tend to be readers of the Financial Times.
After an RIA is initially considered by Financial Times, they are sent a lengthy application that is then submitted and evaluated along with independent research from regulatory filings and outside data. Overall, firms are assessed based on their assets under management, years of existence, compliance record, and certification, among other criteria. In all, an elite group of advisers is selected as the FT top 300 RIAs in the country.
Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors 1
All advisors in this list are selected by SHOOK Research based on a combination of both qualitative and quantitative criteria, including: in-person interviews, industry experience, compliance records, revenue produced, and assets under management. The full methodology can be found here.
Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors 2
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.
The Five Star Wealth Manager Award 3
The Five Star Wealth Manager Award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Active as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry 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 customer complaints filed against them [settled or pending] 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; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaints filed with a regulatory authority; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy; E. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients; 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 awarded. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The award methodology does not evaluate the quality of services provided and is not indicative of the winner’s future performance. 3,868 New Jersey wealth managers were considered for the award; 664 (18% of candidates) were named 2016 Five Star Wealth Managers.
NJBIZ Best Places to Work NJ 4
To be eligible for consideration, companies must meet the following criteria: Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business or government entity, Be a publicly or privately held business, Have a facility in the state of New Jersey, Have a minimum of 15 employees working in the state of New Jersey, and Must be in business a minimum of 1 year. Best Companies Group conducts a simple yet thorough company assessment. The assessment is a two-part process designed to gather detailed data about each participating company. In part one, the employer completes a questionnaire and in part two, employees of the company complete an employee survey. The collected information from the two instruments will be combined to produce a detailed set of data enabling the analysts to determine the strengths and opportunities of the participating companies. The workplaces are ranked based on this data and then the Employee Feedback Reports are returned to each participating company.
Top RIAs by Financial Advisor Magazine 5
Financial Advisor Magazine, a national publication created exclusively for independent financial planners and registered investment advisors, featured the 2021 list of Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) firms in their July/August 2021 issue. The listing was based on total assets under management as of year-end 2020.
The Medical Economics Best Financial Advisers for Doctors 6
The Medical Economics Best Financial Advisers for Doctors listing is based on the following criteria: qualifications, good standing with the SEC and FINRA, fee arrangements, and minimum portfolio. Medical Economics Best Financial Advisers is a paid Listing advertising supplement, written and published by Advanstar Communications Inc as a source of information concerning individual financial advisers for use by physicians, heath care professionals, and the public. The listing is provided as a service to its subscribers, and the Medical Economics Best Financial Advisers Advertising Supplement does not contain sufficient information to verify the Advisers credentials but it does offer the public, physicians, hospitals, and managed care organization, and other care organizations general information pertaining to the listed advisers. Adviser data is self-reported by the Adviser. References to any specific adviser does not imply or constitute an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring of such Adviser by the Publisher or any of its affiliates.
investor.com’s Top 100 Financial Advisor Firms in Colorado 7
To qualify for the ranking, firms must have attained the “Trusted by investor.com” badge through a score of 85 points or higher (the equivalent of at least a 4.5 star rating) and have at least one location in Colorado. investor.com includes different rankings to help individuals compare more than 650,000 individuals and 17,000 RIAs throughout the nation. Their analysis makes use of their Trust Algorithm to sort and weigh regulatory and proprietary data from the FINRA Broker Check, SEC IAPD, state regulator databases, and professional designation websites.
The Best Financial Advisers for Dentists 8
The Dental Products Best Financial Advisers for Dentists listing is based on the following criteria: qualifications, good standing with the SEC and FINRA, fee arrangements, and minimum portfolio. Dental Products Best Financial Advisers for Dentists is a paid Listing advertising supplement, written and published by Advanstar Communications Inc as a source of information concerning individual financial advisers for use by physicians, heath care professionals, and the public. The listing is provided as a service to its subscribers, and the Dental Products Best Financial Advisers for Dentists Advertising Supplement does not contain sufficient information to verify the Advisers credentials but it does offer the public, physicians, hospitals, and managed care organization, and other care organizations general information pertaining to the listed advisers. Adviser data is self-reported by the Adviser. References to any specific adviser does not imply or constitute an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring of such Adviser by the Publisher or any of its affiliates.
InvestmentNews 9
InvestmentNews qualified firms headquartered in the United States based on data reported ADV to the Securities and Exchange Commission as of May 1. To qualify, firms must have met the following criteria: (1) Latest ADV filing date is either on or after Jan. 1, 2014. (2) Total AUM is at least $100M. (3) Does not have employees who are registered representatives of a broker-dealer. (4) Provided investment advisory services to clients during its most recently completed fiscal year. (5) No more than 50% of regulatory assets under management is attributable to pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies). (6) No more than 25% of regulatory assets under management is attributable to pension and profit-sharing plans (but not the plan participants). (7) No more than 25% of regulatory assets under management is attributable to corporations or other businesses. (8) Does not receive commissions. (9) Provides financial planning services. (10) Is not actively engaged in business as a broker-dealer (registered or unregistered). (11) Is not actively engaged in business as a registered representative of a broker-dealer. (12) Has neither a related person who is a broker-dealer/municipal securities dealer/government securities broker or dealer (registered or unregistered) nor one who is an insurance company or agency.
The Financial Times Top 300 Registered Investment Advisers 10
The 2015 Financial Times Top 300 Registered Investment Advisers is an independent listing produced by the Financial Times (June, 2015). The FT 300 is based on data gathered from RIA firms, regulatory disclosures, and the FT’s research. As identified by the FT, the listing reflected each practice’s performance in six primary areas, including assets under management, asset growth, compliance record, years in existence, credentials and accessibility. Neither the RIA firms nor their employees pay a fee to The Financial Times in exchange for inclusion in the FT 300.
