Awards and Recognitions

Third-party rankings and recognition from rating services or publications are no guarantee of future investment success. No fee was paid for participation in the FA ranking survey. FA’s RIA survey is a ranking based on aum at year end of independent RIA firms that file their own ADV with the SEC. FA’s RIA ranking orders firms from largest to smallest, based on AUM reported to us by firms that voluntarily complete and submit FA’s survey by our deadline. To be eligible for the ranking, firms must be independent registered investment advisors and file their ADV statement with the SEC and provide financial planning and related services to clients. Firms must have at least $500 million in aum as of December 31, 2021 to be included in the print edition of Financial Advisor magazine’s 2022 RIA survey. Firm will under $500 million will be included the FA’s expanded 2022 online RIA survey.

Third-party rankings and recognition from rating services or publications are no guarantee of future investment success. No fee was paid for participation in the PSBJ ranking survey.

Companies are not required to be headquartered in Washington state and are ranked by their assets under management for Puget Sound region clients. Information was obtained from firm representatives and company websites. Information on The List was supplied by individual companies through questionnaires and could not be independently verified by the Puget Sound Business Journal. Only those that responded to our inquiries were listed. In case of ties, companies are listed alphabetically.

Third-party rankings and recognition from rating services or publications are no guarantee of future investment success. No fee was paid for participation in the Barron’s ranking survey.

Advisors who wish to be ranked fill out a 102-question survey about their practice. Barron’s will verify that data with the advisors’ firms and with regulatory databases and then they apply their rankings formula to the data to generate a ranking. The formula features three major categories of calculations: (1) Assets (2) Revenue (3) Quality of practice. In each of those categories they do multiple sub-calculations. Read more on their methodology on their website.

Third-party rankings and recognition from rating services or publications are no guarantee of future investment success. No fee was paid for participation in the FA ranking survey. FA’s RIA survey is a ranking based on aum at year end of independent RIA firms that file their own ADV with the SEC. FA’s RIA ranking orders firms from largest to smallest, based on AUM reported to us by firms that voluntarily complete and submit FA’s survey by our deadline. To be eligible for the ranking, firms must be independent registered investment advisors and file their ADV statement with the SEC and provide financial planning and related services to clients. Firms must have at least $500 million in aum as of December 31, 2022 to be included in the print edition of Financial Advisor magazine’s 2023 RIA survey. Firm will under $500 million will be included the FA’s expanded 2023 online RIA survey.

Third-party rankings and recognition from rating services or publications are no guarantee of future investment success. A $250 entry fee was paid for participation in the PSBJ Best Places to work survey.

Information was obtained from firm representatives and company websites. Quantum’s Best Workplaces score factors in 30 items across six categories including trust in leadership and team dynamics. Companies that made The List had the highest composite scores in an employee survey administered by Quantum Workplaces on behalf of the Puget Sound Business Journal. Information on The List was supplied by individual companies through questionnaires and could not be independently verified by the Puget Sound Business Journal.

Third-party rankings and recognition from rating services or publications are no guarantee of future investment success. No fee was paid for participation in the WSR Wealth Exemplar Awards.

To qualify for the Fee-Based RIA of the Year Award, RIA firms had to be SEC-registered, working through either a W-2 or independent financial advisors, or both. There is a minimum asset level of $250 million. Qualifying RIAs have a primary focus on fee-based solutions for clients.

The Financial Times 300 Top Registered Investment Advisers is an independent listing produced annually by the Financial Times (June 2019). The FT 300 is based on data gathered from RIA firms, regulatory disclosures, and the FT’s research. RIA firms applied for consideration, having met a minimum set of criteria. The listing reflected each practice’s performance in six primary areas: assets under management, asset growth, compliance record, years in existence, credentials and online accessibility. This award does not evaluate the quality of services provided to clients and is not indicative of the practice’s future performance. Neither the RIA firms nor their employees pay a fee to The Financial Times in exchange for inclusion in the FT 300.

Third-party rankings and recognition from rating services or publications are no guarantee of future investment success. No fee was paid for participation in the PSBJ ranking survey.

To qualify for the list, companies must be headquartered in Washington state. The companies must also be privately owned and reported at least $500,000 in 2019 revenue. Ranks are determined by revenue grown between 2019 and 2021.  Information was obtained from firm representatives and company websites. Information on The List was supplied by individual companies through questionnaires and could not be independently verified by the Puget Sound Business Journal. Only those that responded to our inquiries were listed. In case of ties, companies are listed alphabetically.