Ryan Fortier

UBS Financial Services, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS Americas Inc., ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1969, UBS Financial Services provides investment advisory services to individuals, banks, thrift institutions, mutual funds and other investment companies, pension and employee benefit plans, trusts, estates, charities, corporations and other business and government entities.

WBI Investments, Inc. (WBI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey. The firm was founded by Don Schreiber, Jr. in 1984 as Wealth Builders, Inc. WBI provides investment management services to individuals, high net worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, municipalities, exchange traded funds, trust programs, and other US institutions.

Silver Lane Advisors LLC operates as an investment bank. The firm advises financial institutions undergoing transformational events, including mergers, acquisitions, capital raises, recapitalizations, re-equitizations, and joint ventures. It also provides valuation advisory services and structure ownership succession plans. The company was founded by Elizabeth Bloomer Nesvold in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Advizr, Inc. operates as a financial software company. Its platform enables financial advisors to aggregate accounts, calibrate plan, socialize, monitor, and data discovery. The company was founded by Hussain Zaidi, Mustapha Baassiri and Jorge Alvarez and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Steben & Co., Inc. (Steben) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Excelsior, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Ken Steben in 1989 and is a subsidiary of Octavus Group LLC. Steben provides discretionary investment management and advisory services, together with investment management products, to financial advisors and institutions. The firm serves as the general partner of Futures Portfolio Fund LP, a multi-advisor private managed futures fund.

Signature Financial Management, Inc. (dba Brown Advisory) is a SEC-registered asset management firm headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia. The firm was founded by Susan Colpitts in 1994 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown Advisory, Inc. Brown Advisory provides integrated wealth management services to high-net worth individuals and their families, as well as to a small number of charitable trusts and foundations.

Welch Hornsby, Inc. provides investment advisory services. The firm serves to individuals, families, and Institutions. The company was founded by Edward V. Welch, Jr. and John S. Hornsby in 1988 and is headquartered in Montgomery, AL.

RBC Wealth Management (RBCWM) is wealth management division of RBC Capital Markets Equity Research, which is ultimately owned by Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE; TSE: RY). Formerly known as RBC Dain Rauscher, Inc., the firm was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. RBCWM provides trusted advice and wealth management solutions to individuals, families and institutions.

Diversified Trust Co. is a privately-owned trust management firm headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina. The firm was founded in 1994 by Larry H. Bryan. Diversified Trust creates wealth solutions to individuals and multi-generational families, foundations and endowments, retirement plans, and family-owned businesses.

PEAK Financial Group is one of Canada's premiere independent financial groups. The company represents advisors who assist the investors. PEAK provides back-office and administrative assistance to financial planners. It manages the assets under administration and has an enviable life insurance portfolio. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Fortigent LLC provides wealth management solutions and consulting services to independent advisors. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Traust Sollus Wealth Management LLC provides investment advice. The company was founded by Al Zdenek in 1982 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Vestigo Ventures LLC (Vestigo Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Mark Stephen Casady and Ian W Sheridan. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Confluence Wealth Services, Inc., dba Confluence Financial Partners (Confluence), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in McMurray, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Gregory J. Weimer in 2021 and is principally owned by Confluence Financial Partners, Inc. Confluence provides comprehensive financial planning and wealth management services to individuals, professionals, business owners, corporate executives, retirement plans.