Adviser Honored as One of Boston’s ‘Best and Brightest’ for 2022

The Boston’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For^® competition recognizes organizations displaying a commitment to human resource practices and employee enrichment. Only companies that voluntarily participate are considered for recognition. The competition assesses participating organizations based on categories such as communication, work-life balance, employee education, diversity, recognition, retention and more. Participating companies are then benchmarked against participants both regionally and nationally. Award is not indicative of future investment performance nor represents client experience.

The Barron’s “America’s Best Independent Advisors” rankings consider factors such as assets under management, revenue produced for the firm, and quality of practice as determined by Barron’s editors. The award sponsor has not disclosed how many firms were surveyed or considered for this recognition, nor the percentage of total participants that ultimately received recognition. Prior to 2019, the award was called the Barron’s “Top 100 Independent Wealth Advisers.” For more, visit https://www.barrons.com/advisor/report/top-financial-advisors/independent.

The Barron’s “Top Advisor Rankings by State (Massachusetts)” (also referred to as Barron’s “Top 1,200 Financial Advisors”) considers factors such as assets under management, revenue produced for the firm, regulatory record, quality of practice and philanthropic work. According to Barron’s, “around 4,000” advisory firms were considered for this recognition in 2021; with about 1,200 firms receiving recognition. For more, visit https://www.barrons.com/advisor/report/top-financial-advisors/1000.

InvestmentNews’ “Best Places to Work for Financial Advisers” award is conducted in partnership with employee survey firm Best Companies Group. Winners are selected from a two-part survey completed by employers and employees. Employers report their organization’s workplace policies, practices and demographics. Employees complete a survey designed to measure the employee experience in areas such as leadership and planning, pay and benefits, corporate culture and communications and work environment. Scores from the employee survey represent three-quarters of the weight of the final rankings. Firms do not pay a fee to participate. To be eligible for the award, firms must be a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer, have been in business for at least one year and have at least 15 full-time employees. In 2018, 50 firms were named to the list; in 2019–2021, 75 were named. The award sponsor has not disclosed how many firms were surveyed or considered for this recognition, nor the percentage of total participants that ultimately received recognition. For more, visit https://bestplacesforadvisers.com/50-employees/.

The National Best and Brightest Companies in Wellness® Program—in conjunction with their scoring partner SynBella—surveys and evaluates each participating organization’s efforts in employee wellness. Participation is not limited to companies in the financial services industry. In order to participate, an organization must have at least 10 employees; be in business for at least one year, complete the required surveys, and pay any applicable fees. Certain fees are assessed to participants requesting specific analysis and reports on their application. Participants are not required to pay any particular fee or purchase any particular analyses or reports. For more, visit https://thebestandbrightest.com/programs/participation/.

Adviser Investments received the Best Wellness Employer Bronze Certification. Sponsored by Wellness Workdays, participating organizations complete a survey covering how the organization assesses its employee wellness initiatives and programs, and how the organization strategizes, implements and evaluates such initiatives and programs. Surveys are reviewed and scored, then participants are ranked in the Best Wellness Employer Score Index and may receive either Gold, Silver or Bronze Certification or an Honorable Mention. Organizations pay a $129 participation fee. The award sponsor has not disclosed how many firms were surveyed or considered for this recognition, nor the percentage of total participants that ultimately received recognition. For more, visit https://www.wellnessworkdays.com/best-wellness-employer-program.

Awards referenced herein do not consider or evaluate investment performance, or client experience or satisfaction, and therefore are not indicative of such. Awards generally only recognize companies that voluntarily choose to participate. Recognition is generally based on information submitted by the participating organizations. Adviser Investments does not  pay to participate in any of the awards referenced above. Please visit https://www.adviserinvestments.com/awards-and-recognitions/ for more information on awards and recognition received by Adviser Investments.