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Bernie Jerome Manard

Advisor at QVG, LLC — Alma, AR Golf Course Dr.

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Credentials

CFA®, Series 63, Series 65

Experience

28 years

Location

Alma, AR 72921

QVG, LLC

Supported

Total advisors

3

Across 3 offices

Clients per advisor

26 Low

Avg AUM per client

$1,192,309 High

HNW client ratio

52% High

About

Bernie Manard is a CFA® charterholder with 28 years of industry experience. He is a principal at QVG, LLC, where he has worked since 2014. His prior experience includes roles at Longboat Key Distributors, Inc. and Achieve Financial Independence, where he also serves as a principal providing group health insurance to small companies. QVG, LLC offers discretionary investment supervisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and trusts. The firm uses a model-driven investment approach that incorporates proprietary quantitative factors and macroeconomic inputs, managing a range of strategies including equity, income, REIT, and special-situations portfolios.

Client services

Based on QVG, LLC

Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on QVG, LLC

Active portfolio management Real estate investing Options & derivatives strategies

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Percentage

$50,000 - $500,000: 2.00% of assets under management $500,000 - $3,000,000: 1.25% of assets under management $3,000,000+: 1.00% of assets under management

Other

Account minimum: $50,000

Location

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Alma, AR Golf Course Dr.

3319 Golf Course Dr.

Alma AR 72921

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

Arkansas · Florida · Illinois · Texas

Work history

28 years of industry experience

Longboat Key Distributors, Inc.

2016 - 2018 • 2 years

Van Buren, AR

QVG, LLC

2014 - Present • 12 years

Naperville, IL

Achieve Financial Independence

1994 - 2019 • 25 years

Van Buren, AR

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Brian S

Series 65

Alma, AR

QVG, LLC

Brian Sledz is a financial advisor at QVG, LLC in Alma, Arkansas, holding a Series 65 credential with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with QVG, LLC since 2010. QVG, LLC provides discretionary investment supervisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and trusts, utilizing a quantitative and rule-based investment process. The firm offers a range of portfolio management strategies, including equity dividend, income, REIT, multi-asset, and special situations approaches.

Active portfolio management Real estate investing Options & derivatives strategies
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Series 63

Fort Smith, AR

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Series 65

Fort Smith, AR

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Series 66

Ft Smith, AR

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Series 66

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Series 66

Ft Smith, AR

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