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Robert Chris Benshadle

Advisor at Principal Financial Services — Amherst, NY Bryant Woods S

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Credentials

Series 63

Experience

38 years

Location

Amherst, NY 14228

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Principal Financial Services

Enterprise

Total advisors

1,464

Across 577 offices

Clients per advisor

35 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$324,050 Low

HNW client ratio

5% Low

About

Robert Benshadle is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding a Series 63 designation and 37 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Cadaret, Grant & Co., and United Insurance Agency. He serves as an alumni board member for Hilbert College. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty military personnel. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Client services

Based on Principal Financial Services

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops

Occupation focus

Based on Principal Financial Services

Retired Founder/Business Owner

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Amherst, NY Bryant Woods S

90 Bryant Woods S

Amherst NY 14228

Advisors at this office

2

Most active in

New York

Work history

38 years of industry experience

Principal Securities INC

2024 - Present • 2 years

Amherst, NY

Principal Life Insurance Co.

2024 - Present • 2 years

Amherst, NY

LPL Financial, llc

2019 - 2024 • 5 years

Amherst, NY

Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc.

2016 - 2018 • 2 years

Amherst, NY

United Insurance Agency

2007 - 2024 • 17 years

Amherst, NY

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Business activities & affiliations

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David H

Series 65

Clarence Center, NY

Cornell Capital Management

David Hartzell is the sole advisor at Cornell Capital Management, an independent firm based in Clarence Center, NY. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 26 years of experience with Cornell Capital Management. The firm serves a small group of primarily high-net-worth individuals, managing discretionary portfolios focused on equities and ETFs with a buy-and-hold, fundamental-analysis approach emphasizing dividend-paying stocks and sector ETFs. Cornell Capital Management offers tailored investment options and occasional limited financial planning services, with an emphasis on personalized client mandates and international diversification considerations.

ESG / Sustainable investing Concentrated stock management
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Cutler G

Series 63, Series 65

Buffalo, NY

Spaulding Greene Wealth Management, LLC

Cutler Greene is the sole advisor at Spaulding Greene Wealth Management, LLC in Buffalo, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with four years of industry experience. He has been with Spaulding Greene Wealth Management since 2007. Outside of advisory services, he is a member of two LLCs that own small rental properties, which are unrelated to his investment work. Spaulding Greene Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management to a small client base of individual investors, trusts, and estates, focusing on conservative, tax-aware portfolio management using individual equities, mutual funds, and ETFs. The firm operates as a single-advisor practice with tailored portfolios and a preference for low turnover.

Wealth management
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Scott M

CFP®, Series 66

Williamsville, NY

Cambridge Advisors, LLC

Scott McCarthy is a CFP® credentialed advisor with five years of experience at Cambridge Advisors, LLC. He has held roles at Cambridge Consulting, Inc. and Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc., among others, spanning over a decade. In addition to his advisory work, he serves as a trustee and manages investments for several family and client trusts. Cambridge Advisors, LLC provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, businesses, trusts, and pension plans. The firm employs a disciplined asset allocation approach, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, alternative investment recommendations, and retirement plan consulting, supported by access to model portfolios through Orion and Envestnet.

Wealth management Retirement income strategy Income planning Retired Founder/Business Owner
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Timothy M

Series 63, Series 65

Williamsville, NY

Timothy C. Minneci

Timothy Minneci is the sole advisor at Timothy C. Minneci, an independent firm based in Williamsville, NY. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 17 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Paramax Securities, LLC, and Paramax Corporation. Outside of financial advising, he is a partner in Island Estates Home Watch LLC, a property management service for owners with multiple residences. The firm provides financial planning and asset allocation advice to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans without holding client funds or managing individual securities. Its approach involves goal analysis and written recommendations, often referring clients to outside managers for implementation.

General retirement planning Cash flow / budgeting
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Matthew M

Series 65

Buffalo, NY

Ibis Capital Management, LLC

Matthew Makowski is a financial advisor at Ibis Capital Management, LLC with 11 years at the firm and 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and is also an attorney, managing his own law firm, Matthew J. Makowski, PLLC, where he practices law part-time. Ibis Capital Management primarily serves individual and trust clients, as well as some pension and profit-sharing plan accounts, offering discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm uses fundamental research with some quantitative inputs to tailor investment strategies based on client risk tolerance, diversification, income needs, and age.

Wealth management
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Thomas G

Series 65

Kenmore, NY

Glenn Asset Management

Thomas Glenn is the principal of Glenn Asset Management in Kenmore, NY, holding a Series 65 credential with four years of industry experience. He has worked at Continental Transmission since 2000, where he rebuilds automotive transmissions. Outside of financial advising, he owns and operates BUN Properties, a rental property business. Glenn Asset Management provides personal investment management services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities, including family businesses. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach that combines passive and active investments, with portfolios generally globally diversified and monitored regularly. The firm is notable for its work with business entities and family businesses, reflecting the principal’s direct operating and real estate investing experience.

General retirement planning Social Security optimization Charitable giving & philanthropy
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