Richard Ascher is a financial advisor at Wealth Management Advisors, LLC in Livingston, NJ, with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2002. Wealth Management Advisors, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporate entities, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm focuses on manager selection and monitoring, fixed-income portfolio management, and written financial planning, typically delivering advice on a nondiscretionary basis while emphasizing oversight of third-party managers.

Gwen Gepfert is a financial advisor with Oaktree Financial Planning and Consulting in Basking Ridge, NJ. She holds a Series 65 designation and has 18 years of industry experience. Since 2006, she has been with Oaktree Financial Planning and Consulting, an independent firm. Oaktree Financial Planning and Consulting provides fee-only financial planning and investment consultation to individual investors, focusing on retirement planning, education funding, tax and estate coordination, and educational workshops. The firm emphasizes a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach using low-cost index funds and ETFs, delivering non-discretionary advice through time- or project-based engagements rather than ongoing asset management.

Tibor Dani is a CFP® professional with 23 years of experience in financial services. He is the founder of Wealthness LLC and has previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. for 16 years. Outside of advising, he serves as a business consultant through Monetare LLC and hosts a talk show interviewing successful family business owners via Family Business Media. Wealthness LLC provides holistic wealth management to individuals, business-owning families, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, nonprofit organizations, and business entities. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning, asset management, business wealth consulting, and retirement plan consulting, including specialized services for qualified plans and held-away accounts.

Matthew Taranto is a CFA® charterholder with six years of experience in financial advising at Mountainpoint Investment Advisors. He is also Senior Vice President at Everest Group Ltd, a property and casualty reinsurance company, where he manages the company’s internal general account asset portfolio. Mountainpoint Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individuals, non-profit organizations, and institutional clients such as foundations and endowments. The firm employs a combination of fundamental macro and sector analysis with bottom-up security research, emphasizing diversified, low-turnover investments including ETFs and mutual funds.

Mohammad Hosseini Nejad is a financial advisor with Investment Management 911, holding 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Investment Management 911 since 2000 and also has a long tenure with Unilever HPC USA starting in 1989. Investment Management 911 serves individual and business clients by providing discretionary investment management, customized investment policies, periodic rebalancing, and financial planning. The firm focuses on diversified, asset-allocation portfolios using primarily low-cost, no-load mutual funds and ETFs, emphasizing tax-efficient placement and minimizing investment costs.

I’m Paul Cipriano, the founder of Cipriano Wealth Management. I decided to launch Cipriano Wealth Management as a fee-only, independent registered investment advisor to eliminate the inherent conflicts of interest that investors are often forced to accept when engaging with a financial advisor. I offer comprehensive financial planning under a monthly subscription service. I also combine financial planning with ongoing investment management services and charge fees based on the value of the assets managed (AUM). I prioritize the development of your unique comprehensive financial plan as the foundation of our relationship. I am not singularly focused on gathering assets and refrain from managing investment portfolios unless we have developed a strategic plan for your assets. I worked on the trading desks at several large global investment banks for over 20 years where I was responsible for advising hedge funds and asset managers on portfolio management, investment strategy and market risk. I combine that experience with my training as a CFP® professional to help middle- and high-income families from working class backgrounds achieve their personal financial goals. Would you like to connect? Book a 20 Minute Intro call on my online calendar at calendly.com/ciprianowealth.

Cengiz Ozdemir is a financial advisor at Arman James Investments with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Arman James Investments since 2010. Arman James Investments provides customized portfolio management primarily for individual clients, focusing on value-oriented, research-driven investment strategies. The firm emphasizes account accessibility and liquidity, offering concentrated portfolios with active trading and option strategies tailored to client risk profiles.

Charles Chiu is a financial advisor with Golden Lake LLC in Parsippany, NJ. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 36 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Golden Lake LLC in 2013, he worked at TFS Securities, Inc. from 2015 to 2020. Golden Lake LLC provides investment management and consulting services primarily to individual clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a top-down, market-cycle approach incorporating macroeconomic analysis, market timing, tactical overlays, and quantitative technical analysis.

Rushi Patel is a financial advisor at Fairbridge Capital Management, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at TD Ameritrade and Gibbs Wealth Management. Patel also operates a separate insurance business as a licensed insurance producer. Fairbridge Capital Management provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $15.3 million across 55 client relationships. The firm employs tactical equity strategies focused on thematic and dividend value equities and integrates ongoing supervision and rebalancing based on client-specific investment policies.

Giuseppe Bianco is the principal of Bianco Wealth Advisors LLC and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 17 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at New York Life Insurance Company and NYLife Securities LLC, as well as work with Cornerstone Planning Group, LLC. In addition to his advisory work, he operates an insurance brokerage through Cambium Strategies LLC. Bianco Wealth Advisors LLC provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services primarily to pooled vehicles and institutional clients, while also serving individuals, trusts, small businesses, and estates. The firm employs a blend of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and options strategies, with portfolio reviews conducted at least quarterly.

John Coumarianos is the principal of Mindful Advisory, LLC, an independent investment advisory firm. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 11 years of industry experience, including roles at CityWire USA and Dow Jones. In addition to his advisory work, he serves as a writer and editor for CityWire USA, contributing approximately 20 hours per month. Mindful Advisory, LLC provides fee-only investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and other entities. The firm employs a valuation-driven investment approach, managing portfolios with a focus on both fixed income and flexible long-duration assets, and occasionally uses short-term trading strategies tailored to client objectives.

Daniel Sciortino is a ChFC® and Series 63 credentialed advisor with 14 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Fig Tree Wealth Management LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2022. His prior experience includes roles at National Wealth Management, Foresters Financial Services, and Sound State Entertainment. Outside of financial advising, he is involved in book publishing and education on biblical stewardship through Fig Tree Stewardship and is a member-owner of Godwit Coffee LLC, a coffee roastery focused on charitable activities. Fig Tree Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm’s investment approach includes diversified allocations tailored to risk profiles, with a Biblically Responsible Investing overlay that screens for consistency with specified Christian values, and offers pension consulting and participant education services.

Michael Marino is a CFP® professional with 29 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at The Financial Planning Center, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Lotus Investment Advisors, Empire Asset Management Company, Divine Asset Management, LPL Financial, and Guardian Life. Outside of his advisory work, Marino is president of the Washington Township Police Foundation, a nonprofit supporting the local police department. The Financial Planning Center, LLC is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, and business owners with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning services. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to develop personalized investment policies and provides ongoing fiduciary oversight and consolidated reporting.

Desi Dimaio is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with Dimaio Private Wealth, LLC and has previously worked at Alliance Wealth Management Group, LLC and Bleakley Financial Group, LLC. Dimaio Private Wealth, LLC provides discretionary wealth management and investment advisory services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, offering comprehensive financial planning and individualized portfolio management. The firm constructs portfolios primarily from model allocations using ETFs, individual equities, mutual funds, and bonds, with an emphasis on fundamental analysis and a long-term investment horizon.

Austin Neary is a financial advisor with Plan2Prosper LLC in Andover, NJ. He holds the Series 66 designation and has 18 years of industry experience, including a prior role at UBS Financial Services. Neary has led Plan2Prosper since 2009. Plan2Prosper LLC provides integrated wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, families, charitable trusts, and small businesses. The firm employs an investment approach based on academic research and efficient-market principles, offering non-discretionary portfolio management tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Harold Wachtel is the owner of Wachtel Capital Advisors, LLC and holds a Series 66 designation with 23 years of industry experience. He has worked at Aurora Private Wealth, APW Capital, Inc., and Fortune Financial Services, Inc. prior to founding his advisory firm in 2009. Wachtel Capital Advisors, LLC provides portfolio management and advisory services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as charitable organizations and pension or profit-sharing plan clients. The firm uses fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to manage discretionary accounts, often employing ETFs, mutual funds, fixed income, equities, and occasionally margin and options strategies.

Michael Ashton is the sole advisor at Enduring Investments LLC in Morristown, NJ, holding the CFA® designation and Series 63 license with 15 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Real Asset Strategies, LLC from 2019 to 2021. In addition to his advisory role, Ashton serves as an external consultant to BAG Corp, assisting with quantitative business evaluations for a polypropylene fabric manufacturing company. Enduring Investments LLC is a small independent investment adviser providing discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to individual and institutional clients. The firm focuses on inflation-linked investment strategies using instruments such as inflation swaps, CPI options, inflation futures, and TIPS, and also manages a private inflation-tracking fund while sub-advising a registered inflation-protection ETF.

Weirong Zhang is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience. Zhang has worked at Willow Wealth Management LLC since 2025 and previously held roles at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Citi Private Alternatives, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and HSBC Securities. Outside of financial advising, Zhang is an independent distributor for an e-commerce company, Marketamerica Shop.com, primarily for personal use of its products. Willow Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services tailored to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers personalized investment advice based on client goals and risk tolerance, utilizing tools such as Monte Carlo analysis and may engage sub-advisors to implement investment strategies.

Ajit Paranjpe is a financial advisor at Prima Innotech with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Prima Innotech since 2012. In addition to his advisory role, he has a long tenure at Veeco Instruments starting in 2006. Prima Innotech is an independent registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and consulting services to individual clients. The firm employs a proprietary OptionMaximizer analysis engine to guide investment decisions and supports clients through educational seminars, publications, and a subscription-based platform for self-directed investors.

Xiaowei Jiang is a financial advisor at Oceanus Research LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Oceanus Capital Management LLC, GSA Capital, and Welton Investment Partners. Oceanus Research LLC provides customized investment management and consultation primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a defined investment process that combines top-down thematic analysis with fundamental and proprietary research, utilizing a variety of sophisticated strategies including derivatives and margin in separately managed accounts.