Neil Hackman is a financial advisor with Oak Financial Group Inc in Stamford, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and offering 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Oak Financial Group since 1992. Oak Financial Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other business entities, providing portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm emphasizes a long-term investment approach focused on diversification and alignment with client objectives, primarily using mutual funds, and offers occasional no-fee educational seminars to the public.

Alejandro Aleman is a financial advisor at Volumetric Advisers with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at firms including Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and Granby Capital Management. Volumetric Advisers primarily provides investment advisory services to Volumetric Fund, Inc., a registered mutual fund, and offers portfolio management for separately managed accounts as well as advisory services to individuals and small businesses. The firm employs a proprietary volume-and-trend methodology called the “Volume and Range” system to guide investment decisions and is notable for managing a mutual fund while serving non-HNW clients and small businesses with modest minimums.

Matthew Ranieri is a financial advisor at IHS Wealth Management LLC with Series 65 credentials and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Mount Sinai Health System and Northwell Health. IHS Wealth Management LLC serves individuals—including high-net-worth clients—pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analyses alongside modern portfolio theory to construct portfolios, with monthly account reviews and a range of investment strategies including mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative offerings.

Adriano Almeida is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. He has been with VII Capital Management LLC since 2014. VII Capital Management LLC manages equity portfolios for individual and corporate clients through separately managed accounts and as the investment manager of a pooled investment fund. The firm uses a bottom-up fundamental analysis approach focused on publicly traded common stocks and offers three equity-focused portfolio styles tailored to clients’ investment objectives and risk tolerance.

Jason Gilbert is a financial advisor at RGA Investment Advisors, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation and Series 65 license and has been with RGA Investment Advisors since 2009. RGA Investment Advisors provides wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment process that uses fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct portfolios including equities, mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, and private placements, while managing both separate accounts and private pooled funds.

Ricky Tawil is a financial advisor at Domani Advisors in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. Prior to his current role since 2018, he worked briefly at Eureka Capital Partners LLC and The Glenmede Trust Company, and has experience in technology consulting through an independent consulting business focused on software and technology for small-to-medium sized businesses. Domani Advisors provides discretionary investment management and consolidated reporting services primarily to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, foundations, and small businesses, using a family-office style approach with a range of investment strategies including derivatives and option strategies.

Scott Krim is a financial advisor with Claris Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 36 years of industry experience. He has worked with Kestra Advisory Services and Kestra Investment Services since 2016 and has been associated with Claris Advisors and Krim Advisors since 2012. Outside of advisory services, Krim is involved in the insurance business, including a role as president of Insurance Portal.AI. Claris Advisors, LLC provides consultative financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers written, modular financial plans focused on areas such as estate and asset protection, business succession, retirement planning, insurance, and employee benefits, operating under a planning-only, fixed-fee model without discretionary asset management.

Chagit Raskin is a financial advisor at Valley Financial Management, Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Leumi Investment Services Inc. for seven years prior to her current roles at Valley Financial Management, Valley National Bank, and Valley Wealth Managers. Valley Financial Management operates its advisory services through its online platform, Valley Digital Investor, providing discretionary portfolio management and automated implementation of model ETF portfolios for individual and high-net-worth clients who maintain accounts with Valley National Bank. The firm’s investment approach uses client-provided information to generate target portfolios that are automatically implemented and periodically rebalanced.

Congzhu Yang is a financial advisor at HHL Wealth Advisors Inc. in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining HHL Wealth Advisors, Yang worked at New York University and Zhejiang Gongshang University. Yang also serves as a financial associate at HHL Advisors Group, assisting with tax preparation for clients. HHL Wealth Advisors is a fee-only registered investment adviser that provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individual clients and employer plan sponsors. The firm serves a small client base, emphasizing individualized investment policies using asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, and offers socially responsible options upon request.

Benjamin Thomas is a financial advisor at 4Sight Advisors LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66, Series 63, and Series 65 designations. His prior work includes roles at AscendLearning LLC, Harrington ED, MML Investors Services Inc, and Mass Mutual. 4Sight Advisors provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as corporations and business entities. The firm employs a variety of analytical approaches and incorporates non-traditional and pooled investment vehicles, managing client assets in-house with custodial arrangements at Interactive Brokers LLC and Charles Schwab Advisor Services.

Gamal Walker is a financial advisor at 4Sight Advisors LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at HSBC Bank. Outside of advising, he is a co-founder of a beauty and wellness technology company currently developing an application. 4Sight Advisors provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as corporations. The firm employs a range of analytical methods and includes non-traditional investment vehicles such as real estate funds and venture capital funds in its portfolios.

Frank Berrios is a financial advisor at Drum Hill Capital, LLC with Series 65 registration and one year of industry experience. He previously worked at Bank of America for one year and was a full-time student for nine years. Drum Hill Capital primarily advises individuals and families, including IRAs, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and investment consulting. The firm combines macro analysis with fundamental research to implement diversified model asset-allocation strategies and is notable for its use of margin and derivatives in separately managed accounts.

Eric Filippone is a financial advisor at Buckram Securities Ltd with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 designations and has been with Buckram Securities since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he operates E Filippone LLC, providing personal training lessons. Buckram Securities Ltd offers investment advisory, brokerage, and insurance services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals and retirement accounts. The firm manages discretionary portfolios through its Buckram Wealth Management Program, combining advisory, broker-dealer, and insurance services.

Kevin Mattison is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience, currently serving at Avior Capital Markets US, LLC since 2005. He holds the Series 63 designation and is based in New York, NY. Mattison is a director of multiple affiliated entities, including Avior Capital Markets Proprietary Limited and Avior Capital Markets International Limited, among others. Avior Capital Markets US, LLC serves U.S. institutional clients by distributing foreign equity research and facilitating execution of foreign securities transactions on an agency basis. The firm operates with a focused business model centered on institutional research distribution and transaction facilitation, supported by its integration with foreign affiliates.

Charles Benway is a CFP® with six years of experience as a financial advisor at Main Street Financial, where he has worked since 2000. He is also a CPA with over 38 years in that profession. Benway operates a separate CPA practice located at the same address as Main Street Financial. Main Street Financial provides discretionary wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm manages approximately $71 million for about 98 clients, employing customized asset allocation strategies and an integrated tax and investment service model through its affiliation with an accounting firm.

James Whiting is a financial advisor at Krauss Whiting Capital Advisors LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been a partner at Krauss Whiting CPAs LLP since 1988, where he is a licensed Certified Public Accountant providing public accounting services. He divides his time between the CPA firm and the investment advisory business in Stamford, Connecticut. Krauss Whiting Capital Advisors offers individualized portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charities, trusts, and estates. The firm combines fundamental, technical, and asset-allocation analysis, conducts regular portfolio reviews, and performs mutual fund and ETF due diligence, with discretionary or non-discretionary account management.

Theodore Goneos is a financial advisor with Chesapeake Asset Management LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials. He has over two decades of industry experience, including a 23-year tenure at Endevon Capital, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a trustee for The RETEP Trust and has held managing member positions in business consulting entities. Chesapeake Asset Management provides wealth management and investment advisory services to individuals, families, family offices, endowments, foundations, and registered investment advisers. The firm employs fundamental analysis in its public-markets investment process and offers both discretionary portfolio management and non-discretionary advisory support for alternative investments.

Andrew Cabrera is a financial advisor with Matrix Private Wealth Management Inc. He holds a Series 65 designation and has two years of industry experience. Cabrera has been with Matrix Private Wealth Management and Colonial Life for ten years each. In addition to advising, he is a licensed insurance agent involved in life and health insurance sales in New York and New Jersey. Matrix Private Wealth Management serves individual clients, high net worth individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers portfolio management, third-party money manager selection, and retirement plan referrals, primarily using model portfolios and outside managers with investment approaches grounded in modern portfolio theory and various analytical methods.

David Yvars Jr. is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 18 years of industry experience. He is currently with The David J. Yvars Group Inc., where he has worked since 2023, following 14 years at The David J Yvars Group. The David J. Yvars Group Inc. advises individual and high-net-worth clients as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and defined contribution plans. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and integrated financial planning using customized portfolios that incorporate fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, with strategies including option writing, margin use, and rebalancing.

Carl Scholtz is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Scholtz & Company, LLC since 2012, including its predecessor firm starting in 2019. Scholtz & Company is a wealth management firm serving high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, and institutions. The firm manages approximately $314 million across 200 client accounts and employs a combination of fundamental research and technical analysis to guide its investment strategies, with an emphasis on capital preservation and income.