Srdana Pokrajac is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor with two years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Planbound, LLC in New York, NY. She has been involved with Planbound since 2023 and also maintains a role at Wize Venture, Inc. Outside of her advisory work, she is engaged with Spartan Planning Group, a fee-only financial planning firm serving families, individuals, and organizations. Planbound offers financial planning, wealth management, and financial education services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm uses a diversified, primarily passive investment approach and supports various engagement structures, including asset-based management, flat-fee planning, and hourly consulting.

Berat Pehlivanoglu is the sole advisor at PFS Capital, LLC, with four years of industry experience. He is the founding member and managing director of two financial advisory and consulting firms focused on trade, corporate, and project finance loan transactions in emerging markets, based in the U.S. and Turkey. He is involved in the financial management of these entities but not in their day-to-day operations. PFS Capital, LLC is a registered investment adviser serving institutional clients, businesses, and individual investors. The firm employs a multi-strategy investment approach combining fundamental, technical, and proprietary analysis to manage diversified portfolios tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerance.

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Richard Russo is a financial advisor with RKR Capital Group LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and four years of industry experience. He previously worked at Greenlea Lane Capital Partners and Prince Henry Group before joining RKR Capital Group in 2018. RKR Capital Group LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a concentrated, long-only equity value strategy focused on bottom-up research and long-term capital appreciation, managing approximately $7.83 million in assets.

Sebastian Torrente is the sole advisor at New York Fee Simple, LLC, an independent investment advisory firm based in Brooklyn, NY. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and has professional experience across engineering and consulting roles prior to founding his firm. Torrente is also a registered representative of Joseph Stone Capital, LLC, a broker-dealer, where he provides securities brokerage services separately from his advisory work. New York Fee Simple, LLC offers portfolio management and investment advice to individuals, trusts, estates, family entities, and certain private companies. The firm employs both qualitative and quantitative analyses to tailor recommendations and provides a range of engagement types, including discretionary and non-discretionary management and educational seminars.

David Bueno Monge is a financial advisor at Ascent Systematic Advisors LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Argon Capital Management and Goldman Sachs International. Ascent Systematic Advisors LLC manages private pooled investment vehicles and separately managed accounts for institutional and sophisticated investors, including pension plans and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a discretionary, systematically rules-based investment approach focused on trend-following and momentum signals in U.S. equities, with an emphasis on detailed performance reporting and use of prime-broker services.

Mark Reich is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed advisor based in New York, NY, with over 30 years of experience at his own firm, Mark E. Reich, CPA, CFP. He provides financial planning and investment supervisory services alongside separately billed accounting activities. His firm serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations with fee-based planning and periodic investment oversight. The investment approach includes a broad range of strategies, from long-term holdings to short-term trading and option writing, with monitoring conducted through quarterly reports and meetings.

Boaz Witelson is the sole advisor at Sensus Investment Management, where he has worked since 2007. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 16 years of industry experience. Sensus Investment Management provides advisory services to individual clients and corporate retirement plans, specializing in discretionary portfolio management and non-discretionary pension consulting. The firm uses a top-down, asset-allocation driven approach with quantitative optimization and incorporates derivatives and option strategies to manage risk and costs.

Bozidar Jovanovic is a CFA® charterholder and holds the Series 66 designation, with nine years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Honey Badger Advisors LLC and serves as a Professor of Practice at Boston College, where he teaches university-level finance courses. His prior experience includes roles at Leumi Investment Services Inc and William Raveis. Honey Badger Advisors LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to a select client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs fundamental, modern portfolio theory and quantitative analysis to manage accounts, offering both customized and model portfolios under discretionary authority.

Michael Charles is a financial advisor at Amarna Capital Partners with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Craft Capital Management LLC and Paulson Investment Company, LLC. Amarna Capital Partners provides fee-based investment advisory services to institutional and individual clients, focusing on custom portfolio management and advisory work. The firm employs a tactical asset-allocation strategy combining top-down and bottom-up analysis and offers non-discretionary management using a variety of investment instruments.

Robert Chambers is a financial advisor at 80 Rods Advisors LLC in Larchmont, NY, holding a Series 65 designation with six years of industry experience. He previously worked at BNY Mellon from 2015 to 2022 before founding his current independent advisory firm. 80 Rods Advisors is a single-advisor firm offering comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a long-term, passive investment strategy based on Modern Portfolio Theory and provides tailored financial planning alongside regular portfolio reviews and rebalancing.

Constantine Polites is the sole advisor at ARDROSSAN Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with eight years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Infosys Ltd. and Hiteks Solutions Inc., alongside entrepreneurial ventures with Mykonos Film, LLC and Anthos Entertainment, LLC. ARDROSSAN Wealth Management provides personalized wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a fundamental, long-term buy-and-hold investment approach and offers portfolio management on a non-discretionary basis with client approval required for each trade.

Kwesi Simmsparris is the principal of Kaspian Wealth Management and holds a Series 66 designation with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Kaspián Wealth Management Inc. since 2012 and has operated Kaspian Financial Service, Inc. since 2001. In addition to his advisory role, he is a Certified Public Accountant and an insurance agent, providing accounting and insurance services to clients. Kaspian Wealth Management LLC offers investment advisory services primarily to individual clients and qualified retirement plans, including ERISA 3(38) investment management. The firm employs discretionary asset management with asset allocation models, periodic rebalancing, and fundamental analysis, using third-party portfolio construction and reporting services.

Michael Lackwood is a financial advisor at Spring Delta Asset Management, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Oppenheimer & Co., Aurora Private Wealth, and APW Capital, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as treasurer for the Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy, a charter school in Brooklyn, New York. Spring Delta Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a proprietary All Cap Momentum strategy using ETFs and a combination of charting, quantitative, and technical analysis, and offers services including Investment Policy Statements, pension consulting, and manager monitoring.

William Haggerty is the founder of The Haggerty Investment Group, LLC, a Ridgewood, NJ–based independent investment advisory firm. He holds a Series 65 credential and has 19 years of experience in the industry. In addition to his advisory work since 2013, Haggerty is the founder and owner of Haggerty & Bosch, LLP, a CPA and accounting practice established in 2001. The Haggerty Investment Group provides discretionary portfolio management and selects third-party advisers for individuals, small businesses, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs fundamental analysis and various investment strategies across equities, debt instruments, ETFs, mutual funds, and other assets, with a concentrated client base and a notable affiliation with the accounting firm Haggerty & Bosch, LLP.

Arden Rodgers is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license, with six years of industry experience. He has been with Arbus Capital Management, LLC since 2009. Arbus Capital Management, LLC is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management, one-time investment account reviews, and standalone financial planning to individuals, corporations, and charitable institutions. The firm manages over $120 million for fewer than 30 clients, employing a disciplined, low-cost, long-term asset-allocation strategy focused on exchange-traded funds and customized portfolio solutions.

Sahil Vakil is a CFP® and financial advisor at MYRA Wealth with eight years of industry experience. His background includes roles at BNP Paribas and ongoing affiliations with entities such as MYRA Capital LLC and New York University. MYRA Wealth provides planning, consultation, and discretionary investment management to individuals, households, trusts, and businesses through a subscription-based online platform. The firm employs a passive, ETF-based investment approach using algorithmically monitored model portfolios, and offers integrated tax and technology services through affiliated companies.

James Denby is the sole advisor at Denby Financial Services, LLC, an independent firm based in Clifton, NJ. He holds the Series 65 designation and has 12 years of industry experience. Denby has led his firm since 2010, providing a range of financial advisory services. Denby Financial Services offers investment advisory and financial planning primarily to individual clients, managing approximately $3.95 million across 26 accounts. The firm combines fundamental analysis and strategic allocation with both long- and short-term trading, operating mostly on a non-discretionary basis, and also provides income tax preparation and small-business accounting and payroll services.

Alan Kotaev is the president and portfolio manager of TPK Advisors LLC, where he has worked since 2010. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and has 10 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, he is a partner at Alan Trade Inc., a company involved in the export and distribution of Sherwin Williams products in Russia, where he handles contract negotiations and shipment arrangements. TPK Advisors is an independent registered investment adviser that provides discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs a variety of strategies including technical and fundamental analysis, short sales, option writing, and short-term trading, and conducts regular portfolio reviews with discretionary trading authority.

Kimberly Birn is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with five years at Birn Financial Inc and nine years of prior self-employed experience. She provides fractional CFO services, including tax return preparation, tax review, strategic planning, and business strategy planning for a limited number of clients. Birn Financial Inc serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and corporate/business clients with financial planning and advisory services. The firm also offers fractional CFO services and employs a variety of investment approaches, delivering non-discretionary advice tailored through initial interviews and model allocations.