Top retirement income strategy financial advisors in Hawaii

Christopher Rine is a financial advisor with LPL Financial, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley and Cetera Advisors. LPL Financial is a national broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plan participants, banks, trust companies, and other institutions. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services, including financial planning, model portfolio programs, and institutional platforms.

Jennifer Cabo is a financial advisor with Cetera, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 15 years of industry experience. She worked at Bankoh Investment Services, Inc. for 12 years before joining Cetera in 2025. The firm distributes its services through a large network of independent advisors and serves individual, retirement plan, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients. Cetera offers a variety of portfolio management and financial planning services through a multi-manager platform that includes model portfolios, third-party managers, and customized strategies.

Christina Hom is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with 39 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Morgan Stanley and its affiliates since 2007. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a board member for the Hawaii International Film Festival and owns a restaurant called Taco Junction in Honolulu. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides a wide range of advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients, offering tailored financial planning and managing approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets. The firm utilizes structured planning tools and modeling techniques and offers both retail and institutional investment services.

Byron Leong is a financial advisor at Investment Research Corp with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at The Mitre Corp and ManTech International, where he currently serves as Executive Director providing systems integration services to the Department of Defense at US IndoPacific Command in Hawaii. Investment Research Corp offers investment supervisory services, portfolio management, and financial planning to individual and institutional clients. The firm employs a fundamental approach to security analysis and manages a broad range of investment products, including equities and municipal securities, with both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Bernard Yip is a financial advisor with Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc., holding CFP® and ChFC® designations and over 30 years of experience. He has worked extensively with First Hawaiian Bank and its affiliated entities since 1996 and has been associated with Raymond James since 2017, focusing on lifecycle planning. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors provides financial planning, investment consulting, and advisory services to individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and corporate clients using tailored, non-discretionary planning and analytical tools to support client goals.

Jared Fruth is a financial advisor at Northwest Asset Management with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Securities America, Inc., KMS Financial Services, Inc., Oppenheimer Funds, and John Paul Mitchell Systems. Northwest Asset Management is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $3.6 billion for nearly 3,000 clients, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charities, and corporations. The firm employs a customized, fiduciary approach using Modern Portfolio Theory and strategic asset allocation, combining fundamental and technical analysis to build diversified portfolios with periodic rebalancing.

David Hart is a financial advisor with Martin Wealth Management, LLC in Irvine, CA. He holds a Series 65 credential and has 15 years of industry experience. Hart previously worked with Safeguard Investment Advisory Group and LifePro Asset Management. He is also a Certified Financial Fiduciary and volunteers as an instructor with the Foundation for Fiduciary Education, providing unbiased fiduciary financial education to the public. Martin Wealth Management offers investment advisory services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients by co-advising and directing accounts to a third-party money manager, Matson Money. The firm focuses on client onboarding, documentation, and ongoing review of third-party manager accounts rather than direct asset management.

Willie Myles is a financial advisor with Equitable Advisors in Cary, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at Equitable Advisors since 2016, previously serving at Axa Advisors and MSI Financial Services. Outside of advising, he is a co-chairman of a fundraising campaign for Alpha Light Fund Inc., a nonprofit focused on renovating the House of Alpha. Equitable Advisors serves a range of clients including individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations, providing financial planning, retirement consulting, and asset management through a network of representatives and third-party managers. The firm offers various investment vehicles and ERISA fiduciary services, relying on third-party program sponsors and an affiliation with a publicly traded parent company.

Elanna Gould is a CFP® professional with six years of experience, currently advising at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors in Cleveland, OH. Her background includes roles at PepsiCo and The Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Center, as well as academic experience at The Ohio State University. She is also an independent insurance agent for various companies. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors serves a broad client base, including individuals, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement advisory services through a network of independent professionals. The firm provides a range of portfolio management options, proprietary and third-party strategies, and various custody platforms tailored to client objectives.

Gordon Brown III is a financial advisor at Edward Jones with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Edward Jones since 2008. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients, with approximately $1.01 trillion in assets under management. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and investment options, operating under a fiduciary standard.