Top RIA Firms to Watch in 2020

Published on August 25, 2021

investor.com Announces the 2020 Firms to Watch List

As the new year kicks off, more than half of Americans surveyed have vowed to improve their finances. But, as they research different financial professionals, how will they know how to choose a financial advisor they can trust?

That's where investor.com comes in.

Our main search bar across the investor.com website enables Americans to quickly pull a Checkup page for over 650,000 individuals and 7,000 RIA firms. Using the same single search bar, Americans can find a Trusted SEC-regulated RIA firm in their city. We’ve made it even easier to find a financial fiduciary with the release of our 2020 Firms to Watch list.

The 94 financial advisory firms listed below were selected using our rigorous Trust algorithm, which sorts through 23 million data points from the SEC, FINRA and manual compilations regularly. In particular, the qualifiers for the 2020 Firms to Watch are as follows: 

• The firms hold fiduciary status.
• They have a secure website.
• They have a fee-only model.
• They do not have common conflicts of interest.
• They do not have a 12b1 conflict.
• They wrapped up 2019 with clean disciplinary records.

It is important to note that the list is not based on how many years these advisory firms have been registered or their total assets under management (AUM); it is based on the fact that they are doing business the right way.

We applaud these firms for their commitment to fiduciary advice and putting the interests of their clients first, and we’re excited to see how they grow and shape the industry in 2020.

Congratulations!