Forbes America's Top/Best-in-State Advisors 2025
Amid the market uncertainty, we have some uplifting news we’d like to share with you. We are proud to announce that four of our advisors—Simon Hamilton, Greg Smith, Chris Aime, and Chase Hinderstein—have been recognized in the 2025 edition of the Forbes list of Best-in-State Wealth Advisors. This prestigious list highlights top advisors across the nation, and we are honored to have our team members included.
This accolade reflects the collective expertise, dedication, and client-focused approach that define our wealth management team at Raymond James. These principles have always been at the heart of our practice, and we continue to build upon them.
At the Wise Investor Group of Raymond James, we deeply value the trust and confidence you place in us. We understand the significance of entrusting your financial well-being to our care and are grateful for the opportunity to serve as your trusted financial partners.
We remain committed to providing you with the highest level of care and professionalism, offering personalized attention, innovative strategies, and comprehensive wealth management solutions.
Thank you for your continued trust.
About Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors
The Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors 2025 ranking, developed by SHOOK Research, is based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria, mostly gained through telephone and in-person due diligence interviews, and quantitative data. This ranking is based upon the period from 6/30/2023 to 6/30/2024 and was released on 4/8/2025. Those advisors that are considered have a minimum of seven years of experience, and the algorithm weighs factors like revenue trends, assets under management, compliance records, industry experience and those that encompass best practices in their practices and approach to working with clients. Portfolio performance is not a criteria due to varying client objectives and lack of audited data. Out of approximately 48,944 nominations, roughly 9,722 advisors received the award. This ranking is not indicative of an advisor's future performance, is not an endorsement, and may not be representative of individual clients' experience. Neither Raymond James nor any of its Financial Advisors or RIA firms pay a fee in exchange for this award/rating. Compensation provided for using the rating. Raymond James is not affiliated with Forbes or Shook Research, LLC. Please visit https://www.forbes.com/best-in-state-wealth-advisors/ for more info.
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