2023 PLANADVISER Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year

Award recipients across all categories will be honored at the PLANADVISER Industry Leaders Awards celebration in New York City in May of 2023, along with many other award winners across the retirement industry.
Plan Sponsor Service
Robert Massa and Qualified Plan Advisors
Plan Participant Service
401k Plan Professionals
Mentorship
Strategic Retirement Partners
Closing the Coverage Gap
Steven Scott, RSG Advisory
Efforts in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Compass Financial Partners, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company
Community Impact and Giving Back
Derek Fiorenza, Summit Group Retirement Planners, Inc.

The 2023 PLANADVISER Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year finalists have demonstrated leadership and a commitment to excellence in serving retirement plan sponsors and participants and contributing to the retirement plan adviser industry.

Click on advisers’ pictures to see our Q&A about their practices and service.

For the second year in a row, the awards are being issued in six categories, a move away from the prior strategy of recognizing individuals and teams in categories based solely on firm size. For 2023, finalists and winners will be recognized in six qualitative categories, representing excellence in the following areas:

The Plan Sponsor Service and Plan Participant Service award categories were open for nominations from plan sponsors only, while adviser partners across the industry—including recordkeepers, asset managers, advisers, product providers and more—were able to submit nominations in the other five. As in past years, self-nominations were prohibited.

The awards are based on a mixture of qualitative and quantitative measures, including tenure in the business, focus on retirement plan business as a percentage of practice revenue, willingness to serve in a fiduciary role to clients’ plans and a review of essay answers and compliance records.

Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year finalists are recognized, and winners announced, at the PLANADVISER Industry Leader Awards Dinner on May 10 in New York City.

Plan Sponsor Service

Finalists and winners in this category stand out for their innovation and dedication in the service of retirement plan sponsor clients, with a particular focus on the efficient and effective delivery of plan-level support.

Plan Participant Service

Finalists and winners in this category stand out for their innovation and dedication in the service of retirement plan participants, with a particular focus on the efficient and effective delivery of individual-level advice and education.

Mentorship

Finalists and winners in this category stand out for their commitment and success in supporting the personal and professional growth of their firm’s staff, their fellow advisers and their industry peers.

Closing the Coverage Gap

Finalists and winners in this category stand out for their dedication to helping more Americans, especially those who work for small businesses or who are members of underrepresented communities, save for retirement in the workplace.

Efforts in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Finalists and winners in this category stand out for their success in addressing the financial services industry’s clear and present diversity problem, with a particular focus on the importance of creating equitable and fair workplaces.

Community Impact and Giving Back

Finalists and winners in this category stand out for their commitment to serving and supporting the local, regional, national and global communities in which they operate, both from a philanthropic and volunteering perspective.

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