Sam Oakley Named to Financial Times List of 400 Top Financial Advisers
Pinnacle Asset Management Managing Director Sam Oakley, of The Oakley Group, has been named to 2018 edition of the Financial Times Top 400 Financial Advisers. The list recognizes top advisers at national, independent, regional and bank broker-dealers from across the United States.
“Sam has spent decades giving exceptional service and advice to his clients, and this award represents that,” said Gary Collier, manager of Pinnacle Asset Management. “He and his team have a top-notch reputation in our industry because they are knowledgeable, dedicated and skilled at giving clients just what they need to serve their goals.”
This is Oakley’s first appearance on the FT 400 list. He has previously been named to Barron’s Top 1,200 Advisers list (Top 1,000 prior to 2013) from 2009 – the list’s inaugural issue – to 2017. The Oakley Group joined Pinnacle Asset Management in the fall of 2017 after a long career serving clients in Green Hills. When he came on board, he and his team moved into a Pinnacle office on Crestmoor Road.
The FT 400 list is produced by the Financial Times in collaboration with Ignites Research, a subsidiary of the Financial Times that provides business intelligence on investment management. See the complete list online.
This year’s list includes an impressive cohort of elite advisers from 38 states and Washington, D.C. They have an average of 28 years’ experience and $1.4 billion in assets under management (AUM). It grades advisers on six criteria: AUM, AUM growth rate, experience, advanced industry credentials, online accessibility and compliance records. There are no fees or other considerations required. Learn more about the methodology below.
The team at Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The company earned a place on FORTUNE’s 2017 and 2018 lists of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the U.S., and American Banker recognized Pinnacle as the sixth-best bank to work for in 2017.
The company began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $22.2 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, 2017. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in 11 primarily urban markets in Tennessee, the Carolinas and Virginia.
Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the NASDAQ Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.
About Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.
Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., is a financial services firm supporting more than 7,500 independent financial advisors nationwide. Since 1974, Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC, has provided a wide range of investment and wealth planning related services through its affiliate, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC. Both broker/dealers are wholly owned subsidiaries of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE-RJF), a leading diversified financial services company with approximately 7,500 financial advisors in 3,000
locations throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. Total client assets are $727 billion.
About the Financial Institutions Division of RJFS
The Financial Institutions Division was established by Raymond James in 1987 to provide banks and credit unions with an alternative to traditional third-party investment providers. Raymond James provides full-service securities brokerage and advisory services to financial institutions seeking to compete with the largest banks and securities firms in the country. In addition to a full complement of investment products and services, Raymond James has the ability to deliver investment banking, public finance, research, self-clearing capabilities and wealth management services to both individuals and institutions.
Securities offered through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC. Investment products are: not deposits, not FDIC insured, not insured by any government agency, not bank guaranteed, subject to risk and may lose value. Investment advisory services offered through Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. The Oakley Group, Pinnacle Financial Partners, Pinnacle Asset Management and Pinnacle Bank are not registered broker/dealers and are independent of Raymond James Financial Services. Located at 150 3rd Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37201.
The FT 400 was developed in collaboration with Ignites Research, a subsidiary of the FT that provides specialized content on asset management. To qualify for the list, advisers had to have 10 years of experience and at least $300 million in assets under management (AUM) and no more than 60% of the AUM with institutional clients. The FT reaches out to some of the largest brokerages in the U.S. and asks them to provide a list of advisors who meet the minimum criteria outlined above. These advisors are then invited to apply for the ranking. Only advisors who submit an online application can be considered for the ranking. In 2018, roughly 880 applications were received and 400 were selected to the final list (45.5%). The 400 qualified advisers were then scored on six attributes: AUM, AUM growth rate, compliance record, years of experience, industry certifications, and online accessibility. AUM is the top factor, accounting for roughly 60-70 percent of the applicant's score. Additionally, to provide a diversity of advisors, the FT placed a cap on the number of advisors from any one state that's roughly correlated to the distribution of millionaires across the U.S. The ranking may not be representative of any one client's experience, is not an endorsement, and is not indicative of advisor's future performance. Neither Raymond James nor any of its Financial Advisors pay a fee in exchange for this award/rating. The FT is not affiliated with Raymond James.
Barron’s annual ranking of the nation’s “Top 1,000 Financial Advisers” (changed to 1,200 Advisers in 2014). Source: Barron’s “Top 1,000 Financial Advisors,” 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Barron’s is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company, L.P. All rights reserved. The rankings are based on data provided by over 4,000 individual advisors and their firms and include qualitative and quantitative criteria. Data points that relate to quality of practice include professionals with a minimum of seven years financial services experience, acceptable compliance records, client retention reports, charitable and philanthropic work, quality of practice, designations held, offering services beyond investments offered including estates and trusts, and more. Financial advisors are quantitatively rated based on varying types of revenues produced and assets under management by the financial professional, with weightings associated for each. Investment performance is not an explicit component because not all advisors have audited results and because performance figures often are influenced more by clients’ risk tolerance than by an advisor’s investment picking abilities.
These rankings may not be representative of any one client’s experience, are not an endorsement, and are not indicative of advisor’s future performance. Neither Raymond James nor any of its financial advisors pay a fee in exchange for these awards/ratings. Barron’s is not affiliated with Raymond James.
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