Thomas New

Fortigent LLC provides wealth management solutions and consulting services to independent advisors. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

HighTower Advisors LLC (HighTower) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and has offices throughout the US. The firm was founded in 2008 by Elliot Weissbluth, Peter (Todd) Lyon, and Eugene Lerner. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Hightower Holding LLC. HighTower provides investment advisory services to institutions (which include ERISA), and ultra-high and high net worth individuals.

FIAM LLC (do-business-as Fidelity Institutional Asset Management) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The firm was founded in 2006 and formerly known as Pyramis Global Advisors LLC. They are wholly-owned by FIAM Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by FMR LLC, aka Fidelity Investments. FIAM provides discretionary investment management services to institutional accounts. The firm also sub-advices funds or accounts for affiliated advisers and unaffiliated advisers.

Verdence Capital Advisors LLC (Verdence) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and multi-family office headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland. The firm was founded by Leo J. Kelly III in 2017. Verdence provides personalized service focused on in-depth financial planning and advice serving family office, business owners and entrepreneurs, M&A strategic transactions, executives, and elite athletes and entertainers.