UBS Wealth Management USA announced today that two advisor teams from the firm’s Washington, D.C. office have been named to the inaugural Forbes America’s Top Wealth Management Teams list for 2022.
The Liberty Capitol Group ranked first in Washington, D.C. in the High Net Worth category and placed 69th overall in the nation. The Capital ESOP Group placed second in Washington, D.C. in the Private Wealth category and ranked 58th overall in the nation.
“We are pleased to see two Washington, D.C. teams from our firm included on this list,” said Ellen Pierce, D.C., and Mid-Atlantic Market Head at UBS Wealth Management USA. “Every day, our advisors and client associates on these respective teams work hard to earn their clients’ trust and continue to showcase their award-winning expertise and commitment to guiding clients toward reaching their financial goals.”
The Liberty Capitol Group includes Financial Advisors Sandra Cunningham, Holidae Hayes, Leland Bishop, Leif Springer and Brock Van Selow. The Capital ESOP Group is led by Private Wealth Advisors Keith Apton and Nick Francia.
The Liberty Capitol Group
Following an initial career as a successful entrepreneur running her own business, Financial Advisor Sandra Cunningham joined UBS where she founded her practice. Her business acumen and tireless work ethic have helped institutional clients achieve their goals for over 20 years. She provides consulting services to clients’ retirement plans and reserve accounts, including plan design, investment policy assistance, fiduciary training, fees and services benchmarking, investment due diligence, plan governance support, and participant education to organizations of all types and sizes.
Holidae Hayes combines a strong background as a banking and securities attorney and two decades of financial services experience to deliver uniquely insightful advice to clients. As a Financial Advisor, Holidae serves as a consultant to business owners, executives, families, and foundations. She leverages her decades of experience to help ensure that clients are able to achieve their goals. A strong commitment to integrity and trust are hallmarks of Holidae’s enduring client relationships.
Financial Advisor Leland Bishop has 16 years of experience building and nurturing relationships with non-profits, foundations, endowments, and retirement plans. Leland has extensive experience in developing investment policy statements, asset allocation modeling, investment manager due diligence, portfolio analysis, portfolio reporting, risk management, and portfolio construction. His institutional clients include pension plans, foundations, endowments and corporate benefit plans.
Financial Advisor Leif Springer focuses on managing investments for nonprofits, foundations and private clients. Leif also works with small businesses and corporations on qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, in addition to providing comprehensive financial planning and wellness resources for owners, executives and plan participants.
Brock Van Selow joined UBS as part of the UBS Wealth Planning Team, which focused on high and ultra-high net worth financial planning for individuals and families. As a Financial Advisor, Brock now works primarily with the team’s private clients to organize, grow and protect their wealth. He specializes in retirement income and cash flow analysis, estate and multigenerational planning, insurance and charitable giving strategies. Additionally, Brock provides education services to the team’s retirement plan clients through seminars and one-on-one meetings with participants.
The Capital ESOP Group
Keith Apton has over 21 years of experience in financial services, with an extensive background in corporate finance working with entrepreneurs and business owners. As the founding partner, he heads the team’s Private Wealth practice, where he works to determine client needs and match them with the appropriate resources of UBS. Keith focuses on solutions encompassing asset allocation, wealth and liability management to create tailored financial plans for his clients. His process entails a disciplined approach to help business owners with sell-side advisory solutions and post-sale financial planning to include holistic wealth management, including tax and estate planning strategies through strategic partnerships. Keith is a nationally-recognized leader on ESOPs and Internal Revenue Code §1042 rollovers.
Nick Francia focuses on educating business owners on tax-efficient exit strategies. He is committed to helping clients understand their options, as well as the pros and cons of each strategy and choose the best succession plan for themselves and their families. Nick also creates tailored cash flow models that compare taxable sales of privately held businesses and tax-deferred sales to an ESOP under §1042 of the Internal Revenue Code.
The Forbes America’s Top Wealth Management Teams High Net Worth list has 100 teams with cumulative assets of $288 billion. Developed by SHOOK Research, the ranking is based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria, mostly gained through telephone, virtual and in-person due diligence interviews, and quantitative data. This category focuses on households with accounts under $10 million. For the full list and further information visit: https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-wealth-management-teams-high-net-worth/?sh=4d9bd5f323e1.
The Forbes America’s Top Wealth Management Teams Private Wealth category features 100 teams with cumulative assets of $902 billion. The ranking is based on a similar algorithm as the High Net Worth list. This list includes accounts with $10 million or higher. For the full list and further information visit: https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-wealth-management-teams-private-wealth/?sh=2991719e2a4b.
About UBS
UBS convenes the global ecosystem for investing, where people and ideas are connected and opportunities brought to life, and provides financial advice and solutions to wealthy, institutional and corporate clients worldwide, as well as to private clients in Switzerland. UBS offers investment solutions, products and impactful thought leadership, is the leading global wealth manager, provides large-scale and diversified asset management, focused investment banking capabilities, and personal and corporate banking services in Switzerland. The firm focuses on businesses that have a strong competitive position in their target markets, are capital efficient and have an attractive long-term structural growth or profitability outlook.
UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide. It has offices in more than 50 regions and locations, with about 30% of its employees working in the Americas, 29% in Switzerland, 20% in the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa and 21% in Asia Pacific. UBS Group AG employs more than 72,000 people around the world. Its shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
