CAPTRUST HAPPENINGS

GIVING BACK

From stockpiles for donation to a virtual run for the CAPTRUST Community Foundation, our colleagues have been busy. Find out what we have been doing to stay active in the community.

CAPTRUST colleagues volunteering at Note in the Pocket in Raleigh, North Carolina.

2020 Hops for Hope For a sixth year, CAPTRUST participated in Triangle Hops for Hope, an event that pairs corporate teams with Raleigh-area craft breweries to create an original beer to raise money for charity. The event raised more than $90,000 to benefit Children’s Flight of Hope, a local nonprofit that provides air transportation for children to access specialized medical care. CAPTRUST’s team, The Roth IPAs, brewed a Berliner Weisse named Nobody Puts Baby in a Cake and raised more than $2,400 for the cause.

Bond Brothers 5K From September 19 to 26 the CAPTRUST Community Foundation partnered with Bond Brothers Beer Company to host the fourth annual Bond Brothers 5K race—virtually! The cyberevent pulled in 272 runners, joggers, and walkers who completed and reported the time and date of their own five-kilometer runs across roads, trails, and treadmills around the country. The race raised more than $3,000 for the CAPTRUST Community Foundation.

9/11 Day of Service CAPTRUST colleagues were masked up and ready to make their contributions at the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina this past September 11. Volunteers sorted foods and assembled family-sized boxes containing healthy meals for families in the community.

Metropolitan Ministries Colleagues from our Tampa office worked diligently over the summer months to collect hygiene, baby care items, and other necessities for families in need in our communities. In August, the group arranged for their stockpile to be delivered to Metropolitan Ministries.

Sleep in Heavenly Peace Last month volunteers from CAPTRUST’s Salt Lake City office teamed with Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit organization that builds and delivers beds to children who do not have a place to sleep. The team created five bunkbed sets that afternoon, which will provide ten children with beds to sleep in.

CAPTRUST GROWTH

Grand Rapids, MI

We are pleased to announce two new regional offices, one senior hire, and four new financial advisors.

Melissa Stamatiades, CTFA Stamatiades joined CAPTRUST’s Raleigh, North Carolina, office in September as a senior manager within the firm’s Wealth Solutions Group. She is charged with consulting with our advisors and clients to design and implement investment portfolios and financial planning solutions. Stamatiades received a Bachelor of Science Business Administration degree in finance from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. New Offices in Grand Rapids and Southfield, Michigan In September, we added the retirement plan advisory practice of Plante Moran Financial Advisors, one of the nation’s largest independent registered investment advisors, to our growing firm. Led by Partners Dori Drayton and Susan Shoemaker, this team brought an additional 11 team members and more than $6.27 billion of client assets under management to CAPTRUST’s growing retirement plan advisory practice.

In addition to Drayton and Shoemaker, please welcome financial advisors Jeremy Chambers, Justin Domber, Cameron Kleinheksel, Brett Reardon, and Jeremy Tollas.

Phil Epting, CFP® CAPTRUST welcomed Epting to the Greensboro, North Carolina, office in September as a financial advisor responsible for providing investment advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutions. Prior to CAPTRUST, Epting held the position of wealth advisor at Financial Directions Group and was a senior financial consultant at TD Ameritrade before that. He earned his Bachelor of Science Business Administration degree in finance and economics from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Ron Homer, AIF® Homer joined the firm in late September as a vice president and financial advisor responsible for providing investment and fiduciary advisory services to retirement plan sponsors of defined benefit, defined contribution, and nonqualified retirement plans. He came to us after spending nearly two decades with TIAA as a senior director and branch leader in the New York City area. Homer received his Bachelor of Science degree in organizational behavior from New York University. He has been in the industry since 2001. Frank Pyles, CFP®, CIMA® In July, CAPTRUST welcomed Pyles as vice president and financial advisor. He is responsible for developing new institutional client relationships and is integral in bringing the firm’s industry-leading institutional advisory services to the Southwestern U.S. region. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in telecommunications and film from California State University, Los Angeles, and a Master of Business Administration degree in international business from Saint Joseph’s University–Erivan K. Haub School of Business.

John Zick, AIF®, CPFA Zick joined CAPTRUST in August as a vice president, financial advisor, responsible for providing investment and fiduciary advisory services to retirement plan sponsors and endowments and foundations. He has been in the financial industry since 2002 and spent 15 years in a director role at Prudential Financial. Zick earned his Bachelor of Music degree in music performance from the University of Hartford and a Master of Music degree in music performance from Johns Hopkins University.

CAPTRUST RECOGNITION

The firm is proud to announce several local and national accolades and our latest initiatives focused on providing advocacy, support, and resources for all CAPTRUST employees.

CAPTRUST Named Largest RIA for Fifth Year The August 2020 issue of Financial Advisor magazine ranked CAPTRUST #1 among registered investment advisors with assets of more than $1 billion, making it the firm’s fifth consecutive year to achieve this distinction. The magazine’s annual survey analyzes several metrics, including assets under advisement, asset growth over the trailing year, and assets per client, as well as other indicators of business success.

Firm Ranks on Barron’s List CAPTRUST was named #8 on Barron’s annual list of the Top 100 RIA Firms. The ranking is based on a formula that this year includes several new metrics, including technology spending, staff diversity, and succession planning.

Top 300 U.S. Registered Investment Advisor Firms CAPTRUST was included in Financial Times’ annual FT 300 list of the Top Registered Investment Advisers. This list, now in its seventh year, is based on assets, expertise, and other credentials desirable to investors. CAPTRUST Named Largest Wealth Management Firm in Houston CAPTRUST was recently named the largest wealth management firm (with investment minimums of less than $1 million) in the Houston area by the Houston Business Journal. This is CAPTRUST’s first appearance on the list, following the addition of the South Texas Money Management (STMM) team in August 2019, which helped CAPTRUST to significantly expand its presence in Texas.

CAPTRUST Named Largest RIA in Tampa, Florida CAPTRUST was recently named the largest investment services firm in Tampa by the Tampa Bay Business Journal based on its $10.7 billion of client assets and 33 employees in the market.

CAPTRUST Named Largest RIA in North Carolina In June Business North Carolina recognized CAPTRUST as the largest registered investment adviser in the state of North Carolina. The annual ranking based on AUM puts CAPTRUST at the top of the list among 34 other investment advisory and mutual fund firms across the state.

CAPTRUST Named a Best Place to Work

The Triangle Business Journal again named CAPTRUST to its Best Places to Work list. This is the seventh year CAPTRUST has received this honor from the Journal. A group of CAPTRUST dignitaries learned that the company placed #2 in the extra-large companies category (250-plus employees) in September. The publication honors top-ranked businesses in four size categories: small, medium, large, and extra-large. Businesses on the list are scored and ranked based on the results of a survey voluntarily completed by employees. To be eligible for recognition, companies must be rated highly by employees and meet an employee participation threshold.

Inclusion & Diversity Council As part of the firm’s commitment to inclusion and diversity, CAPTRUST senior leaders recently rolled out the Inclusion & Diversity Council (IDC). The IDC is the firm’s latest initiative focused on providing advocacy, support, and resources for all CAPTRUST employees to ensure that every employee feels seen, heard, and respected. The IDC’s first initiative included the creation and launch of four new employee resource groups: Black, Indigenous, People of Color Professionals Network; Women’s Leadership Forum; PRIDE; and a MultiFaith Employee Group.

New Website Launch In August, the firm launched a refreshed CAPTRUST Community Foundation (CCF) website with the help of design firm Skookum. The newly revamped captrustcommunityfoundation.org brings numerous enhancements to the site’s navigation, with an updated look and feel along with easy access to news, resources, and information on ways to get involved and share in the CCF’s mission to enrich the lives of children in communities we serve. Excellence Award Winners The Excellence Award is a way for CAPTRUST associates to recognize co-workers who go above and beyond and consistently perform at the highest levels. The award winners represent an elite group whose attitudes and performance have positively impacted CAPTRUST’s clients and company. The following are the Excellence Award winners for the second quarter of 2020.

Lonzetta Allen

Associate II, Marketing

Lyuda McNees

Senior Client Management Consultant

Courtney McGuirk

Client Management Consultant

Francher Wins C-Suite Award In February, the Triangle Business Journal recognized CAPTRUST Chief Human Resource Officer Mark Francher as one of its outstanding business leaders. The C-Suite Awards identify and honor the region’s outstanding corporate leaders for their contributions to the Triangle community and the significant impacts they make toward the success of their respective organizations.

WealthManagement Awards In September, CAPTRUST was honored as part of the sixth annual WealthManagement Awards recognizing outstanding companies, individuals, and organizations that have had notable impact on the financial advisory industry.

CAPTRUST received two awards in the category of Individual RIA Firm Leaders: Fielding Miller was named CEO of the Year, and Director of Strategic Growth Rush Benton was named M&A Leader of the Year.

Finalists hosted virtual watch parties across the country as winners were announced, and awards judges provided color commentary throughout the entertaining and fast-paced event.

We know that investors are looking for experienced and trusted advisors who can provide wealth management services that are focused on their unique circumstances and tailored to their goals.

In more than 30 years of acting as a fiduciary to some of the country’s biggest retirement plans, we have gained valuable insights that we can apply to your wealth planning and investment challenges.

Mario C. Giganti, AIFA®, CEPA®, CFP®, CPA

Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor Green, OH

Amanda Bernier, AIF®, CFP®

Financial Advisor Relationship Manager Green, OH

Daniel R. Harsh, CFP®

Financial Advisor, Financial Planning Green, OH