NEW YORK, January 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Steward Partners Global Advisory, LLC, an employee-owned, full-service, independent partnership, is proud to welcome HL Wiginton Capital Management, an independent investment and financial planning firm based in New York Jasper, Alabama. The team of four led by Mike WigintonCFA, has about $220 million in AUM and is the first Steward Partners team to join Pershing as Trustee.
“We are delighted to welcome a high caliber, consultancy-based, independent team like HL Wiginton as our first partner Alabama and more importantly, we will be the first of many teams to join Steward through the Pershing platform over the next few months,” he said Jeffrey Gonyo, Head of Recruiting, Senior Divisional President, Southeast, Steward Partners. “We are proud to offer our partners a choice of custodians and look forward to helping HL Wiginton Capital Management continue to grow and thrive.”
“I started HL Wiginton 13 years ago because I wanted to offer my clients more than was available to me in a wirehouse environment and that is the same driver for my decision to join Steward Partners,” he explained Mike WigintonPresident, HL Wiginton Capital Management. “Steward Partners not only has access to more effective technology and partners who can help us streamline and grow our practice, but also has a culture that aligns with ours by putting our clients’ interests first in everything we do to be brought to the fore.”
Mike Wiginton, who founded HL Wiginton Capital Management in 2010, has over 30 years of experience as a financial advisor. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Accounting University of Samford and earned an MBA with a concentration in finance from the University of Georgia. In addition to traditional equity and fixed income markets, he is an experienced investor across multiple asset classes including direct real estate, private equity and private company operations. Mike is a member of the CFA Institute, the CFA Society of Alabamaand previously served as a Director on the Board of Directors of Security Federal Bank for 13 years.
The HL Wiginton team also includes Tom FerrellCFP®Vice President and Financial Advisor, Luke Ferrellfinancial advisor and Kristi AlexanderOffice Manager and Sales Assistant.
Tom Ferrell has over 19 years of investment industry experience and is a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®). He is a graduate of University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Throughout his career, Tom has specialized in wealth management, retirement planning and income distribution strategies.
Steward Partners has been one of the fastest growing RIA companies in the industry since its inception in 2013. In Sep 2022the company was classified under Barrons List of Top RIA Firms for the third consecutive year, an annual ranking of independent consulting firms based on value of assets under management, technology spend, workforce diversity, succession planning and other metrics, named among the top 25 firms for 2020 and ranked 20th in 2021. Steward Partners had also added 15 of its partners to the list forbes List of Best-In-State Wealth Advisors and three advisors forbes America’s Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-In-State List in 2022, both produced by SHOOK Research.
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