“Barron’s Hall of Fame” is an award honoring a group of advisors who exemplify long-term success and commitment to their clients. Each member of the Hall of Fame has appeared in 10 or more of Barron’s annual Top 100 Advisor rankings, and their long-looking commitment to excellence is a hopeful example for the industry to follow.
Barron’s has been ranking financial advisors since 2004. The rankings started with a general ranking of the nation’s Top 100 Advisors. In 2006, we introduced the Top 100 Women Advisors, which highlights the best of a still-underrepresented group of advisors (even today, under 20% of all advisors are women.) The following year, 2007, we launched the Top 100 Independent Advisor rankings, which lists advisors who operate their own practices, as opposed to working within a traditional Wall Street firm. These three rankings are the source of our Hall of Fame list.