Five Star Award Winner Exelby, Dixon, Armstrong, Breslin 2017 | Page 3

© 2017 Five Star Professional

FIVE STAR WEALTH MANAGER

COLIN EXELBY , ROY DIXON , GREGORY ARMSTRONG AND JOE BRESLIN

Towson , MD 21204 | Baltimore , MD 21209 www . armstrongdixonexelby . com
Thank you to our clients nationwide for your continued support and trust . With our 67 years of combined experience , we help to answer the question , “ What am I missing ?” through the following services :
• Business transition and family advisory boards
• Important estate document considerations
• Corporate sponsored retirement plan consulting
• Risk assessment and asset protection strategies
• Customized portfolio management
• Retirement income planning
• Thematic investing
• Hourly consulting
Left to right : Three-year winner Colin Exelby ; Four-year winner Roy Dixon , CFP ®, PFP ; Three-year winner Gregory Armstrong , CFP ®; Four-year winner Joe Breslin , CFP ®
Securities offered through LPL Financial , Member FINRA / SIPC . Investment advice offered through ADE , LLC , a registered investment advisor . ADE , LLC , Armstrong Dixon and Celestial Wealth Management are separate entities from LPL Financial .
Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers . Once awarded , wealth managers may opt to purchase additional profile ad space or related award promotional products ( including this item ). The award methodology does not evaluate the quality of services provided .
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The Five Star Wealth Manager award , administered by Crescendo Business Services , LLC ( dba Five Star Professional ), is based on 10 objective criteria . Eligibility criteria – required : 1 . Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative ; 2 . Active as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of 5 years ; 3 . Favorable regulatory and complaint history review ( As defined by Five Star Professional , the wealth manager has not : A . Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked , or payment of a fine ; B . Had more than a total of three customer complaints filed against them [ settled or pending ] with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional ’ s consumer complaint process . Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional ’ s consumer complaint process ; feedback may not be representative of any one client ’ s experience ; C . Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint filed with a regulatory authority ; D . Filed for personal bankruptcy ; E . Been convicted of a felony ); 4 . Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards ; 5 . Accepting new clients . Evaluation criteria – considered : 6 . One-year client retention rate ; 7 . Five-year client retention rate ; 8 . Non-institutional discretionary and / or non-discretionary client assets administered ; 9 . Number of client households served ; 10 . Education and professional designations . Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers . Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients . Once awarded , wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products . The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager ’ s future performance . Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their client ’ s assets . The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication . Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success , nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future . For more information on the Five Star award and the research / selection methodology , go to fivestarprofessional . com . 1,093 Baltimore wealth managers were considered for the award ; 355 ( 33 percent of candidates ) were named 2017 Five Star Wealth Managers .