America’s Top Financial Advisory Firms 2027 Methodology Overview
America’s Top Financial Advisory Firms 2027, a collaboration between Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group, recognizes leading financial advisory firms that help individuals manage their wealth and plan for their financial future.
The study is based on publicly available SEC Form ADV data, and evaluates firms across business growth, advisory capabilities, service offerings and regulatory disclosures. More than 17,000 SEC-registered investment advisory firms were considered in the analysis.
To qualify, firms needed at least $20 million in regulatory assets under management, three employees performing investment advisory functions and five individual clients. Additional screening covered SEC registration history, U.S. location, portfolio management services, specified disciplinary disclosures and public accessibility.
Eligible firms were scored on the following factors:
AUM Growth (60%): Growth in total regulatory assets under management and assets managed for individual clients.
Client Development (15%): Growth in the number of reported individual clients, including high-net-worth and other individuals.
Adviser Expertise and Client Ratio (15%): The share of employees registered as investment adviser representatives and the number of clients across all client types per employee performing investment advisory functions.
Breadth of Service Offerings (10%): The number of selected advisory services, including financial planning and pension consulting.
Conflicts of Interest: Score deductions for specified categories of potential conflicts reported in Form ADV.
Asset and client growth were evaluated using September 2021, September 2025 and September 2026 data, covering one-year growth and five-year compound annual growth rates.
Using a proprietary scoring model, an overall score was calculated for each eligible firm, incorporating AUM growth, client development, adviser expertise and client ratio, breadth of service offerings, and deductions for disclosed potential conflicts of interest. The highest-scoring financial advisory firms were recognized by Plant-A Insights Group and Newsweek as America’s Top Financial Advisory Firms 2027.
A firm’s absence from the ranking should not be interpreted as a negative assessment of its quality, services or capabilities.
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