It is a pleasure to announce that Brian Pacen has received the prestigious Five Star Professional Award in the category “wealth management”. The award is administered out of Minneapolis, MN, by a research firm, Crescendo Business Services. The Five Star Professional research team applies a vigorous research and evaluation process to identify service professionals who provide quality services to their clients and uses 10 objective criteria to select the right candidate.
2019 Five Star Professional Award include real estate agents, mortgage professionals, insurance professionals and wealth managers in more than 45 markets in the U.S. and Canada. The Five Star Professional award team looks at many factors when deciding who to award their designation to. What set Mr. Pacen apart from other candidates was his clean history with regulatory agencies, wealth manager’s credentials and history of serving clients. The award reflects a level of service, demonstrate strong industry credentials and quality of current practice.
“I feel honored that I have been given this recognition. Financial planning and wealth management is more than a profession for me, it truly is my passion,” Mr. Pacen said. “My goal is to share my passion and dedication with our clients on a daily basis and hope that it helps them reach and exceed their goals. This is a constantly changing business and it is so important that an advisor continues to evolve with their clients’ needs and the environment they live in.”
Mr. Pacen is a wealth advisor and portfolio manager at Sawyer Wealth Management. He is a second generation advisor that has spent over 10 years advising individuals, families, and institutions in the areas of wealth management, comprehensive financial planning, and investment management.
Mr. Pacen is a Certified Financial Planner, Certified Investment Management Analyst and a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. He has Finra Series 6,7,9,10,63 and 66 registrations in addition to Life and Health Insurance and Property and Casualty insurance.
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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. Actively licensed as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm 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 settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints 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; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. 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. 1759 Baltimore area wealth managers were considered for the award; 232 (13 percent of candidates) were named 2018 Five Star Wealth Managers. 2017: 1093 considered, 355 winners; 2016: 1215 considered, 356 winners; 2015: 1749 considered, 412 winners; 2014: 1484 considered, 395 winners; 2013: 1490 considered, 448 winners; 2012: 1470 considered, 262 winners.
