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Five UBS advisor teams in the Southeast Region named to the Forbes America’s Top Wealth Management Teams list

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UBS today announced that five financial advisor teams in the firm’s Southeast region have been recognized by Forbes.

The financial advisor teams named to the 2025 Forbes America’s Top Wealth Management Teams Private Wealth list are:

LongBernsteinGunderson (Philadelphia, New York City and Dallas): Ryan M. Long, Bradford Bernstein, Louise Gunderson, Nina Gunderson

The Capital ESOP Group (Washington, D.C.): Keith Apton, Nick Francia, Joanne Ferland, Sarah Bothner, Kaveh Gilanshah

The financial advisor teams named to the 2025 Forbes America’s Top Wealth Management Teams High Net Worth list are:

The Murray Group (Hunt Valley, MD): Jason Lowy, Nick Barbieri, Brian Doak, Palmer Murray, Michele Lippincott

Trillium Partners (Atlanta, GA): Harris Gignilliat, Laura Wellon, Langley Respess

OakRing Wealth Partners (Birmingham, AL): David Saltzman, Kevin Haynes, Kevin Townsend King, Lee Friedman, Daniel Dean

“These advisors are some of the best in the business and we are delighted to see them recognized nationally for their hard work and commitment to clients,” said Julie Fox, Regional Director, Southeast at UBS. “On behalf of myself and the UBS leadership team, we congratulate each of them and their teams for this impressive recognition. We look forward to continuing to help them leverage our state-of-the-art wealth management platform to better serve their clients.”

The Forbes Top Wealth Management Teams Private Wealth list is comprised of 100 teams managing over $1.5 trillion in combined assets. The Forbes Top Wealth Management Teams High Net Worth list features 100 teams with cumulative assets of more than $387 billion. The ranking algorithm is based on qualitative and quantitative criteria including phone and in-person interviews, compliance records and revenue.

For the full list and further information, visit:
https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-wealth-management-teams-private-wealth/
https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-wealth-management-teams-high-net-worth/

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About UBS
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The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in November based on information from a 12 month period ending in March of the award year. Eligibility is based on quantitative factors and is not necessarily related to the quality of the investment advice.

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