PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UBS Wealth Management USA announced today that The Schultz Group, including Steven L. Schultz, Stockton M. Schultz, and Justin M. Low, has been named to the Forbes/SHOOK America’s Top Wealth Management Teams, High Net Worth list for 2024. This is the second year in a row that the Phoenix-based team has been named to the list. Additionally, in 2023, the team ranked #1 in Arizona on the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams list.
“The Schultz Group is one of the most successful advisor teams in the U.S. and continues to grow by providing intelligent financial guidance to high-net-worth families,” says Justin Frame, Managing Director and Market Executive for the UBS Pacific Desert Market. “This team holds deep industry knowledge and a passion for helping clients achieve what matters most to them, through tailored financial advice. On behalf of our entire team, I extend our heartfelt congratulations to them.”
The third annual Forbes/SHOOK Top Wealth Management Teams, High Net Worth list has identified a total of 100 teams that, cumulatively, manage assets of more than $490 billion. Teams in the high-net-worth category typically focus on households with accounts under $10 million.
Led by Steven Schultz, a financial advisor since 1981 and a Portfolio Manager since 2000, the team is committed to delivering professional investment management and building personalized relationships with their clients. Steve focuses on helping clients with education funding and structures for charitable giving. He is FINRA-registered and holds his Series 7 and 63 securities licenses as well as licenses for life insurance and annuities. Steve has been recognized by several publications for his expertise, including Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors (2015-2020, 2022-2024); Forbes America's Top Wealth Advisors (2020- 2024); and Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors (2018-2024).
Stockton Schultz, Steven’s son, has more than 15 years of wealth management experience, during which he has advised clients through complex market cycles and pivotal life stages. He employs a comprehensive approach that begins with listening to a client's unique needs to help ground every strategy in an understanding of what they want to achieve. Stockton also holds the UBS Athletes and Entertainers Consultant (“AEC”) designation. Advisors with this designation meet specific requirements and participate in an extensive training program, which covers complex needs unique to this client segment, such as atypical income streams and special financing circumstances. Stockton has been recognized by Forbes as a leading next-gen advisor eight times. He also has been named to several other industry accolade lists over the years, including the Financial Planning 40 Under 40 Broker list (2024), the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list (2021-2024), and the Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors list (2021).
Financial Advisor Justin Low joined The Schultz Group at UBS in 2020 and has been devoted to providing exceptional value to clients since 2008. His approach of deeply understanding clients’ financial lives allows him to craft individualized financial solutions that are both thoughtful and creative. A tremendous strength of Justin’s is his ability to listen, understand complicated financial concepts, and interpret them to his clients in a way that makes sense. Justin considers his life’s work to be improving the financial lives of others in any way that he can. Justin was included in Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors lists (2022-2024) and Forbes Best-In-State Next-Gen Wealth Advisors lists (2022-2023).
The Schultz Group also includes Team Administrator Merica Chmait; Senior Wealth Strategy Associates Elaine Biewald, Kristine Forster, Nathan Laidig, and Elias Weber; Client Associates Mia McConnell and Samuel Laidig; and Wealth Strategy Associate Lovella McKim.
For more information and to view the full Forbes list, please visit: https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-wealth-management-teams-high-net-worth/
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