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Since 1919, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated has guided families, businesses, communities and institutions toward their financial goals. Being privately held enables us to prioritize long-term planning and investment – for our clients and the firm – without having to weigh those against the quarterly expectations of outside shareholders. Today Baird offers wealth management, investment banking, asset management, fixed income and equity sales and trading, equity research, public finance and private equity services. This balance of cyclical and counter-cyclical businesses provides financial strength and stability across market environments and enables us to consistently reinvest in our ability to serve clients. We manage or oversee more than $595 billion in client assets and employ more than 5,400 Associates around the world. And, because nearly 85% of our associates are Baird stockholders, you can trust we all share a personal stake in your success. For more than 20 consecutive years, Baird has been one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®, making us a workplace of choice for some of the most talented, passionate people in financial services. It also enables us to emphasize cultural compatibility in those we hire, many of whom stay their entire careers. All of this helps ensure the quality and consistency of our advice for clients and the timeless values that make the Baird Difference every day for our clients, our Associates and the communities we share. For more information, please visit https://www.rwbaird.com/bairddifference/. Social Media Disclosures: https://www.rwbaird.com/connect-with-baird/

For more than 35 years, Edelman Financial Engines has been helping people move their financial lives forward. Our founders set the tone for our mission – giving individual investors access to sophisticated investment modeling tools that were previously available only to institutional investors, and providing financial planning and wealth management advice with the belief that everyone should have a trusted financial advocate who is always acting in their best interests. Today, we’re one of America’s top independent wealth planning and workplace investment advisory firms, serving more than 1.3 million clients (as of Dec. 2024). Our unique combination of high-tech and high-touch services helps people wherever they are on their personal financial journey. Through our Wealth Management services, we deliver straightforward wealth planning and investment advice to help individuals and families connect the dots between key parts of their financial life so they can build, grow, protect and preserve their wealth. Through our Employer Services, we work with many of the nation’s leading employers, offering an integrated suite of personalized financial solutions to support employees across their major life events and milestones – from their first paycheck all the way through retirement. In serving clients from coast to coast, we know that when individuals have better confidence and command over their own financial journey, this can have a positive lasting impact on families, communities, and generations over time. This mission-driven purpose is deeply embedded in our values, our culture, and across all of our teams.

In 1997, four advisors sharing an office space discovered they also shared an essential belief: The financial services industry needed a new and better way to provide advice to clients—one that would help relieve stress from their clients’ financial lives.They built a firm that would deliver truly comprehensive financial guidance, all under one roof, so that clients wouldn’t have to deal with the hassle of managing multiple financial relationships, making complex decisions, or coordinating disparate accounts.That idea has evolved into what we call the Roundtable™, our team of specialists and advisors in six core areas of wealth management. We believe that this team, paired with our 3-step UniFi™ process, helps ensure your financial life is organized, comprehensive and straightforward, enabling you to make more confident decisions and be less stressed when it comes to managing your wealth.Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member SIPC (www.SIPC.org). Advisory services offered through Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, a registered investment advisor. Wealth Enhancement Group and Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services are separate entities from LPL Financial.