Bailard Named a 2021 Best Places to Work for Financial Advisers

Bailard is proud to announce our recognition as a 2021 Best Places to Work for Financial Advisers by InvestmentNews for the second year in a row. Bailard was chosen as one of this year’s top 75 based on employer and employee surveys delving into company culture, benefits, career paths, and more, ranking fourth out of 25 in its category of 50+ employees.

This recognition is further proof that here at Bailard, we live by our values – including compassion, courage, and excellence – which inform our company’s culture. While this is the first industry recognition of 2021, the award from InvestmentNews comes after a year of achievement for the Bailard team, including wins from both 2020 CNBC FA 100 and Pensions & Investments Best Places To Work In Money Management Award in Q4 of 2020.

“Every day, I am proud of the excellent team we have at Bailard. While this public recognition is exciting, the greater honor is that this came as a result of direct feedback from the people who make our firm great,” said Sonya Mughal, COO and CRO at Bailard. “As we have all grown used to a new way to work and connect with our colleagues, it is comforting and inspiring to see how we have continued to maintain what makes Bailard special.”

As Bailard continues to grow and evolve in 2021, our commitment to excellence in the firm’s culture, and our investment in our best-of-class team will remain steadfast. Kyle Berkley, who joined Bailard as the Vice President of Human Resources last year, will lead this charge through new initiatives and continued traditions that have created our industry-leading culture.

“Continued investment in top talent is integral to our growth as a firm. When the pandemic hit last year, we reimagined our hiring process and programming, leaning on our foundational core values to drive our decision-making” Berkley said.

InvestmentNews partnered with Best Companies Group, an independent research firm specializing in identifying great places to work, to compile the survey and recognition program.

“We’ve all seen the value of a great work culture over the past year, and InvestmentNews is excited to once again recognize those firms that are taking a lead in providing great financial advice and being a great place to work,” said George Moriarty, Chief Content Officer, InvestmentNews. “These firms are leading the industry in developing best-in-class human resource practices.”

To learn more about the InvestmentNews 2021 75 Best Places to Work for Financial Advisers, please go to Bestplacesforadvisers.com.

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About 2020 InvestmentNews Best Places to Work for Financial Advisers
This award does not evaluate the quality of services provided to clients and is not indicative of Bailard’s future performance. There was no cost for Bailard to enter. InvestmentNews partnered with the Best Companies Group, an independent research firm specializing in identifying great places to work, to conduct a two-part survey process of employers and their employees. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company’s workplace policies, practices, and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies. To have been eligible for consideration, companies must meet the following criteria: have a minimum of 15 employees working in the United States; must be in business a minimum of one year; and be a registered investment adviser (RIA), affiliated with (but not an employee of) an independent broker dealer (IBD), or a hybrid/dually-registered firm affiliated with an IBD and doing business through an RIA. This year, a total of 75 firms were placed on the 2021 InvestmentNews Best Places to Work for Financial Advisers list. 25 advisers were recognized in Bailard’s category of Large Employer (50 or more U.S. employees) and Bailard was ranked fourth.

About the CNBC FA 100 Methodology
CNBC enlisted data provider AccuPoint Solutions to assist with delivering the CNBC FA 100 ranking of registered investment advisors. The methodology consisted of first analyzing a variety of core data points from AccuPoint’s database of financial services firms. This analysis started with an initial list of 37,369 RIA firms. AccuPoint then applied weighted categories to further refine and rank the firms, ultimately creating the list of the top 100. The primary data points used in the analysis were reviewed, either as a minimum baseline or within a range, eliminating those firms that did not meet our requirements. Once the initial list was compiled, weightings were also applied accordingly. These data points included: disclosures; number of RIAs employed by each firm; number of employees; number of investment advisors registered with the firm; the ratio of investment advisors to total number of employees; total assets under management; percentage of discretionary assets under management; total accounts under management; number of states where the RIA is registered; and country of domicile. Bailard ranked #86. This award does not evaluate the quality of services provided to clients and is not indicative of the practice’s future performance. Neither the RIA firms nor their employees pay a fee to CNBC in exchange for inclusion in the FA 100.

About 2020 Pensions & Investments Best Places to Work in Money Management
This award does not evaluate the quality of services provided to clients and is not indicative of Bailard’s future performance. There was no cost for Bailard to enter. This year, a total of 94 firms were placed on the Pensions & Investments Best Places to Work in Money Management list. 23 managers were recognized in Bailard’s category of 50 to 99 employees. There was no fee for Bailard to enter.

To have been eligible for consideration, companies must meet the following criteria: be a for-profit or not-for-profit business or public agency; have a facility in the United States; have a minimum of 20 full and/or part-time employees working in the United States; must be in business a minimum of one year; and have at least $100 million of discretionary AUM.