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Nicole Best

Advisor at Heartland Advisors, Inc.

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Firm

Heartland Advisors, Inc.

Location

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Credentials

Series 63, Series 65

Industry experience

25 years

About

Nicole Best is a financial advisor at Heartland Advisors, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 25 years of industry experience. She has worked at Heartland Advisors and ALPS Distributors, Inc. since 2010. Outside of her advisory role, she serves on the advisory council of Secure Futures and is a board member of the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin. Heartland Advisors provides discretionary investment management to a variety of clients, including charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and individual accounts. The firm employs a fundamental, value-oriented investment process based on its “10 Principles of Value Investing” and offers services ranging from separate accounts to mutual funds and model portfolios.

Client services

Based on Heartland Advisors, Inc.

Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on Heartland Advisors, Inc.

Active portfolio management

Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $5,000,000: 1.00% $5,000,001 - $15,000,000: 0.85% $15,000,001+: Negotiable

Other

Account minimum: $1,000,000 for Value Strategy, Small Cap Value Strategy, and Small Cap Value Plus Strategy; $500,000 for Mid Cap Value Strategy and Opportunistic Value Equity Strategy; minimums may be lower for wrap or model portfolio programs or negotiable. Fee-only: Annual percentage of assets under management, tiered as above.

Location

790 N Water Street Suite 1200

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Most active in

Wisconsin

Work history

ALPS Distributors, Inc.

2010 - Present (16 years)

Heartland Advisors, Inc.

2010 - Present (16 years)

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

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CFP®, CPA, PFS™

Brookfield, WI

Midwest Wealth Solutions LLC

Brian earned his Bachelor of Science degree from UW – La Crosse with a triple major in Accounting, Finance, & Economics. He has a Master's of Business Administration with a specialty in Finance from Marquette University and has post-graduate certificates from Cornell University SC Johnson graduate school of management in Executive Leadership & Leading Management Teams. Brian is a Certified Financial Planner, Certified Public Accountant, Personal Financial Specialist, Certified Global Managerial Accountant, and a Certified Project Management Professional. He started his career working in Public Accounting for a regional CPA firm for a number of years. Then Brian worked in the private sector for a large fortune 30 company and smaller corporations, holding positions in Corporate Finance, Internal Audit, and Strategic Management. After that Brian started his own firm Leben CPA LLC and now Brian is a principal at Midwest Wealth Solutions and CPA firm Lulloff, Leben & Taylor. Brian is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants (WICPA). In his spare time Brian loves the outdoors (biking, hiking, camping, downhill skiing), Sports (Packers, Brewers, Bucks), and enjoys spending time with his wife Megan and two young daughters.

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