Joseph Xerri, Local Financial Advisor, Receives 2015 FIVE STAR Wealth Manager(sm) Award

EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Jan. 2, 2015 - PRLog -- Wells Fargo Advisors, the nation’s third largest brokerage firm, recently announced that Joseph Xerri, AAMS, Vice President-Investment Officer has once again received the FIVE STAR Wealth Manager(sm) award. Xerri is a financial advisor in the firm’s East Brunswick, New Jersey office.

A graduate of Brooklyn College, and formerly a CPA, Xerri has been a financial advisor for over twenty-seven years. He joined A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. a predecessor firm of Wells Fargo Advisors, in 1994. Xerri is Past-President of the Rotary Club of South River-East Brunswick. He and his wife Connie, reside in Freehold. Visit www.JosephXerri.com for further information.

The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Active as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process*); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients; 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or awarded. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The award methodology does not evaluate the quality of services provided and is not indicative of the winner’s future performance. 5,063 New Jersey wealth managers were considered for the award; 672 (<14 % of candidates) were named Five Star Wealth Managers. *To qualify as having a favorable regulatory and complaint history, the person cannot have: 1. been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a suspended or revoked license, or payment of a fine, 2. had more than three customer complaints filed against them (settled or pending) with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process, 3. individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint filed with a regulatory authority, 4. filed for bankruptcy, or 5. been convicted of a felony.

About Wells Fargo Advisors

With $1.4 trillion in client assets as of September 30, 2014, Wells Fargo Advisors provides investment advice and guidance to clients through 15,163 full-service financial advisors and 3,609 licensed bankers.  This vast network of advisors, one of the nation’s largest, serves investors through locations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  Wells Fargo Advisors is the trade name used by two separate registered broker-dealers and non-bank affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company: Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC (members SIPC).  Statistics include other broker-dealers of Wells Fargo & Company.   www.wellsfargoadvisors.com

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About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company  is a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.6 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 8,700 locations, 12,500 ATMs, and the Internet (wellsfargo.com), and has offices in more than 36 countries to support the bank’s customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 265,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States.  Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 29 on Fortune’s 2014 rankings of America’s largest corporations. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially.  Wells Fargo perspectives are also available at Wells Fargo Blogs and Wells Fargo Stories.

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