Benjamin F. Edwards CIO Bill Hornbarger shares his Three Things to Know & Watch this week.

With a legacy spanning nearly 140 years over six generations of the Edwards family, Benjamin F. Edwards today is an entrepreneurial wealth-management enterprise welcoming client-first, full-service financial advisors to join the firm. Advisors at Edwards seek to render solid investment advice while helping clients develop a plan to reach their goals. The growing national firm is now in 34 states with over 100 locations, and over $50 billion in assets under management. It remains true to its Golden Rule roots about the treatment of clients, financial advisors, employees and all partners. The home office in St. Louis knows advisors by name and eschews call centers to get advisors’ questions answered. Leveraging the firm’s distinguished heritage and vision for the future, those who desire can become advisors of the firm’s full-service wealth management as employees.. Alternatively, they can choose an independent affiliation with the firm’s registered investment advisor (RIA) Edwards Wealth Management. Edwards’s strong fiscal foundation and timeless values enable it to be a firm of “Client-First Service Second-to-None,” offering friendly support and thoughtful, tailored investment and planning advice to its treasured clients who make it all possible. The firm has zero debt and is committed to staying independent through future generations Named a Top Workplace by USA Today & Inc. Magazine.