Five Star award winner Guy A. Paredes RFC® RICP®, CPFA®

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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Five Star Wealth Manager award winner 2024
RICP® Retirement Income Certified Professional
RFC® Registered Financial Consultant
CPFA® Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor

Guy A. Paredes CPFA® RFC® RICP®, Wealth Management Advisor at Rockdale Financial Services, Inc. has helped hundreds of individuals and families create a healthy and secure financial future since 1980. As a member of the Rockdale team, Guy has a mission to assist clients in defining their financial and retirement goals, and set them on a path to achieving them. Guy continually strives to be his clients' most valuable asset in this process.

As one of eight children in a working-class New Jersey suburb, Guy learned that even with limited resources, careful planning can help you achieve your life and financial goals. The lessons Guy learned from his parents helped inspire his financial planning career and a mission to help others attain their goals.

After running his own financial planning company for many years, Guy merged his company with Rockdale Financial Services in 2010, happily rejoining Steve Richman, his lifelong friend, with whom he'd started his career. With a shared commitment to excellence, the merger provides Rockdale Financial Services clients with an even greater depth and breadth of knowledge and experience.

With over 42 years of professional, focused experience, along with a careful vision of the future, Guy is committed to helping Rockdale Financial Services clients achieve the financial goals that will make a measurable difference in their lives.

Guy Paredes has earned many professional designations and certifications in his field, including;

Retirement Income Certified Professional RICP ®
Registered Financial Consultant RFC ®
Investment Advisor Representative IAR
Graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University Certified Financial Planning Program
Multiple Securities registrations in several states including NJ, NY, and FL
Health and Life Insurance Licensed in several states including NJ, NY, and FL
Member, New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA)
Member, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Member, Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
Member, Philanthropic Advisors Network (PAN)
Former NJ Chairman and President of the International Association for Financial Planners(IAFP)

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This award was issued on 12/01/2023 by Five Star Professional (FSP) for the time period 03/13/2023 through 09/29/2023. Fee paid for use of marketing materials. Self-completed questionnaire was used for rating. This rating is not related to the quality of the investment advice and based solely on the disclosed criteria. 6,515 New Jersey-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 462 (7% of candidates) were named 2024 Five Star Wealth Managers. The following prior year statistics use this format: YEAR: # Considered, # Winners, % of candidates, Issued Date, Research Period. 2023: 6,606, 407, 6%, 12/1/22, 3/21/22 - 10/18/22; 2022: 6380, 431, 7%, 12/1/21, 4/12/21 - 10/15/21; 6123, 459, 7%, 12/1/20, 3/30/20 - 10/23/20; 2020: 6210, 480, 8%, 12/1/19, 3/1/19 - 10/16/19; 2019: 6097, 477, 8%, 12/1/18, 3/21/18 - 10/12/18; 2018: 4383, 415, 9%, 12/1/17, 2/21/17 - 10/12/17; 2017: 3868, 664, 17%, 11/1/16, 2/25/16 - 10/7/16; 2016: 4143, 626, 15%, 11/1/15, 4/15/15 - 10/16/15; 2015: 5063, 672, 13%, 12/1/14, 4/15/14 - 10/16/14; 2014: 3315, 646, 19%, 12/1/13, 4/15/13 - 10/16/13; 2013: 4049, 733, 18%, 12/1/12, 4/15/12 - 10/16/12; 2012: 1312, 400, 30%, 11/1/11, 4/15/11 - 10/16/11.

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Securities and advisory services offered through Cetera Advisors LLC, a Broker/Dealer & Registered Investment Adviser, member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services also offered through Rockdale Financial Services, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser. Cetera is under separate ownership from any other named entity. Branch office is 99 Corbett Way, Ste. 103, Eatontown, NJ 07724”.

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Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. The award is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria - required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser (RIA) or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a RIA or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by FSP, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or FSP's consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through FSP's consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client's experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria - considered: 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. FSP does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. The award is not indicative of the wealth manager's future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients' assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by FSP or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by FSP in the future. Visit www.fivestarprofessional.com.