Five Star award winner John E. Simone, AIF®, CRPC®, CRPS®, CPFA®

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John E. Simone, AIF^®, CRPC^®, CRPS^®, CPFA^®

CEO & Managing Partner

Secure Planning Group, LLC

200 Gibraltar RD, Suite 115

Horsham, PA 19044

Office: 215-540-5566

john.simone@securepg.net
www.securepg.net

Professional Approach

For more than 27 years, John has been helping business owners, key executives and high-net-worth individuals transform their life aspirations into financial realities. By establishing a culture of integrity and trust, creating realistic expectations, and providing investment planning and insurance strategies, he helps them pursue financial independence.

Winner of the Five Star Wealth Management award for eleven years; John shows a consistent and high level of service and satisfaction among his clients.

He specializes in working with his corporate clients in both their qualified and non-qualified retirement plans. Having qualified for the LPL Financial Retirement Plan Consulting Program (RPCP), he is one of an experienced group of advisors providing ERISA 3(21) fiduciary services on an independent basis for both defined contribution and defined benefit plans in the for-profit and nonprofit markets.

In addition to retirement plan services, he assists his corporate clients with their group medical and insurance plans, and helps them create independent plan designs to provide them with alternative ways to save money without reducing plan benefits. He works with his individual clients in the following areas: fee based financial planning, investment management, insurance planning (life, disability and long-term care), retirement income planning, estate planning and college planning. John holds the Series 7 and 63 registrations with LPL Financial and the 65 registration, through both LPL Financial and Wealthcare Advisory Partners, LLC, as well as life, health and accident licenses, and is a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.

He attended the University of Tennessee and Temple University, and was the number one amateur doubles tennis player in the United States in 1991 and an ATP Tour tennis professional. When not hard at work helping his clients, John enjoys spending quality time with his family, participating in competitive golf GAP events and is a five time Club Champion at Philmont Country Club. He lives in Ambler, Pennsylvania, with his two children, John Jr. and Gabriella.

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This award was issued on 11/1/24 by Five Star Professional (FSP) for the time period 2/13/24 through 8/30/24. 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. 4532 Philadelphia-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 303 (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: 3,885, 328, 8%, 11/1/23, 2/13/23 - 8/31/23; 2022: 3604, 305, 8%, 11/1/22, 2/21/22 - 8/19/22; 2021: 3576, 310, 9%, 11/1/21, 1/18/21 - 9/3/21; 2020: 4148, 366, 9%, 11/1/20, 2/10/20 - 9/11/20; 2019: 3910, 437, 11%, 11/1/19, 2/11/19 - 9/20/19; 2018: 3721, 439, 12%, 11/1/18, 2/20/18 - 9/19/18; 2017: 3022, 437, 14%, 11/1/17, 1/20/17 - 9/8/17; 2016: 2671, 660, 25%, 10/1/16, 3/5/16 - 10/7/16; 2015: 4696, 805, 17%, 11/1/15, 3/5/15 - 9/9/15; 2014: 4438, 856, 19%, 11/1/14, 3/5/13 - 9/9/13; 2013: 3354, 934, 28%, 10/1/13, 3/5/12 - 9/9/12; 2012: 2847, 773, 27%, 11/1/12, 3/5/11 - 9/9/11.

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Securities and Retirement Plan Consulting Program advisory services offered through LPL Financial, a registered investment advisor, Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advice offered through Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC, a registered investment advisor. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC and Secure Planning Group LLC are separate entities from LPL Financial.

CRPS and CRPC conferred by College for Financial Planning.

Award based on 10 objective criteria associated with providing quality services to clients such as credentials, experience, and assets under management among other factors. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of 2021 Five Star Wealth Managers.

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.