Stifel is pleased to announce that Bryan Ruder, Associate Vice President/Investments in the firm’s Evansville, Indiana, Private Client Group office, has earned the Accredited Wealth Management AdvisorSM (AWMA®), Chartered Retirement Planning CounselorSM (CRPC®), and Master Planner Advanced StudiesSM (MPAS®) designations.
To earn these designations, Mr. Ruder completed coursework encompassing wealth planning strategies, investment-related content, equity-based compensation plans, tax mitigation alternatives, and asset management alternatives. His training included research-based coursework and real-world case studies.
Mr. Ruder began his investment industry career in 2013 and joined Stifel in 2015. In addition to his three new designations, he holds the Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) certification, as well as the Accredited Asset Management SpecialistSM (AAMS®) and Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) designations. He holds Series 7, 9 & 10, and 66 securities licenses, as well as life, health, and variable insurance licenses (including annuities). He earned a Master of Science in the Personal Financial Planning Program from the College for Financial Planning and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish with an Economics Minor from Hanover College.
Active in the community, Mr. Ruder is a past president of the Green River Kiwanis and serves on the board of directors of the Ark Crisis Child Care Center and the Student Financial Aid Association. A former collegiate assistant soccer coach, he volunteers with the Bosse High School soccer program.
FOOTNOTE: Stifel’s Evansville office is located at 3000 E. Morgan Avenue, Suite A, and can be reached by calling (812) 475-9353.
