Rick Sauerman,
CPFA Retirement Plan Advisor Atlanta, GAAdvising clients across the U.S., Rick helps plan sponsors offer competitive, thoughtfully managed retirement benefits designed to provide strong returns on plan sponsors' benefits investments.
The opportunity to enhance employees’ retirement readiness predicates Rick’s passion for working with retirement plan fiduciaries and participants. To align participant and plan sponsor interests, he leverages his expertise in corporate finance, plan expense management, investment optimization, plan design analysis, ERISA compliance, and employee financial wellness.
For nearly 20 years, Rick has advised both defined contribution and defined benefit plan clients. Prior to joining Raymond James, he was a lead advisor for a $180 billion retirement advisory practice. Earlier in his career, Rick directly managed retirement plan assets as Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Research for a $6 billion dollar asset management firm and held institutional investment consulting and portfolio manager roles at John Hancock and the Royal Bank of Canada.
The National Association of Plan Advisors recognized Rick as one of the Top Retirement Plan Advisors under 40 in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. The Financial Times also named Rick to the 2020 FT 401 Top Retirement Advisors list. He is a graduate of Samford University, a Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor (CPFA), and holds the Series 63/65 and Series 7 licenses.
- CPFA – Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor
- Series 7 – General Securities Representative Examination
- Series 65 – Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
- Series 63 – Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
