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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

Registered advisor

Steven Paul Franzen

Vertex Partnersindependent RIADowners Grove, Ildual registrantIAPD 4281024

Personal Financial Specialist

Feed of 09/14/2026

Also filed as Steve Franzen

At current firm

4 y

since Jun 1, 2022

In the industry

28 y

since Apr 1, 1998 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S66

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Professional profile

what the firm itself publishes, with the page it was read from

Title: Managing Partnerreportedvertexplanningpartners.comfirm site, Sep 15, 2026
Business email: sfranzen@vertexcpas.comreportedvertexplanningpartners.comfirm site, Sep 15, 2026
Professional profile: linkedin.com/in/steven-franzen-cpa-pfs-cgma-030715breportedvertexplanningpartners.comfirm site, Sep 15, 2026

Only business contact points the firm published under its own name are shown; nothing is inferred, and personal accounts are never read. What the bio page says is printed as the firm printed it, with the sentence it came from; years are the firm’s claim, not a count of registrations.

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

Vertex Partners independent RIA current
since Jun 1, 2022 · Downers Grove, Il
Highpoint Planning Partners independent RIA
Dec 8, 2021 to Apr 29, 2022 · Downers Grove, Il
Highpoint Advisor Group, LLC former
Jun 6, 2016 to Dec 31, 2021 · Warrenville, Il
Waterstone Financial Group, Inc. unclassified
Oct 13, 2004 to Sep 8, 2009 · Lombard, Il
Veravest Investment Advisors, Inc. unclassified
Sep 24, 2001 to Nov 25, 2003 · Des Plaines, Il

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Highpoint Planning Partners to Vertex Partners
left Apr 29, 2022, registered Jun 1, 2022 (33 days) · RIA to RIA · moved with a team
Highpoint Advisor Group, LLC to Highpoint Planning Partners
left Dec 31, 2021, registered Dec 8, 2021 (-23 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
Waterstone Financial Group, Inc. to Highpoint Advisor Group, LLC
left Sep 8, 2009, registered Jun 6, 2016 (2463 days) · Other
Veravest Investment Advisors, Inc. to Waterstone Financial Group, Inc.
left Nov 25, 2003, registered Oct 13, 2004 (323 days) · Other

Signals

Steven Paul Franzen left Highpoint Planning Partners for Vertex Partners (registered 2022-06-01)
Apr 29, 2022 · Advisor changed firm · fact

Transition signals

Mobility scoring is not published yet. The observable conditions this page will draw on once the historical validation is done: tenure, the firm’s own departures and ownership changes, new state registrations, a new adviser entity with this person on Schedule A, and colleagues’ moves. Until precision and lead time are measured on known moves, no label is printed. Read the methodology.

Provenance

Source: IAPD individual compilation feedreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
Firm class: Independent wealth managerderived
Years in industry: 28derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address