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Chicago, IL

Year founded:

2005

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Phone:

312 948 8000

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communications@zuckermaninvestmentgroup.com

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zuckermaninvestmentgroup.com

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“Restructuring inherited and legacy positions is a particular strength of our firm because of our ability to carefully evaluate existing security positions”

Thomas Carhart, South Street Advisors LLC

Zuckerman Investment Group

Daniel Zuckerman

Partner and CEO

Michael Fisherman

Partner and Portfolio Manager

Keith Schicker

Partner and Portfolio Manager

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Daniel Zuckerman co-founded Zuckerman Investment Group with his father, Sherwin Zuckerman, in 2005. They grew the firm based on long-term relationships and a strong commitment to investment excellence. Daniel sets the firm’s strategic direction, ensuring its culture embodies a unique approach to financial counseling and asset management. He is a member of the firm’s investment committee and leads the client service department. Daniel received his BS Economics degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a CFA® charter holder and a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization.

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Daniel Zuckerman

Michael Fisherman leads Zuckerman Investment Group’s investment research function and is a member of the firm’s investment committee. He is involved in sourcing, researching, and recommending equity, fixed income, and private investments for clients. Since joining the firm in 2013, Mike has built relationships with many of the firm’s new and long-term clients, now leading relationship management for many clients. He received a Bachelor of General Studies with concentrations in economics and history from the University of Michigan. He lives in the Chicagoland area with his wife and three children.

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Michael Fisherman

Keith Schicker is a portfolio manager on Zuckerman Investment Group’s investment team. He sources, researches, and recommends equity and fixed income investments. In addition to his role on the investment team, Keith assists in developing investor communications and the firm’s marketing strategy. He has 15 years of investment management experience. Keith received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and an MBA with High Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a CFA® charter holder.

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Keith Schicker

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Thomas C. Peterson

Partner, Financial Advisor

Thomas C. Peterson is a seasoned wealth advisor dedicated to guiding clients through the complexities of retirement planning. With 22 years of experience, Peterson has honed his ability to create tailored financial strategies that aim to protect and grow assets. His accounting background is a cornerstone of his approach. He leverages this expertise to develop comprehensive tax-efficient plans that help clients pursue their long-term goals. His deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by retirees allows him to provide invaluable guidance on maintaining lifestyle, optimizing income, and mitigating risks. A lifelong resident of Wisconsin, Peterson enjoys spending time outdoors with his family. He and his wife, Katy, are proud parents of five children.

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Rusty J. Peterson

Partner, Wealth Consultant

At its core, IAG Wealth Partners is a family helping other families. Rusty J. Peterson’s clients’ love of life and dedication to taking care of their families, no matter what, inspires him daily. He strives to meet this challenge by providing guidance and supporting his clients’ financial objectives, throughout the planning process and their journey in life. Working at IAG, he has come to appreciate the value of an organization that truly cares about building, maintaining, and nurturing deeper client relationships – something many firms neglect. Peterson and his wife, Marna, live in Delafield, WI.

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Rusty J. Peterson

Zuckerman Investment Group is a family-owned and independent wealth management firm based in Chicago, IL. Established in 2005 by Daniel Zuckerman and Sherwin Zuckerman, the firm has grown to oversee $1.7 billion in AUM, spanning over 300 families and individuals across multiple generations. The firm was built with a singular purpose in mind: to be its clients’ trusted, long-term partner. Comprising a select team of 20 experienced professionals, Zuckerman Investment Group is equipped to address every facet of its clients’ financial well-being. The firm’s expertise best serves the unique needs of multigenerational families, business owners, business executives, and young professionals. Zuckerman Investment Group offers a holistic spectrum of services, including comprehensive wealth management, proprietary asset management, and family legacy planning. The firm is fully engaged with clients in respect to their needs and desires around capital preservation, cash flow requirements, risk tolerance, efficient wealth transfer, philanthropy initiatives, and legacy. Zuckerman Investment Group’s investment team has a deep passion for individual security analysis, which informs every investment decision. The firm is committed to investment excellence, using a mix of public and private market investment strategies and options.

“Our disciplined investment process helps position our clients to reap the benefits of rising securities markets at an appropriate level of risk”

Thomas Carhart, South Street Advisors LLC

Anne C. Sapienza, CRPC®

Partner, Financial Advisor

Jennifer Von Ruden

Partner, Chief Compliance Officer, HR Director

Brad Carroll

Director of Operations

Liane Brown

Partner

Since he was a child, the financial markets have fascinated Anne C. Sapienza and very often her grandparents would give her stocks as holiday gifts. They would sit together, pouring over the financial pages of the newspaper, watching the progress of her investments, as she learned the importance of planning for the future by saving and investing. This is the same one-on-one approach she takes with all of her clients. Sapienza enjoys anything that takes her outdoors. She has a passion for service and is a member of the Ambassadors of Generous Giving Board of the National Christian Foundation. She and her husband, Tim, reside in Summit, WI.

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Anne C. Sapienza, CRPC®

IAG is an extension of Jennifer Von Ruden’s family. She is proud to work for an organization that truly cares about its employees and clients. She enjoys collaborating with the dedicated team of professionals that IAG has built. Each person has their specialty and they all come together as a team to provide exceptional services to their clients. Von Ruden is proud to say that IAG genuinely looks out for its clients’ best interest and assists them in pursuing their dreams and financial goals. She and her husband, Jason, and their two daughters live in the Village of Dousman.

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Jennifer Von Ruden

As the leader of the operations team, Brad Carroll is responsible for ensuring that every client receives the best experience possible. He works closely with his team to keep them informed of any regulatory and procedural changes. As the leader of the operations team, he is responsible for ensuring that every client receives the best experience possible. He works closely with his team to keep them informed of any regulatory and procedural changes. Carroll trains each team member in the fine art of building solid client-advisor relationships. They work together with the advisors to synthesize complex strategies and fulfill many needs for their clients and the firm. He loves the people he works with and considers them a second family. Anyone who works with them would feel like family, too.

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Brad Carroll

Liane Brown is committed to representing individuals who have suffered serious personal injuries and to families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Her practice concentrates on personal injury law, including accident benefits, motor vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, occupiers’ liability, product liability and wrongful death cases.

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Liane Brown

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Liane Brown

Ben Irantalab enjoys the complexities of personal injury litigation. His practice is exclusively devoted to representing clients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and severe orthopedic injuries. For him, the cases that require special creativity and thinking outside the box are the most gratifying.

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On a larger scale, HSH handles class action and mass tort lawsuits representing groups of people injured by dangerous products, medications, medical devices, and negligent organizations. The HSH team is known for providing caring and attentive service to clients, and is proud of the firm’s excellent reputation within the legal and medical communities.

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Nuts and bolts Along with extensive training in the algorithms used in South Street’s investment process, the firm’s analysts and portfolio managers are taught the fundamentals of business and financial analysis. While most firms are moving toward the use of third-party mutual funds and ETFs in portfolio construction, South Street possesses this research capability, and it also has the ability to identify undervalued investment opportunities that fit its clients’ financial picture. Carhart comments, “For instance, restructuring inherited and legacy positions is a particular strength of our firm because of our ability to carefully evaluate existing security positions.” What has inspired clients to remain with South Street for so long is the firm’s holistic approach that applies the same investment criteria to allocation decisions across multiple asset classes and security selection for equities, bonds, and other publicly traded instruments. The firm’s portfolios only hold individual securities that have been fully vetted and researched by its experienced investment team. Several algorithms are employed to identify purchase candidates in the yield, growth, and technology sectors. Depending on their income and risk profiles, clients often hold a variety of securities, from traditional common stocks and bonds to publicly traded master limited partnerships and gold-bullion-backed ETFs. “While securities are drawn from a universe of over 19,000 companies, we are a concentrated manager that typically holds 25 to 30 issues in our clients’ equity component,” says Carhart. “Candidates for in-depth fundamental business analysis must pass a set of rigorous screening criteria that have tended over time to be reliable indicators of future business and financial success.”

Meticulous onboarding The key building block in South Street’s process is earning the trust of all new clients by ensuring they and their advisors’ visions align. Early discussions focus on return expectations, income requirements, and risk tolerance. Carhart says, “Based on these conversations, we will model projected investment returns, income generation, and capital appreciation for a number of different portfolio mixes over a 10-year time frame. After further discussion, we agree on a set of guidelines that often are summarized in an investment policy statement. These guidelines are not static, but can change along with the client’s evolving financial picture.” Another fundamental of South Street’s approach is a give-and-take relationship between the firm and the client, which reinforces the trust critical to success. “In our view, talk about trust and personal relationships means little if a client doesn’t see market-beating gains in portfolio value over time. Our disciplined investment process helps position our clients to reap the benefits of rising securities markets at an appropriate level of risk,” says Carhart. Due to its longevity, record of success, and satisfied clientele, South Street is a firm comfortable in its own skin. Its team knows who they are and will continue to do so.

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“At the end of the day, many individual wealth managers tout personal service, custom portfolio management, and responsiveness, but few can match South Street Advisors’ record of wealth creation since its inception 26 years ago.”

Stephen Owen, South Street Advisors LLC