Jim Wilkins, RFC, BFA

Jim is an independent contractor Wealth Advisor with RPI.

He is a Registered Financial Consultant (RFC) and a Behavioral Financial Advisor (BFA), with over 30 years of experience in providing guidance during various investment cycles and life events.  

As an independent contractor with RPI, Jim specializes in working with those facing transition/employment separation, drawing upon his expertise, education, and credentials to guide individuals through what is often a stressful financial and emotional experience, offering both financial survival strategies and emotional reassurances. He has conducted countless seminars & workshops on the subject of job transition, financial planning and retirement planning over the years and across the country.

Jim has been an annual recipient of the Five-Star Professional award*, a select group representing less than seven percent of the wealth managers in the Chicago area since 2012 and is a graduate of Western Michigan University.

He resides in Naperville, IL, is married with 3 adult children and 4 grandchildren and is focused on building strong, personalized connections with his clients as they achieve their meaningful goals through customized planning. 

*The FIVE STAR Wealth Manager list is created by Crescendo Business Services LLC. It
includes less than 7% of 5,549 wealth managers considered in the Chicago area in 2023.
Award candidates are identified by one of three sources; firm nomination, peer nomination or
prequalification. Wealth managers were evaluated across ten criteria: (a) Credentialed as an
investment advisory representative or a registered investment advisor; (b) Actively employed as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of five years; (c)
Favorable regulatory and complaint history review; (d) Fulfilled their firm review based on
internal firm standards; (e) Accepting new clients; (f) One-year client retention rate; (g) Fiveyear client retention rate; (h) non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; (i) Number of client households served. (j) Educational and professional
designations. Favorable and unfavorable evaluations are included in the score.
Each wealth manager is reviewed for regulatory actions, civil judicial actions, and customer
complaints. A favorable regulatory and complaint history is defined by Five Star Professional to mean that the wealth manager has not: *Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a
license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; *Had more than a total of three settled or pending customer complaints filed against them with any regulatory authority or through Five Star Professional's consumer complaint process; *Individually contributed to a financial
settlement of a customer complaint filed with a regulatory authority; *Filed for personal
bankruptcy; *Been convicted of a felony. Five Star Wealth Managers do not pay a fee to be
considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Scores reflect an average of all respondents and are not representative of any one client's evaluation.
The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth managers' future performance. Wealth
managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their
clients' assets. 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 Five Star Professional in the future. 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 Five Star Professional or the magazine. Five Star
Professional is not an advisory firm.