Wealth Management

Investment management at your service. 

At Innovative Financial Solutions, our main objective is to assist our clients in navigating today’s complex investment marketplace to help accomplish their evolving investment aspirations and goals. The advice and recommendations you’ll receive are custom-tailored to you, factoring in your risk tolerance, goals, desired returns, time frame, and income specifications.

Our personalized approach to asset maximization allows us to offer innovative strategies for our clients. Our team of professionals share a common vision for success and customer service, and we provide investment management that caters to each specific investor.

As a fiduciary, we have an obligation to ensure the appropriate strategies are chosen based on the clients’ best interest. Therefore, we develop your personalized asset allocation model based on individual risk tolerance, objectives and financial needs. Our goal is to maximize your investment returns through diversification of your assets* and a disciplined investment philosophy combined with rigorous risk management.

Strategic Alliances

Innovative Financial Solutions works with various third-party money managers. One of our strategic alliances is with Gradient Investments, LLC (GI). GI is an SEC-registered investment advisor firm offering clients over 20 proprietary portfolios. Portfolios are managed by their President Michael Binger, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager Jeremy Bryan, CFA and Portfolio Manager Mariann Montagne, CFA.

MICHAEL BINGER 
CFA®
PRESIDENT

 – GRADIENT INVESTMENTS, LLC


Mr. Binger is the President of Gradient Investments. He has been with Gradient Investments since 2012 and has more than 30 years of total investment management experience. Mr. Binger’s prior roles include managing multi-billion dollar investment products for a large institutional asset manager. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota and is a CFA® charterholder. We believe that he brings a depth of market experience that is rare within the industry and has been a featured contributor with several media outlets including CNBC, Fox Business, Barron’s, and The Wall Street Journal.

JEREMY BRYAN
 CFA®
SENIOR PORTFOLIO MANAGER
 – GRADIENT INVESTMENTS, LLC

Mr. Bryan is a Senior Portfolio Manager for Gradient Investments. He has been with Gradient Investments since 2016 and has over 15 years of total investment management experience. Mr. Bryan’s job history includes equity research and portfolio management roles for institutional asset managers in Minneapolis and New York. He has been a frequent contributor to media outlets including CNBC, Fox Business, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Bryan graduated with a bachelor’s degree from St. Cloud State University, earned an MBA from the University of St. Thomas, and is a CFA® charterholder.

MARIANN MONTAGNE
 CFA®
PORTFOLIO MANAGER
 – GRADIENT INVESTMENTS, LLC


Ms. Montagne is a Portfolio Manager for Gradient Investments. She has been with Gradient Investments since 2014 and has more than 25 years of total investment management experience. Ms. Montagne’s prior roles include equity analysis for institutional fund managers as well as a senior investment analyst position for a $500M registered investment advisor. She is a frequent contributor to media outlets, including CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg, and Barron’s. Ms. Montagne graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Detroit and is a CFA® charterholder.

Content provided by Gradient Investment, LLC an SEC-registered investment advisor.

*Diversification and asset allocation does not assure or guarantee better performance and cannot eliminate the risk of investment loss. Before investing, you should carefully read the applicable volatility disclosure for each of the underlying funds, which can be found in the current prospectus.

This endorsement of Gradient Investments, LLC is provided by an investment advisor who refers clients to Gradient Investments, LLC.  A conflict of interest exists because this investment advisor receives a portion of the annual management fee charged by Gradient Investments, LLC, based on the assets under management of this investment advisor’s clients. This endorsement could assist in the investment advisor increasing the assets placed with Gradient Investments, LLC, and therefore their compensation. These investment advisors are not affiliated with or supervised by Gradient Investments, LLC.