CPA's wealth unit hires retirement-plan sales head

FWR Staff

20 August 2008

Ex-Principal Financial executive brings 20 years of experience to the table. Schneider Downs Wealth Management, the financial-planning and retirement-plan division of Pittsburgh-based CPA firm Schneider Downs, has hired former Principal Financial Scott Fremer as its director of retirement-plan sales.

"We're pleased to add a professional of Scott's experience level and talents to our firm," says Karl Kunkle, a managing shareholder of Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors. "As our Retirement Advisors practice continues to grow, it is invaluable to have such depth in our expertise."

Two decades

Fremer had been head of retirement-plan sales for the Pittsburgh office of Des Moines, Iowa-based Principal Financial for three years before joining Schneider Downs. In his 20 years in the industry, he has helped clients with all aspects of developing, designing and implementing retirement plans.

In his new role, Fremer is responsible for developing sales opportunities for the Retirement Advisors practice of Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York.

Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors had about $251 million in assets under management the last time it updated its ADV filing with SEC. -FWR

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