Steve Cooke Joins Pinnacle Asset Management in Charlotte

Experienced wealth advisor Steve Cooke has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as a financial consultant on the Pinnacle Asset Management team in the firm’s North Carolina Southern region. He is based in the firm’s office in Harrisburg, NC.

“Pinnacle’s strategy of attracting experienced financial services professionals with hearts to serve and giving them the autonomy to do the right thing for clients continues to be successful,” said Pinnacle Asset Management manager Brad Sears. “Steve is just the kind of trusted advisor we wanted for our growing team. We’re fortunate that he’s bringing his 15 years of experience to bear for the firm and our clients.”

Cooke comes to Pinnacle from Wells Fargo Advisors in Harrisburg, where he had been a financial advisor for more than eight years. He has also worked for Edward Jones in Alabama and holds Series 7, Series 66 and Life, Health and Long-term Care Insurance licenses. Cooke earned a master’s degree in management information systems from the University of Missouri in Columbia and graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a bachelor’s degree in management. Prior to his career in financial services, he was a space and missile operations officer for the U.S. Air Force and a top secret security manager for Lockheed Martin.

Pinnacle Asset Management is a division of Pinnacle Financial Partners. The financial advisors there work through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. to provide advice and services to businesses and individuals with significant investment needs. They have access to the full suite of investment products offered by Raymond James and serve clients from offices across Pinnacle’s footprint. 

 

About Pinnacle Financial Partners

The team at Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The company earned a spot on FORTUNE’s 2021 list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For^® in the U.S., its fifth consecutive appearance. American Banker recognized Pinnacle as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For nine years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $11 billion in assets in 2021.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN, in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $38.5 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, 2021. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in 15 primarily urban markets across the Southeast.

Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.

 

About Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., is a financial services firm supporting more than 7,500 independent financial advisors nationwide. Since 1974, Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC, has provided a wide range of investment and wealth planning related services through its affiliate, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC. Both broker/dealers are wholly owned subsidiaries of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE-RJF), a leading diversified financial services company with approximately 7,500 financial advisors in 3,000 locations throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. Total client assets are approximately $727 billion.

 

About the Financial Institutions Division of RJFS

The Financial Institutions Division was established by Raymond James in 1987 to provide banks and credit unions with an alternative to traditional third-party investment providers. Raymond James provides full-service securities brokerage and advisory services to financial institutions seeking to compete with the largest banks and securities firms in the country. In addition to a full complement of investment products and services, Raymond James has the ability to deliver investment banking, public finance, research, self-clearing capabilities and wealth management services to both individuals and institutions.

Securities offered through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC. Investment products are: not deposits, not FDIC insured, not insured by any government agency, not bank guaranteed, subject to risk and may lose value. Investment advisory services offered through Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. Pinnacle Financial Partners, Pinnacle Asset Management and Pinnacle Bank are not registered broker/dealers and are independent of Raymond James Financial Services. Located at 150 3^rd Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37201, (615) 690-1417.