October 2025 – Vienna, VA – Argent Bridge Advisors is proud to announce that Eric Ashburn, CFP®, CEPA®, CDFA®, has been named a 2025 Five Star Wealth Manager. This recognition honors professionals in the wealth management industry who demonstrate exceptional client satisfaction, integrity, and commitment to excellence.
The Five Star Wealth Manager award is presented to a select group of professionals who meet high standards of experience, regulatory history, and client service. Fewer than five percent of wealth managers in each market are recognized, making this a notable achievement and reflection of Eric’s dedication to his clients and community.
As a Partner and Private Wealth Advisor at Argent Bridge Advisors, Eric helps clients confidently navigate life’s complex financial transitions—from growing a business to planning for retirement—with thoughtful strategy and a steady, solutions-oriented approach. His work is grounded in building lasting relationships that prioritize trust, transparency, and long-term success.
Eric’s recognition as a Five Star Wealth Manager highlights both his integrity and the strong foundation of client trust we have built at Argent Bridge Advisors. We are proud to celebrate this achievement together.”
To learn more about the Five Star Wealth Manager award and view the full 2025 list, visit fivestarprofessional.com.
The FIVE STAR Wealth Manager list is created by Crescendo Business Services LLC. It includes less than 4% of 8,762 wealth managers in the Washington, D.C. area in 2025. 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) Five-year 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. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to: fivestarprofessional.com.
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