Wealth Advisors
Since 1986, Our Clients Have Come First
MPI Wealth Management is an independent registered investment advisory firm that prides itself on conservative asset management and long-term relationships with the client. The core of our business is based on always acting in our clients’ best interest. As fiduciaries, we have an obligation to do whatever is in the best interest of our clients. Our fiduciary duty applies to all aspects of the wealth management process, including the assets we select for our client’s portfolios.
David W. Pequet | CEO & President, Sr. Portfolio Manager
David W. Pequet founded the independent registered investment advisory firm MPI Wealth Management in 1986. Located in the Chicago suburb of Hinsdale, MPI manages fixed income, equity and balanced high net worth and institutional portfolios throughout the United States. Dave holds a Series 65 Investment Advisor Representative registration. During the last three decades MPI has been nationally recognized several times for its fixed income and equity investment management. MPI has been invited to Barron’s Top 400 U. S. Independent Investment Advisors every year since 2011. Prior to starting MPI Mr. Pequet specialized in fixed income sales at several Wall Street securities firms including Prudential-Bache and Mosley Securities. He earned his Engineering degree from Michigan State University in 1974. Following college Mr. Pequet was commissioned an Officer in the U. S. Navy and was in the Aviation Officer Flight Program. For the last 30 plus years, Mr. Pequet has been active at the executive level in several community and youth programs in the Hinsdale Illinois area, including a board member of the Oak Brook Plan Commission, coach and Director of the Hinsdale Little League, Director and Treasurer of the Hinsdale Public Library Foundation. David was a Director, Historian and past President of The Bond Club of Chicago. Mr. Pequet has been a member of the advisory board of the Security Traders Association of Chicago. Since 1984 Mr. Pequet has been both a Director and Treasurer of the Roger B. Chaffee Scholarship Fund in Grand Rapids Michigan. David has been quoted and interviewed in several Wall Street venues including Investment News, Wall Street Transcript, Money Manager Review and WLS 890 & WIND 560 Radio. In 2014 Dave and his wife Chris founded an annual charity event; Red, White & Blues, raising funds to support U.S. military personal, veterans and their families. Since 2015 Dave has chaired an annual 3-day Special Forces VIP Trip that supports The Special Forces Scholarship Fund. Mr. Pequet has been married to Christine since 1976 and they have two sons who are both in the investment business.
Matthew Pequet | Sr. Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Matt Pequet is a Portfolio Manager dedicated to helping his clients meet their financial goals. He takes the time to understand each client's unique investment opportunities and, through clear and frequent communication, strives to keep his clients' portfolios on track and toward their investment objectives. Matt is also responsible for the firms trading and technology platforms. Matt holds a Series 65 Investment Advisor Representative registration.
Matt joined MPI in 2003 after graduating from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science. He became an equity partner in MPI in 2008. Matt has received the Wealth Manager Award in 2020, 2021, 2023 & 2024 from Five Star Professional.
Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. However, a fee is paid to use the award in marketing material. The award is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria - required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser (RIA) or a registered investment adviser representative. 2. Actively licensed as a RIA or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years. 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (as defined by FSP, the wealth manager has not: (a) been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; (b) had more than a total of three settled or
pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or FSP's consumer complaint process; unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through FSP's consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client's experience; (c) individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; (d) filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; (e) been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; or (f) been convicted of a felony. 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards. 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria - considered: 6. One-year client retention rate. 7. Five-year client retention rate. 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered. 9. Number of client households served. 10. Education and professional designations.
FSP does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. The award is not indicative of the wealth manager's future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients' assets. 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 FSP or this publication. 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 FSP in the future. Self-completed questionnaire was used for rating. This rating is not related to the quality of the investment advice and is based solely on the disclosed criteria. Visit www.fivestarprofessional.com. This award was issued on 10/1/24, 10/1/23, 10/1/21, and 10/1/20.