About Eric Hayes
Eric Hayes
Executive Director, Wealth Management
Financial Advisor
Senior Portfolio Management Director
Family Wealth Advisor
Workplace Advisor - Equity Compensation
As an Executive Director with Core Purpose Wealth Management, I am passionate about creating lasting value for clients. Helping clients articulate their goals, build holistic custom financial plans, and navigate the fluctuations of the financial markets and life’s circumstances has been my mission for more than two decades. Financial literacy is one of my cornerstone passions. I take advantage of every conversation to help our clients strengthen their knowledge and understanding of their personal finances and the markets.
Growing my own knowledge is equally important to me. I earned advanced credentials and designations and received national and regional recognition. I am a member of Morgan Stanley’s Masters Club, which recognizes a select group of top performing financial advisors. Along with my team, I have been named to Research Magazine’s, “ETF Advisor Hall of Fame” and am featured in the book, “Winning with ETF Strategies”, by author Max Isaacman. In 2021, Forbes Magazine and SHOOK Research named me to their “Best-in-State Wealth Advisors in 2021”.
Within our team, I focus on developing and building strong client relationships, contributing to investment policy decisions and managing our 16-member team. As a Senior Portfolio Management Director and a member of the Core Purpose Wealth Management Investment Policy Committee, I collaborate on the design and ongoing review of the various investment models we employ - always with the goal of meeting our client’s unique objectives.
Conscious Investing and Impact Investing are also strong interests of mine. I believe that every dollar invested can make a positive impact. I enjoy creating investment strategies that allow clients to focus on their individual beliefs and invest in ways that can contribute to their personal vision of an ideal world.
In 2017, I completed an accredited program that focuses on the skills needed to help families communicate about money and values, share their goals, and grow and protect wealth across generations. This resulted in me earning the designation of Family Wealth Advisor. In 2019, I added Workplace Advisor - Equity Compensation to my list of credentials, focusing on my deep understanding of how to transform Equity Compensation and Executive Benefits into comprehensive, goals-based wealth management solutions.
Raised in the Chicago suburbs, I became interested in the financial markets as a teenager. Reading the annual reports of the telephone companies where my father worked sparked my interest in personal finance and the markets and my passion grew from there. I entered the Financial Services Industry in 1996 after earning a Bachelor of Science degree and joined Morgan Stanley in 2000.
In my free time, my wife, Jennifer, daughter Emma, and I pursue our shared and individual passions. Jennifer is a talented teacher, musician and amazing Mom to Emma. Emma is a skilled equestrian. I have been piloting airplanes since I obtained my license during my teenage years and have been working on building an airplane. I served for many years as a board member of the Illinois Aviation Museum at Bolingbrook. As a family, we are avid outdoors people, taking every opportunity to camp, and travel to wilderness destinations for adventures.
Forbes America’s Top Wealth Management Teams
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded Nov 2022) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on time period from 3/31/21 – 3/31/22.
2021-2024 Forbes Best-In- State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2021-2022). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.
2014-2022 Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors: State-by-State (formerly referred to as Barron's Top 1,000 Financial Advisors: State-by-State)
Source: Barrons.com (Awarded 2014-2022). Data compiled by Barron's based on 12-month period concluding in Sept of the year prior to the issuance of the award.
Financial Times 400 Top Financial Advisors
Source: ft.com (Awarded Mar 2014) Data compiled by Financial Times based on time period from 9/30/12 - 9/30/13.
Financial Times 400 Top Financial Advisors
Source: ft.com (Awarded Apr 2013) Data compiled by Financial Times based on data as of 12/31/12.
Securities Agent: FL, SC, VA, UT, MA, CT, AK, WY, NY, NC, MI, IN, CA, WA, PA, OR, OK, DC, OH, NE, KS, HI, CO, AR, LA, KY, DE, AL, NV, MS, MD, IL, GA, AZ, MO, MN, WI, TX, NM, MT, IA, ME, WV, TN, NJ, NH, ID; BM/Supervisor; General Securities Principal; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
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