USA Today/Statista recognize Covenant Wealth Advisors as a Best Financial Advisory firm for 2026. * 1 day ago Covenant Wealth Advisors is honored to share that Covenant Wealth Advisors has been named one of USA Today's Best Financial Advisory Firms in America for 2026, developed in partnership with global research firm Statista. Out of more than 1,000 registered investment advisory firms recognized nationwide, Covenant ranked 3rd in the state of Virginia - a recognition that means more to Covenant Wealth Advisors than the number itself. What this award recognizes. USA Today and Statista evaluated firms across two dimensions: * Recommendations from clients, financial advisors, and industry experts** (weighted 20%) - collected through an independent survey of more than 30,000 individuals across the U.S. * Growth in assets under management** (weighted 80%) - measured over both short-term (12 months) and long-term (five years), through January 2026. The full methodology is published by Statista here. Why the peer and client piece means the most. Asset growth tells one story. But the part of this recognition Covenant Wealth Advisors is most grateful for is the second one - that clients Covenant Wealth Advisors has served and peers in its own industry chose to recommend Covenant Wealth Advisors. A note on what this doesn't mean. Covenant Wealth Advisors is proud of this recognition, but Covenant Wealth Advisors want to be clear about what it is - and what it isn't. It's an independent, third-party ranking based on growth and reputation data. It's not a guarantee that any client will achieve a particular outcome, and it isn't a forecast of future performance. The work that earned this recognition is the work Covenant Wealth Advisors'll keep doing tomorrow: planning carefully, communicating clearly, and putting clients first. If you'd like to learn connect with Covenant Wealth Advisors to see how Covenant Wealth Advisors can help guide you to and through retirement. Contact Covenant Wealth Advisors here. Important Disclosures Covenant Wealth Advisors was named to USA Today's *Best Financial Advisory Firms 2026* list, published April 14, 2026, and developed in partnership with Statista Inc. The ranking evaluated U.S. registered investment advisory (RIA) firms based on recommendations from clients, financial advisors, and industry experts (weighted 20%) and short- and long-term growth of assets under management (weighted 80%), using AUM data evaluated through January 2026. Covenant Wealth Advisors did not pay a fee to be considered for or to receive this ranking. However, Covenant Wealth Advisors does pay a licensing fee for use of the USA Today/Statista logo. This ranking is a third-party rating as defined under Rule 206(4)-1 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. To Covenant's knowledge, no material conflicts of interest existed between the firm and USA Today or Statista in connection with this rating. Rankings and recognitions by unaffiliated rating services should not be construed by a client or prospective client as a guarantee that they will experience a certain level of results, nor should they be construed as an endorsement of Covenant Wealth Advisors by any client. Covenant Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser; registration does not imply any specific level of skill or training. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Brander Group Fortune magazine's Most Innovative in 2026. Views: 2,084 March 26, 2026 - Brander Group Inc. has once again been recognized, ranking #188 on Fortune's America's Most Innovative Companies - an honor made even more significant by the fact that only 300 companies nationwide earn a place on this list each year. This places Brander Group alongside some of the most dominant names in technology, including Nvidia, Microsoft, IBM, Apple, Google, Nike, and Oracle, among many other industry-leading brands. For a company operating in a highly specialized segment of global network infrastructure, this recognition reinforces what clients and partners already know - Brander Group is not following the market, it is setting the standard. The ranking, developed by Statista in partnership with Fortune, evaluates tens of thousands of U.S.-based companies and narrows the field to just 300 organizations demonstrating measurable innovation across process, product, and culture. This is not a subjective or promotional list. It is built from a combination of expert insights, patent data analyzed through LexisNexis PatentSight, and direct feedback from employees assessing how innovation actually functions inside their organizations. What makes Brander Group's placement particularly notable is not just inclusion - but performance relative to scale. While competing against some of the largest and most capitalized companies in the world, Brander Group ranked #7 in information technology and #52 in innovation culture, signaling a business that is structurally built for speed, efficiency, and continuous improvement. These are not areas that can be easily manufactured - they reflect how a company operates at its core. That operational innovation is most visible in how Brander Group has approached the IPv4 market. In an industry historically defined by fragmentation, lack of transparency, and manual processes, the company has introduced a more structured and scalable model. Through its IPv4Connect Marketplace, Brander Group has simplified how organizations source and acquire IPv4 address addresses, while its proprietary tools - such as detailed blacklist reporting - help clients reduce risk and maintain the integrity of their network assets. At the same time, Brander Group's fully managed transfer process aligns organizations with global registry requirements across ARIN, RIPE, and APNIC, eliminating friction in what has traditionally been a complex and time-consuming process. These innovations are not theoretical - they directly impact how quickly and securely companies can deploy infrastructure in a market where demand continues to rise and supply remains constrained. "It is an honor to once again be recognized among such an elite group of organizations," said Jake Brander, President of Brander Group Inc. "We have always focused on bringing transparency, structure, and innovation to the IPv4 space. This recognition validates the work our team has done to modernize an essential part of the internet's infrastructure." As global demand for IPv4 continues to accelerate - driven by cloud expansion, AI workloads, and ongoing limitations in IPv6 adoption - Brander Group remains focused on building solutions that allow organizations to scale efficiently without compromising performance or security. Being recognized by Fortune as one of America's Most Innovative Companies underscores the company's role not just as a service provider, but as a key operator within one of the internet's most critical and scarce resource markets. This recognition is not an endpoint. It is a signal of where the company is headed. Brander Group's ranking. * #188 Overall * #1 in Arizona * #7 in Technology * #52 Culture Rank

Inari named one of TIME's America's Top GreenTech Companies 2026. Inari was recognized today on TIME's list of America's Top GreenTech Companies 2026. Presented by TIME and Statista, the leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider, the list recognizes 250 companies based on three evaluation criteria: * Positive Environmental Impact: To assess a company's positive environmental impact, Statista partnered with The Upright Project to quantify the holistic impact of a company's product and service portfolio, including its alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). * Financial Strength: For the evaluation of financial strength, Statista analyzed revenue, employee and funding data, obtained from publicly available sources like annual reports, company websites, through media monitoring, and via databases. * Innovation Drive: For the innovation drive, Statista cooperated with LexisNexis(R) Intellectual Property Solutions to analyze the quantity and impact of a company's IP intellectual property) portfolio. Statista publishes hundreds of worldwide industry rankings and company listings with high-profile media partners. This research and analysis service is based on the success of statista.com, the leading data and business intelligence portal that provides statistics, relevant business data, and various market and consumer studies and surveys.