Debra K. Brede had a different idea in mind when she founded her investment management firm in 1989. A decade of industry experience had made her realize that the needs of individual clients weren't always best served by the typical Wall Street business model where a firm sells its products to meet its sales goals. At the firm that bears her name, the individual needs of each client would be the primary focus.

Today, the D.K. Brede Investment Management Company delivers investment management services to corporations, municipalities, retirement plan and charitable trusts, and high-net-worth individuals based on the principle that every recommendation made is dependent solely on a client's individual needs, as determined personally by Debra Brede herself.

Debra is now a frequent media commentator on investment-related topics and is recognizable to tens of thousands of CNBC and Fox Business news viewers around the world. She's also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Businessweek, Financial Times, Reuters, and Bloomberg.

Recognition that reflects expertise
Debra's investment industry honors include:

Top 20 High-End Investment Managers - Boston magazine, March 2006¹
Top 100 Women Financial Advisors in the U.S. - Barron's, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010², 2011
Top 50 Independent Advisors in America - Registered Rep, 2007, 2008, and 2009³
Top 100 Independent Broker/Dealer Advisors - Registered Rep, 2010³, 2011
Ten Most Dependable Wealth Managers of the Northeast - Goldline Research, 2008 (as seen
in Forbes)⁴
Top 50 Advisors in Massachusetts - Boston Business Journal, 2008⁵
Top 1,000 Advisers in America - Barron's, 2009⁶
Top 50 Women in Wealth Management - Wealth Manager, 2009⁷
Outstanding Advisor Award - Registered Rep, 2010⁸
Boston FIVE STAR Wealth Manager - Quantitative Market Intelligence, 2010, 2011 (as seen in Boston magazine)⁹
Best Wealth Managers in Boston - Newsweek Showcase (as seen in Newsweek), 2010¹⁰
Pennsylvania State University - Distinguished Alumni Award, 2009

• General Securities Registered Representative of Commonwealth Financial Network
• Registered Securities Principal of Commonwealth Financial Network
• Registered Options Principal of Commonwealth Financial Network
• Registered Municipal Securities Principal of Commonwealth Financial Network
• Qualified Pension Specialist
• Accredited Investment Fiduciary^®

¹Net worth of clients includes investable assets, excluding primary residence. Team assets include custodied and noncustodied assets that the advisor and team advise. Where the advisor is a member of a team, he or she is ranked on individual assets or percentage of contribution of the team. Prepared for Boston magazine by R. J. Shook and Shookbook LLC. ²This ranking, compiled by Barron's, reflects the volume of assets overseen by the advisors and their teams, revenues generated for the firms, and the quality of the advisors' practices. Institutional assets are given less weighting. ³Advisors are ranked strictly by assets under management, though 60% of those assets must belong to retail, as opposed to institutional, clients. If the advisor is a member of a team, he or she must be the founder or leader of that team. ⁴This list is a service of Goldline Research. Goldline Research uses a rigorous proprietary research process to evaluate tens of thousands of service providers each year in numerous industries. Goldline Research is not affiliated with Forbes magazine. ⁵Rankings based on qualitative and quantitative criteria. Professionals must have at least seven years of financial experience and meet acceptable compliance, client retention, and customer satisfaction benchmarks. Advisors are also ranked on a variety of revenue and assets-under-management measurements. Other factors that add or detract from a candidate's score include interviews with senior management, peers, and customers. ⁶The rankings reflect assets under management, revenues, quality of the advisors' practices, and other factors. Total assets are all assets overseen by the advisor's team, including some that are held at other institutions. Assets managed for institutions are given less weight in the scoring. ⁷The list was selected by an advisory board of equally distinguished women, in cooperation with WealthManagerWeb.com, Investment Advisor, and Research. Members of the list were chosen for their integrity, longevity, knowledge, entrepreneurship, and encouragement of other women in the industry, among other factors. ⁸The list features advisors who excel in the business but, more importantly, who dedicate their time to philanthropic causes. ⁹Crescendo Business Systems surveyed high-net-worth residents and financial services industry professionals, asking them to evaluate wealth managers on customer service, integrity, communications, value for fee charged, and overall satsifaction. Wealth managers were also reviewed for instances of regulatory actions, civil judicial actions, and customer complaints. 
Assets under management are held through Commonwealth Financial Network. ¹⁰Candidates must be fully licensed and certified. Candidates with advanced levels of education and graduate degrees are preferred, though experience and other recognitions are considered. All candidates have received local media coverage in their community directly related to having achieved a level of excellence in their field.