About FTPWC
Fiduciary Trust Private Wealth Counsel, LLC was founded in 2021 and registered as an investment adviser in 2022. Brent Weisenborn is the firm’s Managing Member, 100% owner, and Chief Compliance Officer. FTPWC has offices in Springfield, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas.
Brent M. Weisenborn, CFF
Managing Member, Investment Adviser Representative and Chief Compliance Officer
Brent has worked in the investment business since 1985. He works with individuals, families, and trusts, and with employers on their retirement plans.
Brent previously oversaw approximately $2 billion in trust assets as Chief Investment Officer and head of the Trust Department at Security Bank of Kansas City (1985–1990).
Brent founded Security Investment Company of Kansas City in 1987, an institutional broker-dealer and NASDAQ market maker, and served as its CEO until 2001. From 2006 to 2010 he was a Vice President of The NASDAQ Stock Market and CEO of its subsidiary Agora-X LLC.
He was elected to the NASD (now FINRA) District No. 4 Committee in 1998 and served as its chairman from 1999 to 2000, and he served on the National Small Firm Advisory Board. In 2009 he testified before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture on derivatives market reform legislation. U.S. Senators Christopher “Kit” Bond and Pat Roberts recommended him to the President for appointment as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Brent received a BBA in Finance and Economics from Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. He holds the Certified Financial Fiduciary® (CFF) designation from the National Association of Certified Financial Fiduciaries.
Past industry roles
- Member and Director, Kansas City Board of Trade (Board of Directors 1996–1998)
- Member, Chicago Board of Trade
- Director, Kansas City Securities Association
- President, Kansas City Traders Association
- Member, Securities Industry Association Trading Committee
- Lead Director, Bankers & Investors Co.
Outside activities: Brent is also a licensed insurance agent and owner of Fiduciary Trust Assurance Group LLC, co-owner of Virtue Financial Advisors, L.L.C., and a real estate agent. He earns separate compensation from these activities. See his Form ADV Part 2B.
Christopher B. Halford
Vice President and Investment Adviser Representative
Chris has worked in financial services for over 30 years. He works with people who are retired or preparing to retire on retirement income plans designed to help make their savings last and to use that income in the way that fits them and their families. He also handles account coordination and administration.
For 17 years Chris was a member of the Kansas City Board of Trade, trading futures, options, securities, and swaps as an institutional broker, including seven years running the Kansas City trading operations of a large program trading firm. He was also a NASDAQ market maker and an institutional broker working with money managers and mutual funds.
Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Psychology, with a minor in Mathematics, from William Jewell College.
Chris is also a licensed insurance agent and earns commissions on fixed index annuity sales, which make up a significant share of his income. See his Form ADV Part 2B.
Jami Weisenborn
Office Manager
Jami supports administration, client coordination, and communications. She holds a BS in Gerontology from Missouri State University.
