CNBC Financial Advisor 100 List 2025
Hawai’i Registered Investment Adviser (RIA), Cadinha & Co., LLC ranked 15th in a distinguished national ranking.
[HONOLULU, HAWAI’I, October 8, 2025—] Cadinha & Co., LLC is proud to announce its recognition as the #15 ranked firm on CNBC’s Financial Advisor 100 list for 2025. This marks the seventh annual CNBC FA 100 list and the sixth time Cadinha, the only Hawai’i firm, has been recognized on the prestigious list. In 2025, Cadinha & Co., LLC returned to the distinguished list with a ranking of 15th, up from 98th in 2024.
Cadinha & Co., LLC is honored to receive this recognition as it affirms its long-standing commitment to serving its clients. “We are humbled to be recognized on such a notable list that includes some of the most talented investment firms in the country. However, while national recognition is both an honor and blessing, our greatest achievement is earning the trust and loyalty of our clients,” noted CEO, President and CIO, Kalei Cadinha-Pua’a. “It is with great pride that our talented and dedicated team not only brings this recognition home to Hawai’i, but that the spirit of serving clients, through aloha, remains worthy of global recognition. In a world that is ever-changing, our mission to put our clients’ best interests first, remains unchanged. The commitment to being worthy of our clients’ trust is our kuleana (responsibility) and has been an integral part of our firm for the past 46 years. I am thrilled for our clients, our team, and the State of Hawai’i,” added Cadinha-Pua’a.
Created in 2019, the CNBC Top Financial Advisor 100 recognizes the country’s best financial advisors and top financial advisory firms. CNBC receives no payment for placement. The CNBC FA 100 ranking is based on a proprietary process developed by CNBC in partnership with data provider, AccuPoint Solutions. The methodology consists of first analyzing a variety of core data points from AccuPoint Solutions’ proprietary database of Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs). By doing so, the original list of 40,563 firms was cut to 1,015 RIAs who met CNBC’s requirements. CNBC then surveyed the 1,015 RIA finalists for more details about their practice and verified responses against publicly available resources and the SEC regulatory database. AccuPoint once again applied CNBC’s proprietary weighted criteria to further rank the firms and create the list of the top 100 firms.
“We have witnessed some of the most volatile markets in financial market history. To be consistently recognized by CNBC as being among the top investment advisory firms navigating these markets is truly humbling,” replied Chairman and Chief Strategist, Harlan J. Cadinha.
More about Cadinha: Cadinha & Co., LLC is a minority and women-owned Registered Investment Advisory firm. Since the company’s founding in 1979, it has served as a fiduciary to its clients. By operating under the highest ethical standard of responsibility and acting in their clients’ best interests while providing full transparency, Cadinha stands committed to these principles since its first day over 46 years ago.
More about CNBC FA 100: Unlike many “pay to play” awards, CNBC receives no compensation from placing advisory firms on the CNBC FA 100 list. Additionally, an advisor’s appearance on the CNBC FA 100 list does not constitute an individual endorsement by CNBC.
For more information, please call the Cadinha Team at (808) 523-9488 or visit www.cadinha.com.
