Information on The List was supplied by individual companies through questionnaires and could not be independently verified by Denver Business Journal. Only companies that replied to our inquiries were included in this List. The Denver area is defined as the seven-county metro (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties). Peak Wealth Management, ranked No. 20 last year, declined to participate. Cambiar Investors, ranked No. 3 last year, did not respond in time for publication.