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). Raymond James, Baird, Syntrinsic Investment Counsel LLC, Transform Wealth and Bank of the West Wealth Management, ranked Nos. 2, 8, 14, 15 and 17 on last year’s List, respectively, did not respond in time for publication.