From Staff Reports

COLUMBIANA – Kyle Mims of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Columbiana recently won the firm’s exclusive Spirit of Caring Award designed to recognize those financial advisors who exemplify the values, culture and spirit of giving back.
Jim Weddle, the firm’s managing partner, called Mims a leader in the firm and an example of what a dedicated Edward Jones financial advisor can achieve.
“Kyle has demonstrated unyielding dedication to giving back to his clients, community, other financial advisors, branch teams and their regional network,” Weddle said.
Mims said he is honored to receive the award.
“Edward Jones is a partnership. That structure is not just financial, it’s a philosophy,” Mims said. “We work together, help each other and all share in the rewards of working with long-term individual investors. That brings out the best in everyone.”
Mims was one of only 263 financial advisors out of the firm’s more than 16,000 financial advisors to receive the award.
Edward Jones, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in St. Louis, provides financial services in the U.S. and, through its affiliate, in Canada. Every aspect of the firm’s business, from the investments its financial advisors offer to the location of its branch offices, caters to individual investors. The firm’s 16,000-plus financial advisors serve more than 7 million clients and care for $1 trillion in assets under management. Visit the firm’s website at Edwardjones.com and its recruiting website at Careers.edwardjones.com.