About


Jim Hiles has decades of experience working with high net worth business owners, executives and medical professionals. He has helped thousands of clients in their wealth management journeys.


Jim began his financial advisory career in 1984 with Capital Analysts, where he was later promoted to branch manager and created a system for comprehensive wealth and asset management. In 1992 he worked with Cigna Financial Advisors as a Regional Vice President, supporting 250 advisors and their clients. He then joined Prudential Securities (later known as Wells Fargo Wealth Management) as a national leader of Estate Planning, Trust Services, Insurance, Retirement and Financial Planning. In 2004, Jim joined CBIZ Wealth Management and before establishing First Capital Advisors Group, he was an original partner in the wealth management division of Cantor Fitzgerald in New York. Jim joined Wealth Enhancement Group in 2023 through the First Capital Advisors Group acquisition.



Jim is a passionate financial professional and has been featured on CNBC, Bloomberg and various national platforms. He is a member of the New Jersey Coalition for Financial Education and has developed a Financial Literacy platform called GoPlan 101. He also serves his community through CPC Behavior Healthcare, one of the largest non-profit organizations in New Jersey and an executive member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. 



Jim lives in Rumson, New Jersey with his wife, Deane and two children, David and Emily. He loves sports, red wine and has been known to play the Highland bagpipe, although not all at the same time."



Education

  • BA - Economics, Bucknell University

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Wealth Enhancement Group, a national independent wealth management firm with more than $70.8 billion in total client assets, announced the acquisition of First Capital Advisors Group, LLC, a hybrid RIA with two locations in Little Silver, NJ and Blue Bell, PA. Led by Managing Partners Jim Hiles and Jeff Schulte, First Capital Advisors Group's team of four financial advisors and six support staff will join the firm, bringing approximately $341 million assets under management.
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