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Deerfield- 520 Lake Cook Rd

Maury Fertig

Senior Wealth Advisor

520 Lake Cook Rd, Suite 520
Deerfield, IL 60015

Maury Fertig

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Maury Fertig

About Maury

Maury joined Focus Partners Wealth in 2026. Prior to joining Focus Partners Wealth, he oversaw all investment strategies and client relationships, including institutional clients for Relative Value Partners (RVP).

Maury co-founded Relative Value Partners (RVP) in 2004 with Bob Huffman. Prior to starting RVP, Maury spent 17 years at Salomon Brothers/Citigroup working in Institutional Fixed Income and eventually becoming head of Midwest Corporate Bond Sales. He started his career at KPMG Peat Marwick as a senior accountant.

Ingrained in the Chicagoland community, Maury serves as a vice chairman of the Board of Directors for the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago and is the immediate past chairman of the Pooled Endowment Portfolio Committee. He also held the role of Hillel Board president at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a former member of the international Board of Directors of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life.

Maury is the author of The Seven Deadly Sins of Investing: How to Conquer Your Worst Impulses and Save Your Financial Future (AMACOM). He has been quoted extensively in business media such as Barron’s, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, and Investment News. He has also appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg Television, and Morningstar.com. Additionally, Maury authors a column about income strategies for Forbes.com.

Education and Professional Milestones 

-University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign – bachelor’s degree in accountancy 

-Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management – Master of Business Administration 

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