Professional

Matt Banderman graduated from Fontbonne University in 2001 with a major in Business Management. During his time at Fontbonne, he played 4 years of basketball, 1 year of tennis, and ran 1 year of cross country. Matt was also the president of his freshman/sophomore class and his sophomore/junior class. He was voted Mr. Fontbonne his freshman year and gave the commencement address at his graduation in May of 2001.

Matt began his career with Northwestern Mutual as an intern during his senior year of college. After graduation, Matt continued his career with Northwestern Mutual as a full-time Financial Advisor. Having now served with Northwestern for over 15 years, Matt was appointed the District Director of Northwestern Mutual St. Louis in 2015. As District Director, Matt is charged with hiring and training new advisors, in addition to maintaining his own personal financial planning practice. Over the course of his career Matt has qualified 6 times for the Million Dollar Roundtable, which is the top 6% of all financial advisors in the industry worldwide.

Associations and Memberships

  • National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA)
  • Qualifying Member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

Years of Experience

Representing Northwestern Mutual since 2000.

Education

Fontbonne University - Business Management (Bachelor of Science)

Awards and Recognition

  • Million Dollar Round Table Qualifying Member 2007-2008, 2013-2016, 2019-2021
    • MDRT is the premier association of financial professionals. MDRT status designation is granted for one year and members must apply every year to continue their affiliation with the MDRT
  • National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Quality Award 2011-2015
    • Award recognizing commitment to excellence in service to clients and industry
  • National Quality Award 2003-2004, 2006-2010
    • Award recognizing persistency and performance
  • National Sales Achievement Award 2006-2010
    • Award recognizing performance

Lending a hand in my community.

As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)

ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.

Visit partner website

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Here are my areas of expertise

Financial Planning

Insurance Protection Strategies

Life Insurance Strategies

Retirement Planning & Income Strategies

Education Planning & Funding

Disability Planning

Multigenerational Planning

Estate Planning

How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.

When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.

Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.

It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.

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