Anthony Cottone joined Waverly Advisors in December 2025 after Forefront Wealth Management was acquired by Waverly Advisors, LLC. Tony started his career in 1973 in the north tower of the World Trade Center as a financial analyst, then moving on to investment banking at Morgan Stanley & Co. Seven years later he moved to Philadelphia to help lead an effort to establish what would become the Senior Consulting Group at Prudential Securities. During this time, he attained his certification as an Investment Management Analyst at the Wharton School. He then spent several years providing investment consulting to an institutional client base. He followed that with 20 years as Director of Marketing for Meridian Capital Partners, a private hedge fund firm. Tony went on to establish his own Investment Advisory firm, Cottone Capital, which eventually evolved into merging into Waverly Advisors.
Tony received both his BS in Economics and MBA degrees from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has been involved with youth ice hockey for many years and is an avid Formula 1 racing fan. He also plays as much golf as he can find time for.