Melaina Cano
Senior Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor
NMLS #1734073
100 Spectrum Center Dr
Irvine, CA 92618
949.859.2919
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Understanding your life priorities is an important part of the relationship with you. It’s not just about markets and returns, it’s about what matters most to you.  I can collaborate to help create a personalized plan designed around you, your family, your goals and your aspirations.
Profile

Melaina Cano is a Senior Vice President and Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.  Melaina helps clients address their entire financial picture and pays close attention to understanding who clients are beyond their investments. This allows her to create financial strategies that enable clients to pursue their goals in a way that reflects their personal experiences and values. With a passion for people and a love of numbers, she thrives on bringing a creative and investigative approach to wealth management. Her focus lies in assisting high-net-worth individuals and multigenerational families plan for the future and achieve their goals.

Melaina is the founder of The Cano Group – established to address the unique challenges and opportunities that individuals face in their financial journey. The Cano Group adopts a holistic approach to wealth management. Starting with an individualized financial plan, the team tailors financial strategies to align with clients’ goals, needs and personal objectives. The Cano Group focuses on working with individuals who are going through life transitions, such as divorce, widowhood, career change, or inheritance. The team helps clients navigate these changes with confidence and clarity, while also addressing their long-term goals and aspirations.

Melaina takes pride in running a successful wealth management group, while balancing the roles of mom, wife, and trusted financial resource to clients. Melaina and her husband are Orange County natives and reside in Irvine with their son and golden retriever. She and her husband enjoy volunteering and devote significant time and resources to help create positive change in the communities in which they live and work. Melaina earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from California State University, Stanislaus where she graduated summa cum laude.

Recognition
Forbes "Best-in-State Next Generation Wealth Advisors", 2024
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About Me
Welcome

My mission, first and foremost, is to understand you and what matters most to you. Armed with that information I can ask thoughtful questions -- listening carefully, then understanding in detail where your wealth stands today and where you'd like it to be tomorrow. I help you design and implement a personalized plan intended to help you and your family pursue financial goals while helping manage investment risk. My approach is to focus on potential solutions that can help turn goals into reality.

Meet Our Professional Staff
Kyle Nardi
Registered Wealth Management Client Associate
949.859.2918
Yesenia Madrigal
Wealth Management Client Associate
949.859.2912
Additional Resources
The following specialists do not make securities recommendations. Please contact your Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Advisor if you have questions about how a specialist might be able to assist you.
Daniel Orozco
Wealth Management Lending Officer
Bank of America, N.A.
NMLS #1200302
John Karsnitz
Investment Solutions Group Portfolio Strategist
Bank of America, N.A.
About Merrill

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Melaina Cano is registered to do business in AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, MD, MI, MN, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI.