Iola Xiao
Financial Advisor
7825 Fay Avenue
Suite 300
La Jolla CA 92037
(858) 456.3622
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Iola has been in the financial services industry for 15 years, helping individuals and families navigate their financial journeys. In 2023, Iola joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and The ROK Advisory Group, where she continues to provide personalized guidance tailored to each client’s unique goals. Iola is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and speaks basic Cantonese, allowing her to connect with a diverse range of clients. Iola takes a personalized and thoughtful approach to wealth management, starting with getting to know you, your family, and what matters most to you. By following a disciplined process, Iola helps create strategies that are flexible enough to adapt to today’s ever-changing markets, while providing access to Merrill’s investment insights and Bank of America’s banking and lending solutions. As a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®, CDFA® professional, Iola also brings extensive knowledge to clients navigating financial transitions. Based in San Diego, Iola enjoys spending time with her son, Tyler, as well as traveling and golfing in her free time. Iola looks forward to building meaningful relationships with her clients and helping them achieve their financial goals.
Profile

With 12 years in the financial services industry, Iola Xiao joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and The ROK Advisory Group in 2023. Iola speaks fluent Chinese Mandarin, and basic Cantonese. Iola follows a disciplined process that begins with first taking the time to get to know you, your family, your family’s financial situation and what matters most to all of you. Iola can help to create a strategy as flexible as today's changing market conditions and provide access to the investment insights of Merrill and the banking convenience and lending solutions of Bank of America. Iola holds the Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, CDFA® professional designation. Iola lives in San Diego with her son, Tyler. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family, traveling and golfing

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.

About Merrill

Bringing fresh perspectives to your financial life
The financial decisions you make today can help determine the future you build for yourself and your family. Carving a clear path forward starts with connecting your life and finances. A Merrill advisor provides access to the investing insights of Merrill and banking capabilities of Bank of America to help you make informed decisions as you pursue your goals.

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CDFA® and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® are trademarks of The Institute for Divorce Financial AnalystsTM.
Iola Xiao is registered to do business in AZ, CA, GA, IL, MO, NJ, PA, TX, WA.