What concerns you most about your financial future?
• Outliving your money during retirement?
• Adjusting to a major family life change-divorce, death, health issues?
• Not having your investments match your charitable intent?
• How much risk to take and when?
• Mediocre or unclear financial advice?
• How to decide which financial vehicles make sense for you?
• Not always sure what to do next?
• Not enough time or attention from advisors?
• Your children or grandchildren aren’t prepared for the future?
We understand your concerns, too, and we know how to help.
The concerns driving your financial life can seem confusing, even conflicting. But they don’t have to be that way. Some choices are clearly right for you. Some are clearly wrong. The good news is that you can choose. The bad news is that you may not be aware of your best options. Or, worse, you may not fully understand the impact your choices can have for you and those you care about.
What does that mean? To us, it means professional financial guidance is virtually synonymous with life planning. That’s why our approach is twofold: to help clients understand how each type of planning affects the other and to help ensure that the plans clients make support the life plans they want.
Making our approach work takes time, effort, and focus. That’s why we intentionally:
• Limit the number of clients we serve
• Keep an open and active communication and schedule regular face-to-face meetings with each client
• Focus on advising clients with specific types of resources and planning needs.
Our particular knowledge and experience best serve clients with at least $1 million in assets. Such clients include high-net-worth individuals, affluent families, successful business owners and executives, as well as retirees who consider themselves secure but who understand they must also be concerned. Limiting the number and types of clients we work with allows us to continually fine tune and focus our competency in a way to best serve such clients.
Life is always changing and growing more complex. In the same way, your priorities and needs around your family, work, health and home are always evolving. And since your finances are so deeply connected with the rest of your life, an investment approach that is specific to your unique situation can be helpful. Even if you're accustomed to managing your finances on your own, you may find value in having a relationship with someone who understands your priorities and who has the knowledge and resources to help you make more informed decisions, no matter where you are in life.
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.