Benjamin E Gottlieb, C(k)P®, CPFA™
10 N Martingale Rd
Schaumburg, IL 60173
847.605.4442
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As your advisors, we stand ready to work with you in drawing on the full resources of Bank of America Corporation and its affiliates to assist your institution in fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities.
Welcome

Managing your wealth begins with a deep understanding of your full financial picture. Based on what matters most to you, I can help create a strategy as flexible as today's changing market conditions, and I can provide access to the investment insights of Merrill and the banking convenience and lending solutions of Bank of America. I will work to help you pursue your goals through personalized wealth management strategies.

Helping institutions meet their investment needs

We put the resources and intellectual capital of Merrill to work for institutional clients like you by delivering thoughtful advice and sophisticated investment strategies through focused client-centric consulting. We help organizations like yours address today’s complex investment challenges through an integrated, goals-based investment process that enables them to redefine success, manage risk and help fulfill their missions.

Investment Solutions

We provide access to a broad suite of potential investment solutions for non-profit organizations, foundations, endowments and corporate retirement and pension plans. Our level of involvement is based on your preference — from traditional consulting, to client-directed implementation, to full discretionary outsourced CIO services. We work with your CFO, board  of directors and investment committee to develop a tailored investment strategy that is consistent with your culture, goals, preferences and risk profile.

Disciplined Investment Process

We follow a disciplined process that helps to address your organization’s changing needs and provides you with a potentially higher probability of achieving your long-term investment goals.

Endowments, Foundations and Nonprofits

We understand the issues nonprofits, endowments and foundations address in funding their missions in an ever-changing financial climate. Drawing on the global resources of Bank of America Corporation and its affiliates, we offer insight, guidance and personalized service to help institutions develop and execute investment strategies focused on what matters most to them and the people they serve.

Defined benefit plans

Whether your defined benefit plan is an active part of your overall benefit offering, is closed to new participants, or fully frozen, Bank of  America's service model allows you to outsource the many administrative tasks associated with the maintenance of a pension plan to fulfill plan obligations and manage risk.

Key services include: • Investment consulting service • Open architecture investment management platform • Liability driven investment implementation • Actuarial services and discretionary investment management

Recognition
Benjamin Gottlieb
Senior Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor
Financial Times "Top 401 Retirement Plan Advisers", 2020
(Published on October 22, 2020. Rankings based on data as of Dec 31, 2019.)
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors", 2023
(Published on April 4, 2023. Rankings based on data as of June 30, 2022.)
Benjamin E Gottlieb, C(k)P®, CPFA™
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors", 2023
(Published on April 4, 2023. Rankings based on data as of June 30, 2022.)
Financial Times "Top 401 Retirement Plan Advisors", 2020
(Published on October 22, 2020. Rankings based on data as of Dec 31, 2019.)
About Us
Mission

mission is simple: to help institutional investors pursue their goals through insightful investment guidance and thoughtful management of their financial assets.

Meet Our Team
Benjamin Gottlieb,

CPFA™, CKP®

Senior Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor
847.605.4442
Molly L. Scott
Wealth Management Client Associate
847.605.4425
Scott Dahl,

CEPA®, CFP®, CRPC™

Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
847.605.4427
Robert Churchill,

CPFA™, CRPC™, CRPS™

Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor
847.605.4435
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Zenichiro Isoda,

CPFA™

Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor
847.605.4392
Patricia J Ciebien
Assistant Vice President, Wealth Management Associate
847.605.4436
Suzann E Schroeder
Registered Senior Wealth Management Client Associate
847.605.4391
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.
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