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.
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.
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.
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. 1
Act as liaison between institutional clients and Merrill's Investment Policy Statement (IPS) service, which creates and modifies an IPS, based on the client’s investment goals and objectives. 2
Customizable asset allocation based on the Chief Investment Office capital market assumptions. 3
Recommend investment solutions leveraging Merrill's thorough and rigorous due diligence process. 4
Advanced portfolio construction techniques combined with client specific objectives and Merrill's capital market guidance. 5
Leverage Merrill's global intellectual capital including tactical tilts to potentially help increase returns. 6
Review, quantify and evaluate performance to identify opportunities to refine the portfolio’s overall strategy, based on the Investment Policy Statement.
For more than 30 years, The Dunn-Dunne-Wall-Hegenbart Group has dedicated itself to helping some of the most sophisticated institutions in the nation oversee their assets prudently and manage their businesses. Our team channels the resources and deep expertise resident at Bank of America to diverse groups of institutional clients. Our mission is to harness the power of one of the world's largest global financial firms on behalf of clients through an intimate client-consultant relationship.
In 2015, George Dunn, Peter Dunne and Bruce Wall were named to Barron's prestigious list of Top 25 Institutional Financial Advisors, in its inaugural appearance. They have also appeared on the 2016, 2017, and 2018 lists* (published annually in April. Rankings based on data as of December 31 of prior year.)
Drawing on the expertise of specialists throughout Bank of America & Merrill, we serve a wide array of institutional clients, including a number of tax-exempt charitable organizations:
We also provide consulting and investment services to select families whose exceptional wealth demands institutional-quality investment and wealth management.
Underscoring every service we offer is the conviction that to be effective, investment strategies must be carefully integrated with an organization's strategic objectives, governance framework, investment policy and risk-management function. As such, we take the time to understand the broader challenges and goals of the organizations we serve before devising investment strategies for them.
George Dunn, Kathleen Hegenbart and Bruce Wall have a deep understanding of the needs of institutions, and they bring clients broad experience across several diverse client. segments. They completed the rigorous Global Institutional Consulting selection process administered by Bank of America, that included a deep review of their experience serving institutions and a comprehensive, multidimensional professional assessment process.
"Each of us is passionate about strengthening, and growing clients' organizations, and helping these institutions fulfill their missions is very gratifying to us."
— George Dunn, CIMA®
MANAGING DIRECTOR
SENIOR CONSULTANT
GLOBAL INSTITUTIONAL CONSULTANT
*Source: The Barron's "Top 100 Institutional Consulting Teams" list, published annually in April. Rankings based on data as of December 31 of prior year. The Barron's "Top 100 Institutional Consulting Teams" ranking evaluated advisors on a range of criteria, including institutional investment assets overseen by the advisor and his/her team, the revenue generated by those assets, the number of clients served, and the number of team members and their regulatory records. Also considered were the advanced professional designations and accomplishment represented on the team. Rankings are based on the opinions of Barron's and not representative nor indicative of any one client's experience, future performance, or investment outcome and should not be construed as an endorsement of the advisor. Barron's does not receive compensation from advisors, participating firms and their affiliates, or the media in exchange for rankings. Rankings and recognition from Barron's are no guarantee of future investment success and do not ensure that a current or prospective client will experience a higher level of performance results, and such rankings should not be construed as an endorsement of the advisor. Barron's is a trademark of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved.*