The Bates Caputo Group

"Our banking backgrounds taught us the value of servicing clients. We strive to earn the trust of our clients who can benefit from the sum of our experiences," John says. "Additionally, the combination of Bank of America, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and Bank of America Private Bank (formerly U.S. Trust) represents a compelling platform for clients to draw upon. We feel the firm is well positioned to deliver banking, trust and investment advice in a coherent and coordinated way. The synergy across the firm is strong and clients are experiencing it."

On behalf of a diverse clientele – family offices, private equity, hedge fund and banking professionals, as well as business owners, foundations and endowments – The Bates Caputo Wealth Management Group incorporates long term strategies as a core tenet of its investment process. Through an initial survey and several conversations, John and Scott seek to gain a good sense of a client's goals, life priorities and investment knowledge. This allows John and Scott to use their understanding of a client's framework to craft wealth preservation and transfer strategies that can benefit future generations. Once completed, this allows the team to customize a risk-adjusted portfolio for each client. Efforts are also made to identify appropriate lending opportunities for clients by providing access to Bank of America, N.A.

"Whether speaking to our primary contact, a spouse or grown child, we want to help ensure that wealth is optimized and passed along efficiently," Scott says. "As each relationship develops, we often coordinate with a family's CPA or attorney – in the event that a new legal construct, such as a trust, is introduced. Being an architect of a well-balanced, thoughtfully conceived wealth management strategy demands our considerable effort and ongoing focus."