Matthew Thomas
Assistant Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
NMLS #2448220
4000 Embassy Parkway
Suite 300
Akron OH 44333
(330) 670.2416
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Whatever your personal goals may be, I will work together with you, one-on-one, to develop a personalized financial strategy designed to help you pursue your long-term goals.
Profile

Matt began his financial services career in 2005.  Most recently he was with JP Morgan as a private client advisor.  He takes a personalized approach to help clients define, coordinate, and evaluate each client’s financial needs and to develop financial strategies.  He is a Portfolio Manager who, in addition to providing traditional advice and guidance, can help clients pursue their objectives by managing on a discretionary basis his own personalized or defined strategies, which may incorporate individual stocks and bonds, model portfolios, and third-party investment strategies.  Matt is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER certificant, a designation awarded by the Certified Financial Board of Standards, Inc. He is a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan with a Master of Science degree.  He also holds the Accredited Asset Management SpecialistTM and Accredited Wealth Management AdvisorTM designations from the College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp.  He also has an Undergraduate Certificate in Investment Management from Yale University. He is married and enjoys spending time with his family and grandchildren.  He participates in a golf league with his father, as well as playing soccer and volleyball.



*Accredited Asset Management Specialist, AAMS, and the AAMS logo certifications marks or registered certifications marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.

*Accredited Wealth Management Advisor, AWMA, and the AWMA logo certifications marks or registered certifications marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.

 
I follow the deep-seated Merrill tradition of participating in the communities we serve. This drives my interest in spending time volunteering with organizations in our community.

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.

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Rebecca Sarno,

CPFA®

Officer, Registered Wealth Management Client Associate
330.670.2483
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Accredited Asset Management Specialist™, AAMS™, and the AAMS™ logo are certification marks or registered certification marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.
Accredited Wealth Management Advisor™, AWMA™, and the AWMA™ logo certification marks or registered certification marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and the CFP® (with plaque design) in the United States, which it authorizes use of by individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements.
Matthew Thomas is registered to do business in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, MO, NV, NY, OH, TX.