Ac Morgan

Advisor at Merrill

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Location

Darien, CT

Credentials

Series 63, Series 65

Industry experience

30 years

About

Ac Morgan is a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, specializing in global strategies across both private and public markets within Merrill’s Venture Services team. He has extensive experience in equities, having worked across syndicate, trading, sales trading, and program trading throughout his career.

Prior to his current role, Ac led the US Equity Block distribution efforts, developed secondary trading for Private Markets, and managed US Sales Trading within Merrill's Institutional Equities division. Before joining Bank of America in 2015, he served as a managing director at UBS, where he ran the US Equity Sales Trading business for four years and managed the US Equity Syndicate division for two years. Ac's association with Merrill dates back to 1989, starting as a Director on the trading desk and advancing to Senior Trader of the Technology sector by 2002. He holds a bachelor's degree in Communications and Business from Pepperdine University.

Outside of his professional career, Ac Morgan has completed two Ironman triathlons, including the World Championship Ironman. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Mandi Sue, and their two daughters.

Client services

Based on Merrill

Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops
Performance measurement reports, allocation modeling, ips, research reports and services, see schedule d

Expertise

Wealth management Active portfolio management Private / alternative investments

Occupation focus

Financial Professional

Demographic focus

Based on Merrill

Mid-Career Professionals HENRY (High Earners, Not Rich Yet)

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Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $2,000,000: 1.10% (for Managed Strategy with MFSA under $2 million) $2,000,000+: 1.00% (for Managed Strategy with MFSA at and above $2 million)

Other

Account minimum: $2,000,000 minimum to qualify for Premium Access Strategy per SEC data and Merrill brochure context; no other firm-wide minimum clearly stated

Location

Darien, CT

Most active in

California · Connecticut · New York · Texas

Work history

Bank Of America, N.A.

2021 - Present (5 years)

Merrill

2021 - Present (5 years)

Bofa Securities, Inc.

2019 - 2021 (2 years)

Merrill

2015 - 2019 (4 years)

Disclosures

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