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Barbara Koppelkiernan

Advisor at Mass Mutual Investors Services — Ship Bottom, NJ

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Credentials

Series 63

Experience

41 years

Location

Ship Bottom, NJ

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Mass Mutual Investors Services

Institution

Total advisors

5,118

Across 1,227 offices

Clients per advisor

88 Typical

Avg AUM per client

$249,379 Low

HNW client ratio

0% Very Low

About

Barbara Koppelkiernan is a financial advisor at Mass Mutual Investors Services with 41 years of industry experience. She has worked at Mass Mutual Investors Services since 2017 and at MassMutual Life Insurance Company since 2016, following a 33-year tenure at Metlife Securities Inc. She holds a Series 63 designation. Mass Mutual Investors Services, LLC is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that provides financial planning and asset management services to individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employers, using a structured and collaborative approach to client engagements.

Client services

Based on Mass Mutual Investors Services

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops Asset allocation programs

Expertise

Based on Mass Mutual Investors Services

Divorce financial planning General estate planning guidance Multi-generational wealth transfer Cash flow / budgeting

Occupation focus

Based on Mass Mutual Investors Services

Founder/Business Owner Attorney Executive

Demographic focus

Based on Mass Mutual Investors Services

Married/Couples/Partners Divorced

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Minimum fee: Minimum annual fee of $500 for Financial Planning Services Fee-only: Annual financial planning fees range from $500 up to over $35,000, negotiable and possibly waived

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Ship Bottom, NJ

Ship Bottom NJ

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

New Jersey · New York

Work history

41 years of industry experience

Mass Mutual Investors Services

2017 - Present • 9 years

East Hills, NY

MassMutual Life Insurance co

2016 - Present • 10 years

East Hills, NY

Metlife Securities Inc.

1984 - 2017 • 33 years

Lake Success, NY

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