Barnaby Horton
Advisor at Merrill
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Advisor at Merrill
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Location
Hartford, CT 06103
Credentials
Series 66
Industry experience
25 years
Barnaby Horton is a Wealth Management Advisor and the founder and managing partner of The Horton Team at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Hartford, CT. He specializes in corporate and institutional retirement services and has been recognized as a Forbes Best In State Wealth Advisor in 2023 and 2024. Financial Times ranked him among the "Top 401 Financial Advisers" from 2015 to 2020. His areas of focus include Corporate Executive Services, Divorce Transition Planning, Employee Benefits Planning, Institutional and Corporate Benefit Services, Institutional Consulting, Institutional Investment Consulting, Services for Endowments, Foundations, and Non-profits, Employee Financial Health, and Portfolio Management Services.
Barnaby holds several professional designations, including Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA), CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Benefits Consultant (RBC). He earned a Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of Connecticut and a Bachelor's Degree from Washington University in Saint Louis. He has also received specialized training from Yale School of Management, UCLA's Anderson School of Management, and Wharton School of Business.
He is involved in his community through service on the board of the Hartford Stage Company, as an Ambassador for The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, and as a member of the Asylum Hill Congregational Church Sanctuary Choir. Barnaby has also been an elected member of the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees and the Connecticut State Legislature. He lives in Hartford with his wife, Hannah, their four children, and their Australian labradoodle named Keegan. His personal interests include baseball, music, running marathons, singing, spending time with family, and traveling.
Based on Merrill
$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)
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
185 Asylum St, City Place Ii, 14 Th Fl
Hartford, CT 06103
Connecticut · Texas
Bank Of America, N.a.
2009 - Present (17 years)
Merrill
2000 - Present (26 years)
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