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Catherine Miles Hopkins

Advisor at Merrill — Tallahassee, FL Apalachee Pkwy

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Credentials

Series 66

Experience

21 years

Location

Tallahassee, FL 32301

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Merrill

Institution

Total advisors

25,558

Across 3,163 offices

Clients per advisor

70 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$860,085 Very High

HNW client ratio

29% High

About

Catherine Hopkins is a financial advisor at Merrill with 21 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Morgan Keegan & Company and Credit Suisse Securities. Hopkins has been with Bank of America and Merrill since 2015. Merrill, together with its affiliate Managed Account Advisors LLC, provides managed account services to Bank of America fiduciary clients through the Select Portfolio Solutions Program, offering model-based and discretionary strategies for a variety of individual and institutional clients.

Client services

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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

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Tax-loss harvesting Active portfolio management Wealth management

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Tallahassee, FL Apalachee Pkwy

2930 Apalachee Pkwy

Tallahassee FL 32301

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

Florida · Texas

Work history

21 years of industry experience

Bank Of America, N.a.

2015 - Present • 11 years

Tampa, FL

Merrill

2015 - Present • 11 years

Tampa, FL

Morgan Keegan & Company, LLC

2005 - 2006 • 1 year

Atlanta, GA

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

2004 - 2005 • 1 year

Atlanta, GA

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