Christine Smith

Advisor at Merrill

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Location

Surf City, NJ

Credentials

Series 63, Series 65

Industry experience

30 years

About

Christine Smith is a Senior Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, bringing over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. She specializes in developing personalized financial strategies that address wealth accumulation, preservation, and transfer. Her approach includes portfolio development, liability management, tax minimization, and asset preservation, with a focus on ensuring a lifetime retirement income stream.

Christine offers customized wealth management planning services such as asset allocation, cash flow and liability management, education funding strategies, retirement planning, individual wealth preservation, insurance planning, trust and estate planning, and business solutions including group benefit plans, 401k, transition and succession planning, cash management, and lending. She collaborates with clients' tax accountants and attorneys to provide comprehensive financial guidance.

A lifelong resident of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Christine holds a Bachelor's Degree from Gettysburg College and is a Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). Outside of her professional role, she enjoys skiing, boating, and traveling with her husband and three children, all of whom are active in their community.

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 Cash flow / budgeting Retirement income strategy Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Business succession planning

Occupation focus

Founder/Business Owner

Demographic focus

Women Professionals Women's Finance

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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

Surf City, NJ

Most active in

Connecticut · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Texas

Work history

Bank Of America, N.A.

2011 - Present (15 years)

Merrill

2009 - Present (17 years)

Disclosures

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