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Christopher Randolph Baccella

Advisor at Mariner — Novi, MI

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Credentials

CFA®, Series 63

Experience

9 years

Location

Novi, MI 48375

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Mariner

Enterprise

Total advisors

986

Across 209 offices

Clients per advisor

55 Typical

Avg AUM per client

$2,116,909 Very High

HNW client ratio

41% Very High

About

Christopher Baccella is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Mariner Wealth Advisors, where he has worked since 2022. His prior roles include positions at Heber Fuger Wendin, Alan B. Lancz & Associates, and Old National Wealth Management. Baccella serves on the Board of Directors for Banker's Retirement Service, a 401(k) plan for community bankers in Michigan. Mariner serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm provides investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and coordinated tax and family office services, implementing discretionary, customized portfolios supported by both in-house and third-party resources.

Client services

Based on Mariner

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Newsletters or periodicals Educational seminars or workshops Family office services

Expertise

Based on Mariner

Private / alternative investments Options & derivatives strategies Concentrated stock management Annuities Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k)

Occupation focus

Based on Mariner

Founder/Business Owner Executive

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Fee options

Fixed

Fixed fees for financial planning and consulting services, fixed fees for tax services, minimum quarterly fee $1,875

Percentage

$0 - $1,000,000: 1.25% $1,000,000 - $5,000,000: 1.00% $5,000,000 - $10,000,000: 0.80% $10,000,000+: 0.60%

Commissions

Commission-based compensation for insurance products and brokerage through affiliated broker-dealer MSEC LLC

Project-based

Hourly rates for consulting and tax preparation services, specific rates negotiable/not specified

Other

Account minimum: $100,000 Minimum fee: Quarterly minimum fee of $1,875

Location

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Novi, MI

39500 High Pointe Blvd, Suite 300

Novi MI 48375

Advisors at this office

10

Most active in

Michigan

Work history

9 years of industry experience

Mariner Wealth Advisors

2022 - Present • 4 years

Bloomfield Hills, MI

Heber Fuger Wendin

2021 - 2022 • 1 year

Bloomfield Hills, MI

Alan B. Lancz & Associates

2020 - 2021 • 1 year

Toledo, OH

Various

2019 - 2020 • 1 year

Southgate, MI

Revalue LLC

2018 - 2019 • 1 year

Ypsilanti, MI

UnEmployed

2017 - 2018 • 1 year

Southgate, MI

Old National Wealth Management

2015 - 2017 • 2 years

Ann Arbor, MI

Wilson, Kemp & Associates, Inc.

2013 - 2015 • 2 years

Detroit, MI

Comerica Securities

2011 - 2014 • 3 years

MI

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

Paul F

CFP®, CFA®, ChFC®, EA, TPCP®

Commerce Township, MI

Tamma Capital LLC

You make good money. You have a plan somewhere. What you are not sure about is whether anyone is actually watching the whole thing. Right now, you probably have an advisor for investments, a CPA for taxes, and maybe an attorney for estate documents. None of them talk to each other. You are the one in the middle, repeating your situation to three people who each see one slice of it. I build the financial plan, and I prepare and file your tax return myself. Same person, same conversation. The tax decision and the planning decision get made together, by someone who can see how one moves the other. Most advisors hand you off to a CPA who has never seen your plan. I do not hand you off. I work with dual-income parents, director level and up, two demanding careers, kids at home, and a financial life that has gotten more complicated than you have time for. Equity comp you have not fully sorted out. College creeping up. Estate documents written before your last job change. All of it in motion at once, and no one holding it together. What I give you back is time. One relationship instead of many. One person who knows the whole story, so you stop being the project manager of your own financial life. None of these pieces is that hard on its own. The coordination is what you do not have the hours for. That is the part I take off your plate. I am raising four kids of my own, including a set of triplets, so I plan from inside this life stage, not from a brochure. I know what it costs, in money and in attention, to do this well. If you are tired of being the one who holds it all together, reach out. I will tell you honestly whether I am the right fit.

Wealth management Parents Married/Couples/Partners Gen X (Born 1965-1980)
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Sean S

Series 65

Commerce Township, MI

Foundations Investment Advisors LLC

Sean Sparkman is a financial advisor with Foundations Investment Advisors LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. He has six years of industry experience, including prior roles at Insight Folios and American Income Life. Outside of his advisory work, he is a partner in Highground Gaming LLC, which organizes board game events and produces related content on YouTube. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC provides financial planning and portfolio management to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and registered investment companies, utilizing a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside third-party sub-advisers.

ESG / Sustainable investing
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Blake K

Series 66

Birmingham, MI

Oppenheimer

Blake Keelean is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at UHY Advisors and Michigan State University. He has also worked in education and at Orchard Lake Country Club. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm provides a range of advisory and brokerage services, utilizing strategic and tactical asset allocation along with multiple investment strategies tailored to client objectives.

Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Wealth management Active portfolio management Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Louis B

Series 63

Farmington, MI

J.P. Morgan Securities

Louis Bader is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving at J.P. Morgan Securities. He has worked at J.P. Morgan Securities since 2013. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC provides institutional consulting services to corporations, foundations, and defined contribution plan sponsors, offering asset allocation advice, investment manager searches, and customized performance reporting through a select group of Wealth Advisors.

Wealth management Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Eldin F

Series 63, Series 65

Southfield, MI

Sterling Advisory Group LLC

Eldin Foco is a financial advisor at Sterling Advisory Group LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms including CIG Capital Advisors and Cco Investment Services Corp. since 2012. Sterling Advisory Group provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, families, trusts, foundations, businesses, and employer-sponsored plans. The firm manages client accounts on a tailored basis and also serves institutional clients, offering a range of strategic investment models that emphasize asset allocation, diversification, and Shariah-compliant selection.

ESG / Sustainable investing Private / alternative investments Equity compensation tax strategy Business succession planning Retirement income strategy Founder/Business Owner Executive Values-based investing
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Daniel S

Series 63, Series 65

Bingham Farms, MI

Octo Capital, LLC

Daniel Shub is a financial advisor at Octo Capital, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been managing Octo Capital since 2015. In addition to his advisory role, he is the managing member of Shub & Company LLC, a life and health insurance agency, and Gold Star Insurance Group LLC, a property and casualty insurance agency. Octo Capital provides investment advisory, portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, families, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment approach is long-term and based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing diversified allocations primarily through mutual funds and ETFs, with discretionary portfolio management and regular monitoring.

Tax-loss harvesting Retirement income strategy Income planning Equity compensation tax strategy Charitable giving & philanthropy Executive
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