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Declan Costello

Advisor at Transamerica Retirement Advisors, LLC — Beacon, NY

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Credentials

Series 66

Experience

5 years

Location

Beacon, NY

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Transamerica Retirement Advisors, LLC

Enterprise

Total advisors

309

Across 251 offices

Clients per advisor

688 Very High

Avg AUM per client

$82,021 Very Low

HNW client ratio

0% Very Low

About

Declan Costello is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with five years of industry experience, currently with Transamerica Retirement Advisors, LLC. His prior work includes roles at Goldman Sachs, Empire Wealth Strategies, and Northwestern Mutual. Transamerica Retirement Advisors serves participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans and IRA owners, providing managed advice and investment education services supported by proprietary tools from Morningstar Investment Management. The firm focuses on asset allocation and retirement guidance through a variety of programs that offer both implemented managed portfolios and non-discretionary recommendations.

Client services

Based on Transamerica Retirement Advisors, LLC

Portfolio management Pension consulting Educational seminars or workshops

Expertise

Based on Transamerica Retirement Advisors, LLC

General retirement planning Retirement income strategy Income planning

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Percentage

Up to 0.45% annually

Location

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Beacon, NY

Beacon NY

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

New York

Work history

5 years of industry experience

Transamerica Investors Securities Corporation

2024 - Present • 2 years

Beacon, NY

Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company

2024 - Present • 2 years

Beacon, NY

Goldman Sachs

2021 - 2024 • 3 years

Cohoes, NY

Empire Wealth Strategies

2020 - 2021 • 1 year

New York, NY

Northwestern Mutual

2019 - 2020 • 1 year

Poughkeepsie, NY

Full time education

2016 - 2020 • 4 years

New Paltz, NY

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