Francesca Vitale
Advisor at Merrill
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Advisor at Merrill
Data sourced from SEC public records (and other sources when available). Some details may be added by the advisor after claiming their profile. Refreshed daily • Updated today.
Location
Buffalo, NY 14202
Credentials
Series 63, Series 65, Series 66
Industry experience
6 years
Francesca Vitale is a financial advisor at Merrill with six years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 credentials and has worked at firms including Wilmington Trust, M&T Bank, LPL Financial, Bank of America, and Santander Bank. Vitale serves as a board member on the junior advisory board at Niagara University, where she participates in meetings focused on enrollment trends and fundraising initiatives. Merrill provides services to individuals, retirement plans, corporations, charities, and institutional clients through managed account programs, discretionary portfolio management, and brokerage execution. The firm emphasizes manager selection and monitoring, tax-efficient strategies, and integration with Bank of America’s broader capital markets platform.
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
10 Fountain Plaza
Buffalo, NY 14202
New York
Merrill
2024 - Present (2 years)
Wilmington Trust N.A.
2022 - 2024 (2 years)
M&T Bank
2022 - 2024 (2 years)
LPL Financial
2022 - 2024 (2 years)
Merrill
2020 - 2022 (2 years)
Bank of America
2017 - 2020 (3 years)
Santander Bank NA
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
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