Garrett Rusch
Advisor at Merrill
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Advisor at Merrill
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Location
Chicago, IL 60606
Credentials
Series 66
Industry experience
2 years
Garrett Rusch is a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, based in the Chicago Metro office. He works with high net worth families and individuals, providing financial plans and managing investment holdings. Garrett focuses on client areas including divorce transition planning, education planning, employee benefits planning, family wealth management strategies, legacy planning, liquidity management, personal retirement planning, portfolio management services, tax minimization, and retirement income.
Originally from Milwaukee, Garrett earned a Bachelor's Degree from Creighton University. He holds professional designations including Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) and Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). He prioritizes increasing his technical knowledge of personal finance to better advise clients and provides a personalized approach to uncover what matters most to each client and their family in order to create tailored financial strategies.
Garrett's personal interests include basketball, chess, cooking, football, golfing, music, pickleball, reading, soccer, and watching movies.
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
110 N Wacker Dr
Chicago, IL 60606
Illinois · Nebraska · Texas
Bank of America, N.A.
2024 - Present (2 years)
Merrill
2022 - Present (4 years)
Ameriprise Financial
2021 - 2022 (1 year)
Upstream Brewing Company
2021 - 2022 (1 year)
Wal-Mart
2021 - 2021 (1 year)
Bridgeman Foods II, Inc
2020 - 2020 (1 year)
Creighton University
2018 - 2022 (4 years)
Unemployed
2018 - 2018 (1 year)
Marquette University High School
2014 - 2018 (4 years)
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