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Gavin Scott Barford

Advisor at Merrill — Fort Myers, FL San Carlos Blvd

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Credentials

Series 66

Experience

< 1 year

Location

Fort Myers, FL 33908

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Merrill

Institution

Total advisors

25,562

Across 3,167 offices

Clients per advisor

70 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$860,085 Very High

HNW client ratio

29% High

About

Gavin Barford is a financial advisor at Merrill with a Series 66 designation and no prior industry experience. He has previously worked at Cetera Wealth Services, WealthCare Inc., and held roles at Ave Maria University. Merrill, along with its affiliate Managed Account Advisors LLC, provides managed account services to Bank of America fiduciary clients through the Select Portfolio Solutions Program, offering model-based and discretionary investment strategies for individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations.

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

Based on Merrill

Tax-loss harvesting Active portfolio management Wealth management

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Commissions

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Location

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Fort Myers, FL San Carlos Blvd

16020 San Carlos Blvd

Fort Myers FL 33908

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

Florida · Texas

Work history

< 1 year of industry experience

Bank of America, N.A.

2026 - Present • 1 year

Fort Myers, FL

Merrill

2026 - Present • 1 year

Fort Myers, FL

Cetera Wealth Services, LLC

2025 - 2026 • 1 year

El Segundo, CA

WealthCare Inc.

2025 - 2026 • 1 year

Cold Spring, MN

Ave Maria University

2024 - 2024 • 1 year

Ave Maria, FL

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

2023 - 2023 • 1 year

La Plata, MD

Ave Maria University

2022 - 2024 • 2 years

Ave Maria, FL

St. John's summer camp

2022 - 2022 • 1 year

Hollywood, MD

Anderson Family Enterprises, LLC DBA Anderson Law

2022 - 2022 • 1 year

Hollywood, MD

The Tackle Box

2022 - 2022 • 1 year

Lexington Park, MD

College of Southern Maryland

2021 - 2022 • 1 year

Leonardtown, MD

St Marys Ryken Inc

2017 - 2021 • 4 years

Leonardtown, MD

Unemployed

2016 - 2017 • 1 year

Leonardtown, MD

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Chelly J

Series 66

Bonita Springs, FL

Foliage Financial

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General retirement planning Cash flow / budgeting General tax planning Wealth management Retirement withdrawal strategies
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Patrick B

CFP®, Series 63, Series 65

Sanibel, FL

Bloomfield Asset Management, Inc.

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Wealth management Passive / index investing Retirement income strategy
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Brian B

Series 63, Series 66

Ft. Myers, FL

Silver Thread Investments

Brian Burgan is a financial advisor at Silver Thread Investments in Ft. Myers, FL, with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Silver Thread Investments since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in real estate development through interests in several limited liability companies. Silver Thread Investments provides money management and investment consulting primarily to individual clients, as well as trusts, small businesses, and other entities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis to build core, long-term portfolios focused on stocks and bonds.

Active portfolio management
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Andrew P

Series 66

Fort Myers, FL

Roscoe Capital Management, LLC

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Active portfolio management Options & derivatives strategies
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Chad K

Series 66

Fort Myers, FL

CPK Wealth Management LLC

Chad Kunc is a financial advisor with CPK Wealth Management LLC in Fort Myers, FL, holding a Series 66 designation and 21 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC before founding his current firm in 2018. Kunc is also a licensed insurance professional and dedicates a small portion of his time to this activity. CPK Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management, comprehensive wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and plan sponsors. The firm employs a relative-strength process combined with fundamental and technical analysis to construct portfolios with a generally long-term orientation, and it offers specialized retirement-plan and pension consulting services including ERISA fiduciary support.

Active portfolio management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) General retirement planning Wealth management Retirement income strategy Founder/Business Owner
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Dennis B

CFP®, Series 65, Series 66

Bonita Springs, FL

River Tree Capital Management

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Active portfolio management Concentrated stock management Private / alternative investments
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