James C Cantela
Advisor at Missionsquare Retirement — Maywood, NJ
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Credentials
CFP®, Series 63, Series 65, Series 66
Experience Industry experience
14 years
Location
Maywood, NJ
Missionsquare Retirement
Multi-team
James Cantela is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience. He is currently with MissionSquare Retirement and MissionSquare Investment Services, having previously worked at Merrill, Valley National Bank, and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. MissionSquare Retirement serves state and local government employers, their employees, and certain non-profit entities by administering deferred compensation and qualified retirement plans with a range of plan administration, recordkeeping, education, and advisory services delivered through their Guided Pathways program. The firm utilizes Morningstar Investment Management for its investment advice and model portfolios and supports more than 40,000 participants through a multi-team advisory structure.
Based on Missionsquare Retirement
$0 - $100,000: 0.50% $100,001 - $300,000: 0.40% $300,001 - $500,000: 0.30% $500,001+: 0.20%
Maywood, NJ
Maywood NJ
Advisors at this office
1
New Jersey · New York
14 years of industry experience
MissionSquare Investment Services
2024 - Present • 2 years
Washington, DC
MissionSquare Retirement
2024 - Present • 2 years
Washington, DC
Merrill
2021 - 2024 • 3 years
New York, NY
Unemployed
2020 - 2021 • 1 year
Wayne, NJ
Valley National Bank
2017 - 2020 • 3 years
Wayne, NJ
UnEMPLOYED
2016 - 2017 • 1 year
Wyckoff, NJ
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
1996 - 2019 • 23 years
Wyckoff, NJ
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