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Credentials
Series 66
Experience Industry experience
16 years
Location
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Merrill
Institution
Jeffrey Esnard is a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He works with families, individuals, and businesses to develop personalized financial strategies that align investments with their lifestyle and long-term goals. Jeff's approach emphasizes understanding clients’ questions, goals, and concerns to create comprehensive wealth management plans tailored to their priorities.
Jeff's expertise includes family wealth management strategies, retirement planning, portfolio management, tax minimization, and investment consulting for defined contribution plans, among other areas. He leverages the investment insights of Merrill Lynch to assist clients in managing new wealth, employee financial health, and corporate investment strategies. Jeff holds professional designations including CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA).
He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Louisiana State University and began his financial career as a mortgage banker. Jeff also attended the University of Mississippi without degree completion. Committed to the communities he serves, he volunteers locally and enjoys personal interests such as boating, fishing, hunting, running, skiing, traveling, and spending time with his family.
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Baton Rouge, LA North Blvd
445 North Blvd
Baton Rouge LA 70802
Advisors at this office
42
Louisiana · Mississippi · Texas
16 years of industry experience
Bank Of America, N.a.
2010 - Present • 16 years
Baton Rouge, LA
Merrill
2010 - Present • 16 years
Baton Rouge, LA
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Series 66
Baton Rouge, LA
Simmons Asset Management, LLC
Mark Simmons is the sole advisor at Simmons Asset Management, LLC in Baton Rouge, LA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 20 years of industry experience. Before founding his firm, he worked at B.F. Anderson starting in 2002. Simmons Asset Management provides discretionary investment supervisory services and individual portfolio management for both individual and institutional clients, including pension and profit-sharing plans and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes fundamental security analysis, asset allocation, and a long-term investment approach tailored to each client’s objectives and risk tolerance.
Series 63, Series 65
Prairieville, LA
Belle River Capital Management LLC
Teddy Theriot is the principal advisor at Belle River Capital Management LLC, an independent firm, with 20 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Theriot Walston Inc. for 10 years before founding his current firm in 2023. Theriot holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Belle River Capital Management provides discretionary, fee-based portfolio management to individuals, small institutions, and corporations. The firm offers wrap-fee accounts and combines fundamental and technical analysis to tailor asset allocation and securities selection according to client objectives, serving a mix of retail and institutional clients.
CFP®, Series 65, Series 66
Baton Rouge, LA
Logical Investments, LLC
Jeffry Cobb is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Logical Investments, LLC in Baton Rouge, LA. He has worked at Foresters Equity Services Inc and Logical Investments since 2011. In addition to his advisory work, he is involved in insurance sales and tax preparation through related business activities and also performs notary services for clients. Logical Investments, LLC is an independent advisory firm managing approximately $45.7 million for about 77 clients, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and tax services. The firm utilizes model-driven portfolios with hedging, alternative income strategies, and momentum-based trading, and acts as founder and general partner of a private pooled investment vehicle, Oakstone Hedged Equity, LP.
CFP®, Series 63, Series 65
Baton Rouge, LA
Graf Financial, L.L.C.
Helen Graf is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience. She has been the principal of Graf Financial, L.L.C. in Baton Rouge, LA since 2010. Graf Financial, L.L.C. offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, personal financial planning, and project-based consulting for individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes a value-investing approach based on fundamental analysis and provides tailored portfolio construction, regular monitoring, and detailed client reporting.
PFS™, Series 66
Baton Rogue, LA
Rizzutto Financial Advisors
Anthony Rizzutto is a financial advisor with Rizzutto Financial Advisors in Baton Rouge, LA, holding the PFS™ and Series 66 designations and possessing 15 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Rizzutto Financial Group since 2004 and is also a practicing CPA with ownership of a public accounting firm since 1990. Rizzutto Consulting, LLC provides fee-only financial planning and investment portfolio management primarily for individual clients. The firm uses a long-term, buy-and-hold approach with predominantly non-discretionary asset management and applies mutual fund database filtering, performance chart analysis, and financial-ratio risk assessment to inform recommendations.
Series 65
Baton Rouge, LA
Clear Net Worth, L.L.C.
Richard Bond is the sole advisor at Clear Net Worth, L.L.C. based in Baton Rouge, LA, holding a Series 65 designation with 15 years of industry experience. He serves as director of Gulf States Holdings, Inc., an insurance holding company, and is also active as an attorney providing estate planning and related legal services through The Bond Law Firm, LLC. Additionally, he owns and operates a licensed real estate brokerage and a residential and commercial construction company. Clear Net Worth offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individual investors and a select group of institutional and business clients. The firm employs fundamental security analysis combined with macroeconomic considerations to manage diversified portfolios across taxable and retirement accounts.
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