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Joaquin Zavala

Advisor at Merrill — Lindon, UT

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Credentials

Series 66

Experience

2 years

Location

Lindon, UT 84042

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Total advisors

25,560

Across 3,137 offices

Clients per advisor

70 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$860,085 Very High

HNW client ratio

29% High

About

Joaquin Zavala is a financial advisor with Merrill holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes positions at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, UBS Financial Services, Inc., and AllianceBernstein. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in several entrepreneurial ventures including The Driver Provider, an automotive and transportation business, and Pocholis Soaps LLC, which operates in the art and culture sector. 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, and institutional investors.

Client services

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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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Location

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Lindon, UT

564 N State St

Lindon UT 84042

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

Texas · Utah

Work history

2 years of industry experience

Bank of America, N.A.

2026 - Present • 1 year

Lindon, UT

Merrill

2026 - Present • 1 year

Lindon, UT

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

2024 - 2026 • 2 years

Sandy, UT

Wealth Strategies

2024 - 2024 • 1 year

Murray, UT

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

2023 - 2024 • 1 year

Salt Lake City, UT

AllianceBernstein

2022 - 2022 • 1 year

New York, NY

Genius Gems

2022 - 2022 • 1 year

Millburn, NJ

Columbia University

2021 - 2023 • 2 years

New York, NY

On Trac Express

2020 - 2020 • 1 year

Salt Lake City, UT

Go Engineer LLC

2019 - 2019 • 1 year

Cottonwood Heights, UT

Walmart

2018 - 2018 • 1 year

West Valley City, UT

Claremont McKenna College

2018 - 2021 • 3 years

Claremont, NY

Waterford School

2014 - 2018 • 4 years

Sandy, UT

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Series 63, Series 66

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Samuel B

Series 66

Vineyard, UT

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Sloane O

Series 65

Provo, UT

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ESG / Sustainable investing Active portfolio management
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