Keith Virnoche
Advisor at Merrill
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Advisor at Merrill
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Location
San Mateo, CA 94401
Credentials
Series 63, Series 65
Industry experience
41 years
Keith Virnoche is a Wealth Management Advisor and Senior Vice President at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He leads the Virnoche Group, a planning-based wealth management team formed in 2007 that utilizes the Merrill Lynch Wealth Management process and the Investment Advisory Program. In his role as a qualified Portfolio Manager, Keith provides traditional financial advice and guidance, while also building and managing personalized and defined investment strategies. These strategies may include individual stocks and bonds, Merrill Lynch model portfolios, and third-party investment approaches, with the ability to manage client portfolios on a discretionary basis.
Keith joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 1984 and brings extensive experience in areas such as college education planning, family wealth management, legacy planning, personal retirement planning, philanthropic planning, portfolio management, tax minimization, and retirement income. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, an MBA from the University of Evansville, Indiana, and a Master of Science in Financial Planning from Golden Gate University. Keith is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® (CFP®) certificant and a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™ (CRPC™), maintaining both designations since 2004.
Outside of his professional work, Keith is a member of The Peninsula Golf and Country Club in San Mateo, California, and is involved with Mills - Peninsula Health Services in Burlingame, California. His personal interests include adventure sports, chess, golfing, music, reading, scuba diving, and traveling.
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
101 S Ellsworth Ave
San Mateo, CA 94401
California · Texas
Bank Of America, N.a.
2009 - Present (17 years)
Merrill
1984 - Present (42 years)
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