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Kimberly Anne Penna

Advisor at Merrill — Ship Bottom, NJ

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Credentials

Series 66

Experience

6 years

Location

Ship Bottom, NJ 08008

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Merrill

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Total advisors

25,448

Across 3,094 offices

Clients per advisor

70 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$860,085 Very High

HNW client ratio

29% High

About

Kimberly Penna is a financial advisor at Merrill with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Merrill since 2019. Prior to that, she was employed at Bank of America and Timberland. Outside of her advisory role, she operates a small business selling used clothing online. 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. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations, using a mix of model-based and discretionary investment strategies.

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

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Tax-loss harvesting Active portfolio management Wealth management

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Ship Bottom, NJ

1501 Long Beach Blvd

Ship Bottom NJ 08008

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

New Jersey · Texas

Work history

6 years of industry experience

Merrill

2019 - Present • 7 years

Ship Bottom, NJ

Bank of America, N.A.

2017 - Present • 9 years

Ship Bottom, NJ

Timberland

2012 - 2017 • 5 years

Atlantic City, NJ

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