Lissette Barrios

Advisor at Merrill

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Location

Boulder, CO 80302

Credentials

Series 66

Industry experience

2 years

About

Lissette Barrios is a Wealth Management Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, where she has built her career since 1993. As senior partner of the GR Wealth Management Group, she leads a team that takes a comprehensive, client-focused approach to wealth management. The group emphasizes understanding clients and their families deeply—considering financial situations, priorities, risk tolerance, liquidity needs, and investment goals—to develop tailored strategies. Their client base includes multi-generation families, corporate executives, business owners, and physicians. Lissette also serves as a Senior Portfolio Advisor within Merrill’s Investment Advisory Program, managing discretionary, customized investment strategies that draw on a broad range of Merrill and third-party solutions.

Lissette holds multiple professional credentials, including the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC®) designation awarded by the College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp., the Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor (CPFA®) designation, Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA). She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Economics from Barat College of Lake Forest, which was subsequently acquired by DePaul University. Fluent in English and Spanish, Lissette focuses on client areas such as family wealth management, legacy and philanthropic planning, retirement income, portfolio management, and education planning.

Outside of her professional work, Lissette resides with her husband and two sons in the Northern Suburbs. The family supports several humanitarian and research organizations, including the American Cancer Society, United Way, and Special Olympics. In their free time, they enjoy outdoor activities, attending their sons’ soccer games, hiking, interior decorating, and traveling.

Client services

Based on Merrill

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

Wealth management General retirement planning Retirement income strategy Charitable giving & philanthropy

Occupation focus

Based on Merrill

Executive Founder/Business Owner

Demographic focus

Women Professionals Mid-Career Professionals Established Professionals Parents

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Fee options

Percentage

$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)

Other

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

Location

921 Walnut St

Boulder, CO 80302

Most active in

Colorado · Nebraska · Texas

Work history

Merrill

2010 - Present (16 years)

Disclosures

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