Louise Down is a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. She has over 25 years of experience in fixed income trading and portfolio management. Her previous roles include Executive Director and Head of Advisory Fixed Income Trading at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Head of Trading at TD Asset Management USA, Head of Investment Grade Trading at AXA Investment Managers, Vice President of Portfolio Trading at Conning Asset Management, and roles at Standish Mellon Asset Management and Putnam Investments.
Louise's expertise covers areas such as family wealth management strategies, institutional investment consulting, legacy planning, liquidity management, personal retirement planning, portfolio management services, women and wealth, individual and corporate investment strategy, tax minimization, and retirement income. She holds several FINRA registrations including SIE, Series 7, 66, 52, 53, and 24, and is a Personal Investment Advisor (PIA).
She earned her Master of Business Administration from Boston University's Questrom School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Isenberg School of Management at University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Louise enjoys cooking, gardening, golfing, hiking, music, running, skiing, spending time with her family, and playing tennis. She is currently based in Florida, having relocated from the Northeast.