Michael Spellman
Advisor at Merrill
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Advisor at Merrill
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Location
Florham Park, NJ 07932
Credentials
Series 66
Industry experience
25 years
Michael Spellman is a Senior Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and a partner in the GCCA Group, an 11-person team serving affluent clients with approximately $2 billion in assets under management as of March 2016. Since joining Merrill Lynch in 2000, Michael has specialized in retirement and investment income strategies, focusing on business executives, physicians, and retirees. His approach involves working closely with clients to understand their financial situations and ambitions, setting realistic and quantifiable goals, and implementing tailored strategies that draw on a broad range of financial tools.
Michael holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Rutgers College, where he was awarded a track-and-field scholarship. He has earned professional designations including CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA). Michael values clear communication and strives to provide clients with simple explanations for complex financial solutions, allowing them to focus on their families and businesses.
Outside of his professional work, Michael enjoys long-distance running, attending Rutgers football games, fishing, and spending time with his wife, Jessica, and their twin sons in Essex Fells. Together with the GCCA Group, he offers clients services such as tax minimization strategies, wealth accumulation and preservation, retirement income planning, wealth distribution and gifting strategies, and philanthropic planning through U.S. Trust.
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
100 Campus Dr
Florham Park, NJ 07932
New Jersey · Texas
Bank of America, N.A.
2011 - Present (15 years)
Merrill
2000 - Present (26 years)
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