Mitchell Steven Behm
Advisor at Merrill — Coto De Caza, CA
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Credentials
Series 63, Series 65
Experience Industry experience
40 years
Location
Coto De Caza, CA
Merrill
Institution
Mitchell Behm is a Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager. He is part of Merrill's Institutional Consulting practice, providing tailored investment consulting services to diverse institutional clients, including endowments, foundations, non-profits, defined benefit plans, and defined contribution plans. His work involves discretionary management of personalized investment strategies which may include individual securities, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management model portfolios, and third-party investment strategies.
With a career in financial services beginning in 1985 and joining Merrill Lynch in 1988, Mitch has over three decades of experience working with sophisticated institutions in areas such as cash management, investing, and financing of both qualified and non-qualified benefit plans. He holds the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation as well as the Personal Investment Advisor (PIA) designation. Mitch earned his bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Mitch and his team focus on delivering institutional-quality investment and wealth management services to both institutional clients and select families. His approach integrates expertise across Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and Bank of America to provide consulting in investment policies, asset allocation, manager selection, and performance evaluation. Outside of work, Mitch enjoys antiquing, baseball, gardening, reading, and spending time with his family.
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SEC-reported: Commissions on certain transactions, including foreign securities and fixed income; mark-ups, markdowns and dealer spreads may apply to some trades.
Coto De Caza, CA
Coto De Caza CA
Advisors at this office
3
California · Texas
40 years of industry experience
Bank Of America, N.a.
2011 - Present • 15 years
Irvine, CA
Merrill
1988 - Present • 38 years
Irvine, CA
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