Otis O'connor Jr.
Advisor at Merrill
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Advisor at Merrill
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Location
Charleston, WV 25301
Credentials
Series 66
Industry experience
11 years
Otis O'connor Jr. is a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, focusing on financial strategies, retirement, and legacy planning for individual clients and their families. He also supports business retirement plans and provides access to Bank of America for commercial lending. As one of the founding members of the O'Connor & Associates team, he emphasizes individual portfolio strategies aimed at growing client wealth and retirement plans, alongside lending solutions for medical practices and commercial and residential lending through Bank of America.
Otis has specialized knowledge of the financial needs of healthcare professionals, covering areas such as financing start-ups or growing practices, debt restructuring, equipment financing, and retirement plans. Before entering financial advising, he held multiple Administrator roles in healthcare management for multi-specialty physician practices and surgery centers in the Carolinas and West Virginia. He holds professional designations including CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA).
His educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and a Master's Degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Otis has also been involved in community and professional organizations, serving on the fundraising team of the local Boy Scout's Buckskin Council and achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. He currently serves on the Board of the Charleston Estate Planning Council and acts as President of the Virginia Tech Alumni Chapter of Charleston.
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
500 Lee St E
Charleston, WV 25301
West Virginia
Bank Of America, N.a.
2015 - Present (11 years)
Merrill
2014 - Present (12 years)
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