Phillip Serra
Advisor at Merrill
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Advisor at Merrill
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Location
Farmington Hills, MI 48331
Credentials
CFP®, Series 63, Series 65
Industry experience
36 years
Phillip Serra is a Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He leads a group of professionals dedicated to delivering comprehensive financial services to affluent families, corporate executives, and business owners. His practice focuses on business advisory consulting to small and mid-size companies, retirement planning and income strategies, investment management, banking and lending through Bank of America N.A., cash management, life insurance and long-term care planning, trust and estate planning services, wealth transfer and charitable giving.
Serra holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a major in Accounting from Oakland University. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (CFP) certificant, a Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and holds the Sports & Entertainment (SE) designation. In addition, he holds FINRA Series 7, 63, and 65 registrations and is registered in multiple states, including Michigan. Serra has been recognized on Forbes' Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list from 2018 through 2026 and was named on Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors in 2018.
Outside of his professional work, Serra lives in West Bloomfield, MI with his wife. He is actively involved in the community and various charities, serving as a Better Money Habits Champion, mentoring high school students through Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and volunteering over 80 hours annually with organizations such as Forgotten Harvest, Salvation Army, and Soup Capuchin charities.
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
39001 W 12 Mile Rd
Farmington Hills, MI 48331
Michigan · Texas
Bank of America, N.A.
2011 - Present (15 years)
Merrill
1989 - Present (37 years)
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