Rial Allen Barnett
Advisor at Merrill — San Francisco, CA Castro St
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Credentials
Series 63, Series 65
Experience Industry experience
37 years
Location
San Francisco, CA 94104
Merrill
Institution
Rial Barnett is a Private Wealth Advisor at Merrill Private Wealth Management, specializing in serving ultra-affluent clients. He provides strategic advice and support across areas such as investment management, trust and estate planning, credit and lending services through Bank of America, N.A., and philanthropy. Rial leads the design and implementation of comprehensive wealth strategies, collaborating with external tax and legal advisors as well as Merrill specialists to meet the complex needs of his clients.
Rial has been in the financial services industry since 1989 and joined Merrill in 2008. Prior to that, he worked with the Private Client Group at Hambrecht & Quist, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley. He earned his M.B.A. from Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and holds the Personal Investment Advisor (PIA) designation. Rial is bilingual in Spanish and English.
Outside of his professional role, Rial is involved in community service and has served as chair of the board of the REACH Foundation and as a mentor for Teen Challenge Orange County. He resides in Rancho Santa Fe with his wife and daughter. His personal interests include health, travel, cooking, horseback riding, reading, tennis, watching movies, and Formula 1 racing. Rial has been recognized by Forbes on the "Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams" list multiple times as part of the Barnett, Coon, Armitage, Leach & Moore Group.
Based on Merrill
SEC-reported: Commissions on certain transactions, including foreign securities and fixed income; mark-ups, markdowns and dealer spreads may apply to some trades.
San Francisco, CA Castro St
501 Castro St
San Francisco CA 94114
Advisors at this office
256
California · Texas
37 years of industry experience
Bank of America, N.A.
2011 - Present • 15 years
Newport Beach, CA
Merrill
2008 - Present • 18 years
Newport Beach, CA
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
2007 - 2008 • 1 year
Newport Beach, CA
Morgan Stanley Dw Inc.
2002 - 2007 • 5 years
CA
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
2000 - 2002 • 2 years
Newport Beach, CA
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