Richard Wilt IV

Advisor at Merrill

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Location

Palm Beach, FL 33480

Credentials

Series 66

Industry experience

1 year

About

Richard Wilt is Senior Resident Director and Senior Vice President with the Wilt/Polin Group in Palm Beach, Florida. The Wilt/Polin Group is a team of financial advisors and registered client associates offering wealth management services to individual and corporate clients. The group uses a goals-based wealth management process to understand clients’ objectives and develop personalized financial strategies.

Richard has been in the financial services industry since 1988. He previously served as Vice President with Smith Barney in Manalapan, Florida and has conducted over 100 seminars as well as appeared as a guest speaker at nationwide conferences. His client focus areas include college education planning, divorce transition planning, family wealth management strategies, legacy planning, liquidity management, managing new wealth, personal retirement planning, and portfolio management services.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Foreign Language from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and studied international business and language at the University of Madrid, Spain. Additionally, Richard attended the School of Mortgage Banking at the University of Vermont. His professional designations include CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA). Richard is involved in his community through St. Matthew Church and West Boynton Little League.

Client services

Based on Merrill

Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops
Performance measurement reports, allocation modeling, ips, research reports and services, see schedule d

Expertise

Wealth management General retirement planning Divorce financial planning College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) General estate planning guidance

Occupation focus

Based on Merrill

Executive Founder/Business Owner

Demographic focus

Based on Merrill

Mid-Career Professionals HENRY (High Earners, Not Rich Yet)

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Fee options

Percentage

$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)

Other

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

Location

249 Royal Palm Way

Palm Beach, FL 33480

Most active in

Florida · Ohio · Texas · Utah

Work history

Bank of America, N.A.

2024 - Present (2 years)

Merrill

2024 - Present (2 years)

Unemployed

2023 - 2024 (1 year)

Florida Dept. of Financial Services

2020 - 2022 (2 years)

Florida State University

2019 - 2023 (4 years)

Cardinal Newman High School

2015 - 2019 (4 years)

Disclosures

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