Richard Kleber

Advisor at Merrill

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Location

Edina, MN 55435

Credentials

Series 65, Series 66

Industry experience

27 years

About

Richard Kleber is a Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, where he has been serving clients since 1998. He specializes in investment planning and portfolio management, providing advice and managing personalized or defined discretionary strategies that may include individual stocks and bonds, model portfolios, and third-party investment strategies.

Mr. Kleber holds a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from St. Olaf College. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (CFP), CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA). His professional focus areas include college education planning, corporate executive services, divorce transition planning, family wealth management strategies, services for endowments, foundations, and non-profits, investment consulting for defined contribution plans, personal retirement planning, philanthropic planning, portfolio management, and socially responsible, values-based, and ESG investing.

Richard Kleber is a member of Rotary International (Edina Noon) and serves on the board of the International Hearing Foundation. He lives in Edina, Minnesota, with his wife Elizabeth and has three grown children.

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 Active portfolio management ESG / Sustainable investing General retirement planning

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

6868 France Ave S

Edina, MN 55435

Most active in

Florida · Minnesota · Texas

Work history

Bank Of America,Na

2009 - Present (17 years)

Merrill

1998 - Present (28 years)

Disclosures

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