Sammie Kothari Peng
Advisor at Merrill
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Advisor at Merrill
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Location
Brea, CA 92821
Credentials
Series 66
Industry experience
25 years
Sammie Kothari Peng is a Senior Vice President and Wealth Management Advisor with the Kothari Group at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. She joined Merrill in 2000 and serves as a partner of the Kothari Group. Her work focuses on spending time with clients to deliver wealth planning strategies and goals-based investment advice.
Sammie brings an integrated perspective across multiple contexts of wealth, including wealth-management planning, intergenerational wealth transfer, global asset allocation, charitable giving, and higher education savings. Her client base includes women seeking guidance in managing their finances, business owners, professionals, and retirees. Sammie provides financial well-being foundations encompassing awareness, stability, security, freedom, and fulfillment in preserving and growing wealth.
She earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of California, Irvine, and holds certifications including CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® (CFP), Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist™ (CRPS), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™ (CRPC), and Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor® (CPFA). Sammie is active in her community as a long-time member of ALPHA, an auxiliary of the Assistance League of Fullerton, which supports several community organizations. She lives in Brea with her husband, son, and daughter, and in her free time, she enjoys running, yoga, reading mysteries, and skiing and snowboarding in the winter months.
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
145 S State College Blvd
Brea, CA 92821
California · Texas
Bank of America,N.A.
2011 - Present (15 years)
MERRILL LYNCH
2000 - Present (26 years)
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