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Tara Colello

Advisor at Merrill

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Location

Old Orchard Beach, ME

Credentials

Series 63, Series 66

Industry experience

13 years

About

Tara Colello is a financial advisor at Merrill with 13 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Merrill and Bank of America, N.A. since 2017. Her prior experience includes positions at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing. Merrill serves a broad range of clients including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and institutional clients by providing managed account programs, discretionary portfolio management, and brokerage execution and custody services. The firm emphasizes manager selection and monitoring through multiple program strategies and benefits from integration with Bank of America’s broader banking and capital markets platform.

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

Based on Merrill

Tax-loss harvesting Active portfolio management

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

Old Orchard Beach, ME

Most active in

Connecticut · Maine · New Hampshire · New York · Ohio · Texas · Vermont

Work history

Bank Of America, N.a.

2017 - Present (9 years)

Merrill

2017 - Present (9 years)

Wells Fargo Clearing

2016 - 2017 (1 year)

Wells Fargo Advisors LLC

2015 - 2016 (1 year)

Disclosures

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