Velen Thompson
Advisor at Merrill
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Advisor at Merrill
Data sourced from SEC public records (and other sources when available). Some details may be added by the advisor after claiming their profile. Refreshed daily • Updated today.
Location
Tampa, FL 33602
Credentials
Series 63, Series 66
Industry experience
28 years
Velen Diaz Thompson is a Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. She has been providing wealth management services since 1988 and focuses on the wealth management process for individual retirement planning strategies. Velen helps clients determine their long-term financial goals and implements customized portfolio strategies designed to meet individual client needs while seeking to protect clients from personal and market risk factors. The objective of her approach is to manage, grow, and preserve each client's wealth.
Velen joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 2004 after spending 16 years with national and regional banks in private banking and wealth management. In 1997, she earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® certification from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. She holds additional professional designations including CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA). Velen received her Bachelor of Science degree in Multinational Business Operations with a minor in Spanish from Florida State University.
Born and raised in Tampa, Velen currently resides there with her husband and two children. She is actively involved in her community through her church parish and children's schools. Velen also serves on the Board of Trustees at the Academy of the Holy Names in Tampa, a school from which she graduated, and participates in the Tampa Bay Estate Planning Council.
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
101 E Kennedy Blvd
Tampa, FL 33602
Florida · Texas
Bank Of America, N.a.
2009 - Present (17 years)
Merrill
2004 - Present (22 years)
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