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William Francis Fusco

Advisor at STIFEL — Madison, CT

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Credentials

Series 63, Series 65

Experience

52 years

Location

Madison, CT 06443

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STIFEL

Institution

Total advisors

3,358

Across 472 offices

Clients per advisor

69 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$773,556 Very High

HNW client ratio

32% High

About

William Fusco is a financial advisor at Stifel with 51 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc since 2012. In addition to his advisory role, he is the managing partner of a family investment partnership, High Ground Partners FLP. Stifel serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage and advisory services supported by proprietary investment analysis and allocation methodologies developed by its Investment Strategy Group.

Client services

Based on STIFEL

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops

Expertise

Based on STIFEL

General retirement planning Income planning

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Location

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Madison, CT

64 Wall Street, Suite 100

Madison CT 06443

Advisors at this office

4

Most active in

Connecticut · Texas

Work history

52 years of industry experience

Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc

2012 - Present • 14 years

Madison, CT

Morgan Stanley

2009 - 2012 • 3 years

CT

Citigroup Global Markets

1993 - 2009 • 16 years

Guilford, CT

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Business activities & affiliations

Paul M

CFP®, CPA, PFS™

North Haven, CT

Great Valley Advisor Group, LLC

I'm a passionate business owner that has dedicated my career to helping others work toward their ideal vision for the future by aligning their financial resources with personal values. Our team works with a select group of individuals and families who value proactive and comprehensive financial advice tailored to meet their needs.

Retirement income strategy Roth conversion strategy Multi-generational wealth transfer Inherited wealth Executive Doctor or Medical Professional Technology Professional
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Richard K

CFA®, Series 63, Series 65

Madison, CT

Sursum Financial Llc

Richard Kos is a CFA® charterholder with six years of industry experience and is the principal advisor at Sursum Financial LLC in Madison, CT. He has previously worked at Merrill and Carolina Capital Markets, Inc., and has led Kos Consultants, an educational institutional consulting and marketing firm, since 2007. Sursum Financial is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, business owners, family offices, and institutional and charitable clients. The firm employs a proprietary research-driven approach with a long-term orientation while incorporating shorter-term strategies and third-party manager relationships tailored to client objectives.

Wealth management Active portfolio management Options & derivatives strategies Tax-loss harvesting Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Founder/Business Owner Executive
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John B

CFP®, Series 66

Old Saybrook, CT

Compass Retirement, LLC

John Bubello is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 20 years of industry experience. He is the principal at Compass Retirement, LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2011. Prior to founding Compass Retirement, he worked at Everlist, LLC from 2014 to 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he manages an income-producing real estate entity as a part-time activity. Compass Retirement, LLC serves individuals and high-net-worth clients with customized financial planning and discretionary portfolio management, as well as consulting services for retirement plan sponsors. The firm employs a diversified, asset-class allocation approach guided by Modern Portfolio Theory and focuses on retirement-plan clients, advising approximately $167 million in retirement-plan assets.

General retirement planning Retirement income strategy Cash flow / budgeting Tax strategies for small businesses Tax-loss harvesting
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Dennis O

Series 63, Series 65

Essex, CT

Brae Head, Inc.

Dennis O'Connor is a financial advisor at Brae Head, Inc. in Essex, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Brae Head, Inc. since 1997. Brae Head, Inc. is a fee-only registered investment adviser that manages discretionary equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios for individuals, families, trusts, businesses, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a disciplined, systematic investment process focused on mitigating systematic and non-systematic risks through diversified equity selection and active fixed-income management.

Wealth management Retirement income strategy Cash flow / budgeting Active portfolio management
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Robert W

Series 63, Series 65

Branford, CT

Worrell Advisory Services

Robert Worrell III is the principal of Worrell Advisory Services in Branford, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 31 years of industry experience. He founded Worrell Advisory Services in 2016 after a brief tenure at Sowell Financial Services. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the finance council of St. Clare Church in East Haven, assisting with budgeting and financial matters. Worrell Advisory Services provides financial planning, retirement and education planning, estate and tax considerations, investment consultation, and business advisory services to individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and small businesses. The firm uses an active investment approach combining fundamental and technical analysis and offers discretionary management through third-party custody platforms with disclosed fee-sharing arrangements.

Cash flow / budgeting Debt management Charitable giving & philanthropy
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Evan W

Series 63, Series 65

Madison, CT

Wax Asset Management LLC

Evan Wax is the principal advisor at Wax Asset Management LLC in Madison, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 14 years of industry experience. He has led Wax Asset Management since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an independent board member at Servotronics, Inc. Wax Asset Management LLC provides discretionary investment supervisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $107.8 million across about 74 accounts. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and cyclical analysis, utilizing strategies including short sales and options writing, and conducts quarterly portfolio reviews with direct management of client assets.

Options & derivatives strategies
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