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The Oster Group
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510.208.3850
- address
1111 Broadway
Floor 22
Oakland, CA 94607
Merrill Lynch
Wealth Management
The Oster Group believes great client relationships are built through teamwork and client involvement, delivered through our advisors, client associates and the global resources of Merrill. Our goal is to be your reliable resource on all things financial—the trusted confidantes you can leverage whatever your need may be. Our team’s suite of services integrates multiple wealth disciplines by design. We believe wealth functions more effectively when your overall financial picture is considered.
The Oster Group
Mission
The Oster Group combined encompasses 90 years of industry experience. Our mission is to use this experience to understand you and your priorities. To take the time, to ask hard, smart questions and to listen carefully, then to understand, in great detail, exactly where your wealth stands today, and where you’d like it to be tomorrow. We help you design, implement and periodically review a customized wealth management strategy that helps you and your family pursue your personal financial goals without unnecessary investment risk. Our wealth management approach is about using wealth to help turn goals into reality. We truly believe that when you succeed, we succeed.
Approach
We begin every relationship with a conversation, helping you identify and prioritize which goals matter most to you. Whether it's transferring wealth to the next generation, customizing your financial approach to help you pursue your passions, or providing advice and guidance to help you stay informed, we start by listening to learn more about you and your family.
Drawing upon research in the field of behavioral finance, Merrill developed the Investment Personality Assessment to help us get to know you better as an investor and help you refine your investing preferences. Together, we can help customize your investment approach. Using an understanding of your priorities and investment personality as a foundation, we help you access the full breadth of resources from Bank of America’s banking products and services and Merrill’s investment insights to address all aspects of your financial life.
Your approach to investing
Drawing upon research in the field of behavioral finance, Merrill developed the Investment Personality Assessment to help us get to know you better as an investor and potentially help you refine your own investing preferences. By gaining a deeper understanding of how you think and feel about investing through this assessment, we can customize the financial approach we develop together to help you pursue what matters most to you. Our Investment Personality Assessment is one of the ways to help us get to know you - to understand your goals and priorities. These questions will help us provide you with additional insights and resources.
Understanding your goals and priorities
Your life and goals change. We have tools to help you keep track of these changes so they can be reflected in your financial approach.
Financial Strategies
The Oster Group oversees over $500mm in client balances as of May 1st, 2023. Our process is designed to deliver a customized, consistent experience to assist clients not only in wealth accumulation and preservation, but in areas that go beyond portfolio management. Our ability to provide access to the investment insights of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and the banking convenience of Bank of America offers a way for clients to manage all of the pieces of their financial lives. We can also be a financial resource, helping clients with the process of transferring wealth to the younger generation.
Some services areas we focus on include:
- Long Term Customized Wealth Management Planning for Individuals & Families
- Ability to coordinate with clients' other professionals (ex. CPAs & Attorneys) to encompass a big picture
- Socially Responsible Investments (ESG)
- Trusteed IRAs which can address Estate Planning Needs
- Financial Services for Multigenerational families
- Planning for Executives with concentrated & restricted stock positions
- Specialist such as Home Financing & Trust to facilitate in their respective specialties
*Financing and Credit Services are through Bank of America, N.A.
*Impact investing and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) managers may take into consideration factors beyond traditional financial information to select securities, which could result in relative investment performance deviating from other strategies or broad market benchmarks, depending on whether such sectors or investments are in or out of favor in the market. Further, ESG strategies may rely on certain values based criteria to eliminate exposures found in similar strategies or broad market benchmarks, which could also result in relative investment performance deviating.
Community Involvement
Boy's & Girls Club of Oakland
http://www.bgcoakland.org/
Alameda Food Bank
http://www.alamedafoodbank.org/
Peralta Colleges Foundation
https://www.peraltafoundation.org/
Oakland Public Library
http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/
California Power Crisis: The New Normal?
August 19th, 2021|4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST
Power outages are on the rise in California. Michael Oster, Resident Director & Financial Advisor, will have a fireside chat with BofA analysts Ross Gilardi & Julien Dumoulin-Smith about California’s power crisis. They will discuss the joint issues around wildfire related outages as well as the clear risk of outright rolling blackouts this summer due to shortage situations across the West as drought progresses. We look to provide insights as to how CA residents & investors can navigate what is likely to be a challenging environment for the foreseeable future.
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Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors" 2022 and 2023
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Meet Our Team
Supported by the global resources of Merrill, our team is comprised of talented and experienced individuals committed to building strong client relationships based on trust and personalized service.
Additional Resources
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Wealth Management Banking Specialist
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Samantha C Sylvester
Wealth Strategist
Merrill
Reham Asaad
Wealth Management Lending Officer
Bank of America, N.A.
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Create a plan that is all about you.
Merrill Personal Wealth Analysis™ can help us build and document a personalized plan, centered on your goals and focused on what you want to achieve.
Staying on Track
We understand that both your life and the financial markets can change over time. By checking in to discuss changes in your life and revisiting your financial approach, our goal is to help you stay on track to achieve what's most important to you.
Reviews to help you
stay on track
We’ll meet with you to review your goals and the progress you’ve made toward reaching them. We’ll also discuss any adjustments needed to your financial approach to help you stay on course.
Changes in your life
and to your goals
Your life and goals change. As these changes occur, we can update your approach to reflect them.
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