Now’s the time to have the bull at your back, with Merrill.

Now’s the time to have the bull at your back, with Merrill.

Merrill believes the future is bullish, even in the most unpredictable of markets. To see you through uncertainty and help you to find opportunities, we invite you to check out the latest investment insights from our Chief Investment Office.

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Profile

Jane has worked in the financial industry since 1999. Early in her career, she helped manage HP’s worldwide foreign exchange and cash management operations, optimizing short term returns on over $1 billion on a daily basis. She also worked as an analyst at a GSE institution, focused on fixed income products including debt derivative analysis. This allowed her to deepen her understanding of the capital markets and client’s needs for suitable financial tools.

Jane joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management San Francisco in 2010 and has become a specially qualified Portfolio Manager. In addition to providing holistic advice and guidance, Jane draws her experience to help clients pursue their objectives by building and managing custom investment strategies. An avid reader and lifetime learner, Jane kept educating herself on all aspects of wealth planning and portfolio management, so that clients can count on her knowledge and professionalism. Jane holds the Chartered Financial Analyst®, CFA® designation and is a member of the CFA® Institute.

Jane earned her MBA degree from Carnegie Mellon University. In her spare time, she is a fearless skiier and loves trekking around the scenic hills and valleys of the Bay Area.

Portfolio Manager Bio
Jane concentrates on developing investment strategies for high net worth individuals and business owners. She is a qualified Portfolio Manager who can help clients pursue their objectives by managing on a discretionary basis her own Personalized or Defined Strategies, which may incorporate individual stocks and bonds, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management model portfolios, and third-party investment strategies.

  • LANGUAGES

    Chinese & English

  • EDUCATION

    Carnegie Mellon University, MBA

Professional Staff

Supported by the global resources of Merrill, my team is comprised of talented and experienced individuals committed to building strong client relationships based on trust and personalized service.

Additional Resources

The following specialists do not make securities recommendations. Please contact your Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Advisor if you have questions about how a specialist might be able to assist you.

Tai Tu

Senior Wealth Management Lending Officer

Bank of America, N.A.

NMLS #483747

Rachel Kanter

Investment Solutions Group Portfolio Strategist

Bank of America, N.A.

Paul Stauffer

Wealth Strategist

Merrill

Where do we begin? It starts with you.

At Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, your financial advisor focuses on the things you care about most- family, goals and priorities - even as they change over the years.

Understanding Your Life

Approach

I 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, I 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 me get to know you better as an investor and help you refine your investing preferences. Together, I can help customize your investment approach. Using an understanding of your priorities and investment personality as a foundation, I 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.

Capabilities

My process is designed to help deliver a customized, consistent experience to assist clients not only in wealth accumulation and preservation, but in areas that go beyond investments. My ability to provide access to the investment insights of Merrill, trust and fiduciary services from Bank of America Private Bank, and the banking convenience and lending solutions of Bank of America offers a way to help clients manage all of the pieces of their financial lives. I view myself as a financial resource, helping clients with potential solutions for transferring wealth to the younger generation.

Trust and fiduciary services are provided by Bank of America Private Bank, a division of Bank of America, N.A., Member FDIC, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation (“BofA Corp.”).

Focus On High-Net-Worth Individuals and Families

We’re fully versed in the many issues that affect wealth management. No matter what your short- and long-term goals may be, we’ll begin by getting to know you as we explore the following seven priorities together:

  • Health: Managing healthcare expenses, now and in the future
  • Home: Upsizing, downsizing, remodeling or buying a vacation home
  • Family: Taking care of your family and other people in your life
  • Leisure: Spending your free time in meaningful ways
  • Giving: Volunteering, mentoring and giving to charities
  • Work: Working in retirement, selling or starting a business
  • Finance: Bringing it all together; defining your financial goals
We work closely with other professionals to help clients pursue their wealth management goals, drawing on the investment insights of Merrill and offering access to the banking convenience of Bank of America as we do so.

This material should be regarded as general or educational information on healthcare or Social Security considerations and is not intended to provide specific healthcare or social security advice. If you have questions regarding your particular situation, please contact your legal or tax advisor.

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.

Mission

My mission is to understand you and what matters most to you. 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. I help you design and implement a customized wealth management approach that helps you and your family pursue your personal financial goals while helping manage investment risk. My wealth management approach is about using wealth to help turn goals into reality.

Welcome & Value Proposition

W & Associates is driven to embrace your vision and support its success. Our role is to have a deep understanding of your financial lives, then bring a full range of wealth planning strategies and investments to help you accomplish your financial goals.

Your financial wellness comes from the absolute confidence that every member of W & Associates team shares a singular and overriding commitment to your financial well-being. With full intellectual honesty, we use disciplined and, often, innovative strategies that are customized to your specific needs, purpose and personalities. We create a road map to finding the most optimal financial outcome for each family; provide the appropriate solution to help achieve financial freedom using customized approach. Core product offering see below.

Past to Present/High-Level
· Tax efficient investments
· Helping business owners diversify wealth uncorrelated with their day to day business
· Educate clients about opportunities and risk, & how to make the best yet difficult decisions
· Spotting the real risks, possible blow-ups, that could hit a family’s finances
· Business owner pension and 401K experience
· Financial forecasts including Retirement & College Education Planning
· Single point of contact for investment and banking needs, with a team of people dedicated to you
· 10b5-1 experience (stock options/RSUs/ESPP)…Rule 144 (ISO and non-qual services)
· Gifting advice/experience

Present/Other
· Access to Dedicated banking resources through Bank of America - Mortgages, collateralized lines of credit, banking
· Custody and advisory for non fee assets (concentrated stock from company or inheritance or 401Ks)
· Work closely with client CPA and Estate attorneys
· Insurance Review and Services
· Online services - handholding to set up and customize (aggregation of all financial information on one site)

Future
· Educate family members (kids) on finances
· Personal Wealth Analysis including cash flow and budgeting

*Merrill Life Agency's California License Number 0522776

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.

    #DigitalMerrill

    MyMerrill is your online destination for access to your financial information, secure communications, and a robust offering of tools and capabilities.

    Your advisor is a click away within our site or mobile apps

    You can manage account security with our customizable security capabilities such as touch ID, one time passcode, and other security features

    Access to your complete financial life is available with My Financial Picture, Merrill’s asset aggregation tool

      Let’s Have a Conversation

      Helping you reach your goals starts with getting to know you personally. Through understanding what matters most to you, together I can help you create a financial approach that reflects your personality. Only then can I offer an approach that is built around your life priorities and the advice you need to help you address fluctuations in the market and changes in your life. Let’s work together to help you achieve your goals.

      Why Merrill?

      As Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Advisors, we will sort through the financial complexities of your life, helping you build a customized investment approach to address your needs and pursue your goals.


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      Learn more about the dedicated one-on-one relationship you can have with a Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Advisor.



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      No question too big or moment too small

      For every question you have, every decision you make and every answer you need, we are with you to listen and help guide you along the many paths your life can take. Watch this video to see some questions we can address together.

      Personalized advice from a dedicated financial advisor.

      We get to know you and your family, your financial situation and what matters most to you.

      A comprehensive approach, built around your life’s priorities.

      Drawing from our experience and the best thinking of Merrill, together we will design an approach that reflects your unique needs, priorities and financial situation.

      Adjusting your investment approach as your life and the markets change.

      We will work to help you stay on track, regardless of what the markets are doing.