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Good client relationships are built through teamwork and client involvement delivered by our group and access to Merrill's resources. Our goal is to be your primary source for financial advice and guidance. We want you to value the dedication we provide at each step of the wealth management process.
The McGowan Awad Group brings shared ideas and resources to clients, offering a goals-based wealth management approach that puts them, rather than the market, at the center of the wealth management process. Offering access to the global investing resources of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and the banking convenience of Bank of America, we can assist clients in identifying and prioritizing personal goals, which might include planning for and funding children’s or grandchildren’s educations, helping ensure that money lasts in retirement, covering potential health care costs, and preserving wealth. We then help develop a financial strategy aligned with their goals.
We advise entrepreneurs and business owners at multiple points in their professional lifecycles. Some are actively building their businesses, others anticipate liquidity events, and still others have recently sold or transferred their businesses. We understand the demands and challenges that entrepreneurs face for their time and attention. Our value lies in making their lives easier and simpler – prioritizing the issues they need to tackle, streamlining their decision points, and allowing them to focus on their most important financial asset: their businesses.
We connect clients to an extensive range of resources and opportunities across Merrill and provide access to the banking convenience of Bank of America, directing cohesive strategies and tactics across multiple lines of business:
We’ve been privileged to work with multiple generations of families for many years. Each family is unique, with its own interests, concerns, and long-term aspirations. Our outreach is firmly grounded in the distinctive circumstances of each relationship. We begin with discovery—discussing a family’s preferences, risk tolerance, cash-flow needs, spending habits, charitable inclinations, and wealth transfer objectives. We then synthesize this information into cohesive and workable strategies that seek to advance a family’s long-term objectives. Planning is the foundation of our work, laying the groundwork for purposeful initiatives:
There are many uncertainties in life and in the financial markets. As advisors, we believe in controlling the controllable to enhance the well-being of our clients. We are fee- and tax-sensitive, designing portfolios that reflect each client’s preferences, risk parameters, and timelines. We believe strongly in diversification, harnessing a range of asset classes and instruments, including ETFs, fixed income investments, alternative investments, socially conscious investments, and other investment vehicles, as appropriate.
We also look to connect clients to the best resources at their disposal. We’re experienced in identifying and leveraging talent, wherever it is housed. We work closely with a client’s external tax and legal advisors, maintaining regular communication and active collaboration. We also rely on an extensive network of in-house specialists at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and access to the banking convenience of Bank of America, facilitating singular approaches to the opportunities and challenges that significant wealth can entail.
Merrill is proud of our advisors who’ve received recognition from financial industry publications or directly from Bank of America Corporation. We believe they are setting the standard for exemplary client service.
Forbes "Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-in-State” 2024
Published on February 8, 2024. Rankings based on data as of September 30, 2023.*
Forbes “Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams” 2024
Published on January 12, 2024. Rankings based on data as of March 31, 2023.*
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.
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.
Wealth Strategies Advisor
Bank of America, N.A.
Wealth Management Lending Officer
Bank of America, N.A.
NMLS #637498
Wealth Management Banking Specialist
Merrill
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