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Kathleen "KC" Maloney, CPFA, CFP

First Vice President
Wealth Management Advisor
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Whatever your personal goals may be, I will work together with you, one-on-one, to develop a personalized financial strategy designed to help you pursue your long-term goals.

Profile

Kathleen “KC” Maloney is a First Vice Presidnet, Wealth Management Advisor in the Short Hills, Merrill Complex. She is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certificate and a CPFA designation. KC also holds her Series 7 and 66 FINRA registrations.

KC collaborates with clients in clarifying their current situation, risk parameters, objectives and life goals. After extensively analyzing the data gathered during the preliminary meeting, she will construct your plan to help you reach your financial goals. Taking into consideration your specific objectives, we determine which investment strategies are best for you and begin to implement your wealth management plan. The final stage of our process includes tracking and review of your wealth management plan.

Since change is a constant in life, your financial goals and needs are likely to evolve over time. Accordingly, we engage you to help ensure that your wealth management plan is updated. Our course of action is a continuous evolution that involves performance reviews and strategy sessions to help ensure that your plan continues to meet your ever-changing life goals.

Through our customized process, we strive to provide you with confidence that your goals and dreams can be achieved.

KC holds a Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University in Political Science and a concentration in Business. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 1999, KC worked for the Summit Bank Corp for nine years. She played golf professionally on the LPGA-Futures Tour and taught golf as an LPGA Teaching Professional. She spends much of her free time playing golf and travelling with friends and family.

  • LANGUAGES

    English

  • EDUCATION

    Rutgers State University

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.

Natalie De La Calle

Alternative Investments Regional Specialist

Bank of America, N.A.

Robert Jarvis

Investment Solutions Group Portfolio Strategist

Bank of America, N.A.

Tricia Kropp

Wealth Strategies Advisor

Bank of America, N.A.

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

Welcome

Our singular focus is you. We pro-actively navigate complicated financial issues to keep the focus on what is important to you. Along the journey we continually adjust for shifting financial conditions to keep you on course to achieving your financial goals.

Through our personalized team approach, we offer customized planning to include retirement, investment management, estate planning services, risk management strategies, and more to help ensure you achieve your financial goals.

We are committed to providing our clients with the highest level of personal service and extensive knowledge.

Approach

Every relationship begins 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.

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.

Capabilities

Merrill’s process is designed to help deliver a customized, comprehensive experience to assist you not only in wealth accumulation and preservation, but in areas that go beyond investments. Providing you with access to the investment insights of Merrill, trust and fiduciary services from Bank of America Private Bank, and the banking and lending solutions of Bank of America offers a way to help you manage all of the pieces of your financial life. Working one-on-one with a Merrill advisor means you have a single point of contact to help you with potential strategies for transferring wealth to the younger generation.

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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      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.

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      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.