Read Folline is a senior partner of the Folline King Group. Read concentrates on institutional relationships, including both corporate and non-profit entities. He assists corporate executives with planning around Equity Award plans and concentrated stock positions. Read also provides high-net-worth individuals and families with the Group’s proprietary portfolio strategy. This focus requires periodic investment consultation structured around risk management. Read has obtained the FINRA Series 7, 31, and 66 registrations. He has also obtained the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, CRPC designation from The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp.

Read joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 2002 after 10 years in corporate banking. Read holds a BA in Economics and History from Washington & Lee University. He and his wife Lura have three children – Read, George and Lottie. Read has served on the Vestry of Trinity Cathedral, the Board of Trustees at Hammond School and the Advisory Board of engenuitySC, in addition to serving and supporting other charitable causes.

Robert King is a senior partner of the Group and a Senior Portfolio Manager who, in addition to providing traditional advice and guidance, can help clients pursue their objectives by building and managing his own personalized or defined strategies, which may incorporate individual stocks and bonds, Merrill model portfolios, and third-party investment strategies. Senior Portfolio Managers are provided a high degree of flexibility in constructing portfolios and selecting securities. When servicing clients through the firm’s Investment Advisory Program, a Senior Portfolio Manager may manage his strategies on a discretionary basis. After meeting certain additional requirements, a Senior Portfolio Manager may use his own strategies to manage the assets of clients working with other Merrill Advisors.

Robert is focused on capital market research and portfolio management. He assists individuals and families in addition to working with multiple large institutional relationships. Robert has obtained the FINRA Series 7, 31, and 66 registrations.

Robert joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 2002 after working for 5 years in commercial real estate banking. Robert earned a BA in Finance from Wofford College. Outside interests include reading, running and being with his wife Juliana and two daughters Lucy and Dottie.

Walker joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 2013 as a Wealth Management Advisor after graduating from The University of South Carolina where he was a three-year letterman on the Gamecock football team as the starting long snapper. 

Walker focuses on providing individuals and families with a comprehensive wealth management approach utilizing the resources and tools of Merrill and Bank of America. With over a decade of experience, he is most proud of the relationships that span multiple generations from gaining a meaningful understanding of the issues that impact family wealth the most. With insight and wisdom being consequential for a wholistic approach, he has obtained the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER certification, the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor designation, and the Sports and Entertainment Accredited Wealth Management Advisor designation. Additionally, he has obtained the FINRA Series 7 and 66 registrations and Life & Health Insurance licenses.  

Walker is proud to be named to the 2023 Forbes "Top Next-Generation Wealth Advisors Best-In-State" list (Published on August 8, 2023. Rankings based on data as of March 31, 2023). 

Walker, a Columbia native, is married to Dr. Chandler Inabinet, an Ob/Gyn, and together they have two children, Adler and Walker. In his spare time he enjoys participating in CrossFit and being involved with the USC Association of Lettermen (Past President).

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