John Ard
John Ard is a registered investment advisor at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, based in Austin, TX, with 31 years of industry experience. Their practice areas include Investment Management. Their firm serves 1,738,212 clients with $1500B in assets under management.
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The program's fees consist of two parts: the fee you pay to Bank of America for its services, and a fee for the specific investment strategy you choose. The strategy fee, called the Style Manager Expense, generally ranges from 0.00% to 0.50% of your assets annually. Clients investing in strategies managed by related entities will not be charged a Style Manager Expense.
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3700 N Capital of Texas Hwy, Austin, TX, 78746
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August 2005Other Business Activities
John is co-owner of Cage Bomb Baseball Holdings, LLC, a baseball training and retail facility, and Jaula Bomba Beisbol, a small business. He also coaches his son's basketball team at Veritas Academy, is a director of The Kandler Foundation, and a general partner/managing member of LACH Group LLC, a baseball/softball academy franchise. These activities take a few hours per week.
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
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State Registrations26 states
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