Cristin Bera is a registered investment advisor at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, based in Houston, TX, with 24 years of industry experience. Their practice areas include Investment Management. Their firm serves 1,738,212 clients with $1500B in assets under management.

Compensation
Commission-BasedFee-Only (% of Portfolio)Fixed/Hourly
Firm Size
25581 advisors
Number of Clients
1,738,212 clients
Average Client Portfolio
$869K average
Assets Under Management
$1511.1B

Fee Structure

Investment management only (planning not offered)

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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Location

800 Capitol St, Pbig - Houston Ii, Houston, TX, 77002

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History

Regulatory History
Clean regulatory record

No disclosures, customer disputes, or regulatory actions on file.

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Other Business Activities

Cristin is a director and president of the board for Neartown Little League, a non-profit charitable organization providing baseball to neighborhood kids, since 2011. This takes a few hours per week of Cristin's time.

Employment History
Current Registrations
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedBroker
June 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 1 mo
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
June 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 1 mo
Previous Registrations
Barclays Capital INC.
January 2009 - July 2015 · 6 yrs 6 mos
Barclays Capital INC.Broker
September 2008 - July 2015 · 6 yrs 10 mos
Lehman Brothers INC.
October 2003 - October 2008 · 5 yrs
Lehman Brothers INC.Broker
October 2003 - September 2008 · 4 yrs 11 mos
Morgan Stanley & CO., Incorporated
November 2001 - November 2003 · 2 yrs
Morgan Stanley & CO., IncorporatedBroker
October 2001 - November 2003 · 2 yrs 1 mo
State Registrations23 states
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