Family Office Services

To manage the complexities of substantial private wealth, you need highly sophisticated solutions and broad resources at the institutional level. Our Family Office Services team provides you with the scale and flexibility to manage your wealth, while you also benefit from an intensely focused advisory relationship.

Our Approach

Our relationship with families is about more than managing wealth.  It is about managing a lifestyle and helping to build a lasting legacy.  Our primary goal is to help our clients by offering relevant and innovative services to simplify the management of complex financial affairs.  We provide solutions that are aligned with your specific family values and objectives, are customized to each client’s unique situation and allow you the time to pursue personal aspirations, knowing that experienced, dedicated professionals are focused on your affairs.

Services

Household Accounting Services

The Family Office Household Accounting Services team provides bill pay, expense management reporting and household payroll administration.

Tax Services

The Tax Services team offers tax compliance for personal, trust, gift and private foundations; provides comprehensive tax planning and performs various administrative tax functions.

Reporting

Clients who engage Family Office Services for reporting services receive a variety of personalized custom statements, including consolidated portfolio reporting, financial statement reporting and personal cash flow reporting.

Consulting & Administration

Family Office Services has the ability to consult with clients on various issues. Consultative services include asset acquisition and disposition planning and risk management review.  In addition, they help with general administration and coordination for the family.

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Merrill Lynch Family Office Services are offered through Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill”). In connection with its Family Office Services, Merrill is not acting in the capacity as a broker-dealer, nor as a registered investment adviser. Accordingly, through its Family Office Services, Merrill is not offering, and its clients are not paying for, advice with respect to securities, the purchase or sale of securities, or the valuation thereof, nor do Merrill's Family Office Services encompass financial planning, discretionary account management, or any other securities-related accounts, products or services. Merrill offers a broad array of brokerage and investment advisory accounts, products and services through other parts of its business outside of Family Office Services, which are subject to separate agreements, disclosures, and fee arrangements, and may be procured by applying or enrolling and contracting through those other business channels. Please contact your Financial Advisor or Private Wealth Advisor with questions regarding Merrill's brokerage or investment advisory offerings.

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