Matthew Damiano, CRPC®, Recognized on Forbes Best In State List

Matthew Damiano, CRPC®, Senior Vice President of Wealth Management and Senior Portfolio Manager with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, was recently recognized on the Forbes "Best-In-State Wealth Advisors" list. Beginning his career in 2006, Damiano provides investment advice and guidance to affluent families, professional athletes, corporate executives and business owners. Specifically, he has extensive experience with the financial needs and concerns of professional baseball and football players. Damiano leads his team to employ a strategy-based approach in helping clients address their complex financial needs and lay the foundation for pursuing their goals and objectives.

Damiano earned his bachelor's degree from Western New England University. In addition, he holds the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC®) designation, awarded by the College for Financial Planning and is a registered financial advisor with the National Football League Players Association. A Fort Lauderdale resident, who relocated from New York in 2002, he is an active mentor to several advisors starting their career in the financial services industry.

Forbes “Best-in-State Wealth Advisors” ranking was developed by SHOOK Research and is based on in-person and telephone due diligence meetings to evaluate each advisor qualitatively, a major component of a ranking algorithm that includes: client retention, industry experience, review of compliance records, firm nominations; and quantitative criteria, including: assets under management and revenue generated for their firms.