Merrill Lynch Advisor Among Forbes Top Next Generation Advisors

Merrill Lynch wealth management advisor, Scott Hankins, has been named to the 2018 Forbes Top Next Generation Wealth Advisors list. Hankins joined Merrill Lynch in 2007. As a senior financial advisor he leads a team from his Dearborn, MI office, working with clients to define and prioritize their goals, and developing strategies to achieve those goals. It is a personalized, client-focused approach utilizing the Merrill Lynch goals based wealth management program.

Scott and his team are active in the community, contribute to a number of charitable causes including scholarship funds for high school athletes in Wayne County. They also work closely with local organizations including the Detroit Lions Sam Martin and Stephen Tulloch Foundations along with the Wins for Warriors Foundation founded by Astros star pitcher, Justin Verlander.

“I am able to combine my knowledge of financial markets with my commitment to meditation and yoga,” said Hankins. “Too often people make financial decisions during stressful times. By applying the lessons learned from daily meditation I help clients make calm, reasoned decisions to keep them on track to realizing their investment goals.”

Hankins graduated from the Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University with a bachelor’s degree in Personal Finance.

The 2018 Forbes Top Next Generation Wealth Advisors list is based on advisors born in 1980 or more recent. Nominations were accepted from three types of practitioners: Advisors who have built and lead their own teams, advisors who are part of teams of specialists, and those who are hybrids of those two models