Hey Folks. I’m considering joining Merrill Lynch and leaving my Fidelity advisory role. I hear the start up program is a good way to go to build your book/practice at Merrill. I currently work in a relationship management and planning role at Fidelity supporting advisors books. Can anyone speak to their experience in the FA development program? How is it working at Merrill? If you have previous Fidelity experience as well would love to hear your perspective.

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ADP worked for me, I have seen a lot of people succeed and a lot more fail or quit. Anecdotally, the couple people I saw that came from Fidelity and Schwab did alright.

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