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Nicole M Cost
Senior Vice President, Senior Trust Officer
Professional Profile
Nicole M. Cost, CTFA, is a Senior Vice President and Senior Trust Officer for Bank of America Private Bank in the Metro New York market. In this role, Nicole works closely with clients and their families to help ensure that the Private Bank team is helping to develop a personalized wealth plan that suits not only their current needs, but satisfies their future wishes as well. She works with their outside advisors, including their accountants and attorneys, to help ensure that the clients' holistic wealth plan is established properly and updated as appropriate through changes in tax and regulatory environments.
Nicole started her wealth management career within the trust and fiduciary group at (the former) U.S. Trust Company of New York in 1999. Nicole progressed through various levels of client-facing roles and continued to provide trust services and fiduciary administration in fulfilling the needs of client families. In 2007, Nicole pursued an external opportunity working as a Senior Trust Officer in the International Trust division at Brown Brothers Harriman. Nicole was subsequently in client facing roles at Evercore Wealth Management, Convergent Wealth Advisors and most recently at Merrill. During this period Nicole was able to develop significant experience in various aspects of overall trust and estate planning.
Nicole has a bachelor’s degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University, and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional. Nicole M. Cost holds the Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA) designation which is sponsored by the ABA Institute of Certified Bankers.
CFP Board owns the marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, and CFP® (with plaque design) in the U.S.
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