Gerald P. Scott, Jr. is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Bank of America Private Bank in Westport, Connecticut. In this role, Jerry is responsible for creating and maintaining personalized investment strategies utilizing a broad range of wealth management services including financial planning and wealth strategy. This includes assisting clients with establishing goals and objectives, working towards developing an appropriate overall strategy, formulating and implementing potential solutions, and conducting periodic reviews to help clients monitor progress toward reaching the initial goals and strategies set forth. In addition, he supports clients in navigating through changing market environments to provide traditional guidance in the areas of asset allocation, tax-minimization strategies, retirement, and multi-generational strategies from risked-based strategies to banking and lending needs.
Prior to joining Bank of America Private Bank, Jerry was a portfolio manager for predecessor organizations of Bank of America and Fleet Financial. Jerry began his investment career as a registered investment advisor servicing the investment portfolio needs of high-net-worth clients for Fleet Investment Advisors, Shawmut Bank, and Connecticut National Bank.
Jerry earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Connecticut.
For more than 200 years, Bank of America Private Bank has helped clients navigate the complex challenges of managing significant wealth. We draw on the Private Bank's personalized approach, as well as the resources of Bank of America, to help individuals and familieis, businesses, and institutions achieve their financial objectives. Whether you're looking to preserve and share wealth, build philanthropic legacies or plan future growth, our commitment is to making your goals our priotity. At Bank of America Private Bank, we take pride in our history and in serving our clients' best interest. We also value the continual pursuit of innovation in a constantly transforming world. We apply this perspective to help our clients anticipate and respond to evolving markets, changing environments and the growing complexities of the financial landscape. Mindful of the past, our focus in on providing today's clients with disciplined financial strategies and a bridge across generations.