Antoinette Bergwall Joins Financial Focus: Local Financial Planning Firm Expands Advisory Team

Financial Focus, LLC of Livingston, New Jersey, announced that Antoinette Bergwall has joined the firm as a financial advisor.

2011-08-09

LIVINGSTON, NJ, August 08, 2011 (Press-News.org) Financial Focus, LLC of Livingston, New Jersey, announced that Antoinette Bergwall has joined the firm as a financial advisor. Prior to joining Financial Focus, Bergwall spent 15 years with Bank of America, where, as a senior vice president, she led a team of 43 financial advisors who served high-net-worth clients.

Bergwall, an alumna of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford, New Jersey, has been a financial services professional for over 25 years. "My goal is to create an environment of trust with all of my clients," said Bergwall. "Each client is unique and I am committed to creating a financial plan that is tailored to the client's goals and objectives."

An active member of her community, Bergwall serves as a committee member for the Robert Luongo ALS Annual Fundraiser. She is co-chair for the St Aloysius Church Harvest of Elegance Fundraiser, and also served on the Bergen County Boy Scouts Finance Committee.

About Financial Focus, LLC
Financial Focus, LLC, is an Independent Registered Investment Advisory firm based in Livingston, New Jersey, founded in 2001 by President Michael Kay. An executive in the financial services industry since 1976. Kay is a Certified Public Accountant, a Registered Investment Advisor, and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER professional. After earning his certificate of financial planning at New York University, he returned in 2003 as an adjunct professor, teaching taxation in their CFP Certification program. He has also taught at Fairleigh Dickenson University in the same capacity.

Website: http://www.financial-focus.net/

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