Bill Mcdonald, Wealth Advisor at NewEdge Partners

Bill Mcdonald

West Hartford, CT
Bill Mcdonald, Wealth Advisor at NewEdge Partners

Bill McDonald, CFP®, is a Wealth Advisor at NewEdge Partners. He works with individuals, families, business owners, charities, and trustees to create holistic, tailored financial plans — always grounded in each client’s values, goals, and long-term vision for their lives. 

As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and registered investment advisor, Bill brings a disciplined, comprehensive approach to financial planning that connects all the pieces of a client’s financial picture: retirement income, tax strategy, estate planning, investment management, and legacy goals. 

Before joining NewEdge, Bill served as a Wealth Management Advisor at TIAA Financial Services, where he cultivated and managed client relationships representing approximately $750 million in assets under management. In that role, he developed, delivered, and monitored complex financial plans covering investment planning, income distribution, and tax strategy for clients and their families. 

Prior to TIAA, Bill served as head of financial planning for a wealth management team at Merrill Lynch — an experience that deepened his expertise in institutional-level planning and built the foundation for the rigorous, process-driven approach he brings to every client engagement at NewEdge. 

Bill has an extensive background in trust and estate planning, which allows him to guide clients through complex estate strategies with clarity and precision — ensuring the best possible outcome for clients and the families and causes they care about most. 

Bill believes that good financial planning begins with genuine understanding — of where a client is, what they’ve built, and what they want the rest of their life to look like. His planning process is deliberate and thorough: he takes the time to ask the right questions before making a single recommendation, and he builds plans that are specific enough to be actionable and flexible enough to evolve. 

Whether he is working with a professional in their peak earning years, a retiree managing estate complexity, or a trustee navigating fiduciary responsibility, Bill’s focus is always the same — clear analysis, sound strategy, and advice that puts the client’s interests first.

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