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Marcus Fagersten, CPWA®

Managing Director–Wealth Management

For almost 30 years, our Family Wealth Management practice has focused on representing a select clientele of corporate executives and affluent families with significant financial assets and more specialized planning needs.  Complex wealth situations require a financial partner with experience, proven expertise and the resources to consolidate complex requirements, to develop integrated and customized solutions on behalf of clients.  

I am an accredited UBS Private Wealth Advisor, a designation granted to a limited number of advisors who support the specialized needs of corporate executives and our wealthiest clients.  I have completed the Wealth Management Theory & Practice Executive Education Program at Yale School of Management and earned my Certified Private Wealth Advisor designation (CPWA®).  I have completed the Certified Equity Professional (CEP) Institute Level I examination, a program focused on equity compensation, administered by Santa Clara University.  I earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/ Finance from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.  I joined UBS in 2004, after more than eleven years at Smith Barney (Citigroup) in a similar capacity.

My team and I are fortunate to have been recognized by a number of global publications; please see the recognition tab.  I have also contributed, through interviews, to The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Francisco Business Times, The Nob Hill Gazette, and have been interviewed by Fox KTVU 2 Evening News, on topics ranging from equity compensation, sustainable investing and financial planning.

I was born in Sweden and lived in Sweden and Switzerland for eleven years before moving to the U.S.  I live north of the Golden Gate Bridge, in Tiburon, California with my wife, Alix, and two daughters.

Registered States:
  • AK
  • AL
  • AR
  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • CT
  • DC
  • DE
  • FL
  • GA
  • HI
  • IA
  • ID
  • IL
  • IN
  • KS
  • KY
  • LA
  • MA
  • MD
  • ME
  • MI
  • MN
  • MO
  • MS
  • MT
  • NC
  • ND
  • NE
  • NH
  • NJ
  • NM
  • NV
  • NY
  • OH
  • OK
  • OR
  • PA
  • PR
  • RI
  • SC
  • SD
  • TN
  • TX
  • UT
  • VA
  • VI
  • VT
  • WA
  • WI
  • WV
  • WY

Recognized as an industry leader:

  • Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors, 2024
    The Barron's rating is awarded annually in March and is based on information from the prior year Q3. 
  • Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2022, 2023The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in April based on information from a 12 month period ending June of the prior year.
  • Barron’s Top 100 Private Wealth Management Teams, 2021The Barron's rating is awarded annually in April based on information from the prior year Q4.

Eligibility is based on quantitative factors and is not necessarily related to the quality of the investment advice. For more information on third party rating methodologies, please visit ubs.com/us/en/designation-disclosures

Education

  • Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Finance, University of Southern California Marshall School of Business
  • Bachelor of Science Business Administration/Finance, University of Southern California Marshall School of Business
  • Wealth Management Theory & Practice Executive Education Program, Yale School of Management
  • Wealth Management Theory & Practice Executive Education Program, Yale School of Management
  • Certified Private Wealth Advisor designation (CPWA®), Investments & Wealth Institute

Credentials

  • Corporate Stock Benefit Consultant
  • Private Wealth Advisor
  • Private Wealth Advisor
  • Certified Private Wealth Advisor, CPWA®
  • Corporate Stock Benefit Consultant

We represent a select clientele of corporate executives and affluent families with significant financial assets and more specialized planning needs.

Executive compensation
Corporate executives
Financial planning
Financial planning
Executive compensation
Estate planning strategies
Legacy planning
Custom portfolios
Philanthropy
Lending services
Asset allocation
Cash management
Custom portfolios
Philanthropy
Sustainable investing
Sustainable investing
555 California Street
32nd/ 34th /46th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
  • (415) 954-5985

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As a team within the exclusive Private Wealth Management division at UBS, we connect you to the dynamic presence of one of the world‘s leading wealth managers. Private Wealth Advisors serve many of the firm‘s largest relationships, providing extensive reach and the distinct advantage of the firm‘s global perspective, insights and resources.

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