Rebecca Yasinski
Senior Registered Associate, Portfolio Associate
Phone:
(417) 885-1603(417) 885-1603
Anita Oplotnik, CRPS®
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management,
Financial Advisor,
Corporate Retirement Director,
Family Wealth Advisor,
Senior Investment Management Consultant,
Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist
Direct:
(417) 885-1610(417) 885-1610
Toll-Free:
(800) 884-5590(800) 884-5590
My Mission Statement
Helping individuals and their families customize investment and planning strategies designed to achieve their unique goals and retirement plans.
My Story and Services
"As your Financial Advisor, I can help you define and strive to meet your goals by delivering a vast array of resources to you in the way that is most appropriate for how you invest and what you want to achieve. Working together, I can help you to preserve and grow your wealth. You will have access to some of the world’s most seasoned and respected investment professionals, a premier trading and execution platform and a full spectrum of investment choices."
Securities Agent: IL, AR, NV, NE, GA, SC, OK, ID, CO, TN, OR, CA, OH, MA, KY, KS, AZ, WI, WA, MS, FL, UT, TX, SD, NY, IA, VA, NJ, DE, WY, MO; BM/Supervisor; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 1401647
NMLS#: 1401647
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A Structured Planning Process
At The Goldsmith Oplotnik Group, we are committed to helping every client understand the new challenges they face and how to meet those challenges successfully.
Step 1: Introductory Meeting
Our relationship begins with an initial discussion aimed towards getting to know you, your lifestyle, and your future goals.
Step 2: Discovery Meeting
During the discovery meeting, we will work together to establish your financial goals by reviewing your current financial situation and developing an appropriate risk tolerance that will ultimately help you achieve the financial outcome you envision for yourself.
Step 3: Financial Plan Presentation
Financial plan presentations map out essential factors that play into your financial success such as your employee and employer contributions, liquidity events, and insurance coverage. Examining all relevant financial information provides a holistic asset allocation analysis for all of your accounts ensuring a comprehensive financial plan.
Step 4: Action Items / Next Steps
After the financial plan presentation, we will follow up with you regarding our analysis and recommendations, which may include adjustments to your financial plan, investment allocation, company benefits and insurance coverage.
Step 5: Implementation Meeting
The implementation meeting focuses on creating prospective strategies custom designed for your specific needs. Recommended changes could include logistics, tax impact, asset allocation adjustments, and saving and benefit modifications.
Step 6: Monitoring & Performance Tracking
Step 6: Monitoring & Performance Tracking
Finally, we will be constantly monitoring your assets and analyzing your performance tracking data to ensure your financial expectations are being met and adjusted accordingly. We will keep a high degree of communication with you to make sure your concerns and requests are always addressed.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC offers a wide array of brokerage and advisory services to its clients, each of which may create a different type of relationship with different obligations to you. Please visit us at http://www.morganstanleyindividual.com or consult with your Financial Advisor to understand these differences.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC offers insurance products in conjunction with its licensed insurance agency affiliates.
Finally, we will be constantly monitoring your assets and analyzing your performance tracking data to ensure your financial expectations are being met and adjusted accordingly. We will keep a high degree of communication with you to make sure your concerns and requests are always addressed.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC offers a wide array of brokerage and advisory services to its clients, each of which may create a different type of relationship with different obligations to you. Please visit us at http://www.morganstanleyindividual.com or consult with your Financial Advisor to understand these differences.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC offers insurance products in conjunction with its licensed insurance agency affiliates.
Our Suite of Digital Tools
Digital technology is centered on how people communicate, consume, transact and travel. Our comprehensive suite of digital tools are designed to help enhance every aspect of your financial life. Here are a few of the technologies we have to offer our clients.
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Financial Planning
Morgan Stanley Financial Planning can show you a single, comprehensive snapshot of your finances. We can help you create a wealth plan that’s adaptable to the different stages of your life using our award winning tools- Goals Planning System (GPS) and LifeView.
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Portfolio Risk Platform
Our Portfolio Risk Platform, backed by institutional-caliber analytics, assesses thousands of risk factors using a holdings-based approach to assess a portfolio’s exposures, analyze how securities behave together across portfolios and forecast how they influence risk and return moving forward.
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2021 Top Wealth Advisor Moms by Working Mother and SHOOK Research
Anita Oplotnik was named to Working Mother and SHOOK Research’s list of Top Wealth Advisor Moms. Not only has Anita demonstrated dedication to her family and ambition as a working mother, she consistently aims to deliver the best of Morgan Stanley to every client. Morgan Stanley is proud that Anita has been recognized among this elite group of women leaders.
Corporate Retirement Director
Morgan Stanley's Corporate Director designation requires training and in-depth study of plan design, installation, maintenance and administration of retirement plans.
Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist
Sponsored by The College for Financial Planning, the Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist (CRPS) designation targets professionals who design, install, and maintain retirement plans for the business community.
Morgan Stanley Family Wealth Advisor
Designated Family Wealth Advisors must demonstrate professional knowledge and experience
in a range of specialties including estate planning & navigating familial relationships.
in a range of specialties including estate planning & navigating familial relationships.
Customized Solutions
As your wealth grows, so does its complexities and the resources needed to manage it effectively. We leverage our experience and relationships to deliver innovative strategies that are tailored to your needs. We look forward to speaking with you to understand your challenges, so we can map out a strategy to help achieve your particular priorities and goals.
Wealth Management
Wealth management brings various dimensions of your life together. We listen carefully to understand the connections across your personal life, your family, your career, and your legacy goals to develop an integrated strategy that is uniquely yours.
Retirement Planning
One of our key areas of strength is helping you prepare for and thrive in retirement. From IRAs to RMDs, we manage the complexities of your comprehensive retirement plan assets, helping you easily transition to the next phase of your life with confidence.
Endowments & Foundations
Committees and administrators are faced with the complex task of developing appropriate investment policy statements, understanding how to assess performance and finding superior fund managers. I can help you and your investment committee reduce risk and increase returns, so you can preserve principal and generate income to be used for your philanthropic endeavors.
Estate Planning Strategies
Delivering an estate to the next generation or favorite charity requires more attention than families often realize. We coordinate with your estate and tax professionals to align your legacy goals with the appropriate asset titling and beneficiary designation requirements, incorporating best practices to help enhance results.
Lending Products
We believe it’s important to consider all aspects of your finances when building your plan for the future. We offer a broad array of lending solutions that work together to complement your existing investment strategy.
Life Insurance
Life’s risks can manifest themselves in many ways – from loss of life to loss of health – and have the potential to impair the efficiency of a thoughtfully developed plan. We proactively help address these concerns in a number or ways, ranging from insurance reviews to liquidity strategies.
Planning For Education Funding
Helping meet the educational costs of children and grandchildren may be one of the most personal fulfilling investments you can make. We are here to help you develop strategies and investment recommendations that can help ensure the people in your life get the education they need to succeed.
Cybersecurity
The firm is actively supporting multiple layers of security. Security includes the following: Strong encryption protocols designed to protect your data, continuous monitoring to help detect and prevent fraudulent activity in your accounts, routine testing of our systems to identify potential vulnerabilities, and independent reviews by outside security firms to penetration test our applications and evaluate our processes.
Location
1535 East Primrose St
Springfield, MO 65804
US
Direct:
(417) 885-1610(417) 885-1610
Toll-Free:
(800) 884-5590(800) 884-5590
Fax:
(417) 882-9744(417) 882-9744
Meet My Team
Diana DeFord
Registered Associate
Phone:
(417) 885-1633(417) 885-1633
Kelli Oplotnik
Client Service Associate
Phone:
(417) 885-1641(417) 885-1641
About Rebecca Yasinski
Rebecca is a Portfolio Associate for The Goldsmith Oplotnik Group and is responsible for many of the daily needs of our clients. She enjoys getting to know new clients during the onboarding process as well as deepening relationships with existing clients.
Rebecca began her career at Shearson Lehman Hutton, a Morgan Stanley predecessor firm, in St. Louis in 1988 and has been with our Springfield office since 1993. She holds Series 7, 66, 63, 3, and 8 licenses. She was recognized for her leadership and experience by serving as a complex training coach and mentor for newly hired service professionals for several years.
In her free time, Rebecca enjoys serving on the women’s ministry leadership team at her church and spending time with her family, especially her granddaughter.
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Rebecca began her career at Shearson Lehman Hutton, a Morgan Stanley predecessor firm, in St. Louis in 1988 and has been with our Springfield office since 1993. She holds Series 7, 66, 63, 3, and 8 licenses. She was recognized for her leadership and experience by serving as a complex training coach and mentor for newly hired service professionals for several years.
In her free time, Rebecca enjoys serving on the women’s ministry leadership team at her church and spending time with her family, especially her granddaughter.
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About Diana DeFord
Diana DeFord joined Morgan Stanley in 2019 and is a Registered Associate for the Goldsmith Oplotnik Group at Morgan Stanley. Her prior experience includes over 20 years as an office manager, personnel assistant, and executive event coordinator at Assemblies of God World Missions. Diana is committed to serving clients through developing relationships and clear communication. Diana holds the Series 7 and 66 licenses.
Diana and her husband, Stephen, enjoy making frequent trips to Texas to visit their two adult children and families including seven grandchildren.
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Diana and her husband, Stephen, enjoy making frequent trips to Texas to visit their two adult children and families including seven grandchildren.
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About Kelli Oplotnik
Kelli Oplotnik joined Morgan Stanley in 2023 as a Client Service Associate for The Goldsmith Oplotnik Group. Prior to working for Morgan Stanley, Kelli worked as Director of Operations and executive assistant at an insurance marketing firm. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Marketing/Management from Missouri State University. Kelli completed her MBA in management from Missouri State University.
Kelli resides in Springfield, Missouri with her 2-year-old Golden Retriever puppy, Lucy. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, going to the lake and watching football
Kelli resides in Springfield, Missouri with her 2-year-old Golden Retriever puppy, Lucy. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, going to the lake and watching football
The Power of Partnerships
By partnering with experienced individuals across wealth disciplines, Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors can align specialized resources with your custom needs and deliver strategic guidance through the familiarity and trust of existing relationships
Greg Cole
Private Banker
Andrew Starkey, CFP®
Financial Planning Director, Assistant Vice President
Alan Sorokin
Planning Associate
About Greg Cole
Greg Cole is a Private Banker serving Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offices in Missouri.
Private Bankers partner with Financial Advisors to develop a specialized approach for managing clients’ cash flow, liquidity and financing needs, leveraging our comprehensive suite of cash management and lending solutions.
Greg began his career in financial services in 1999, and joined Morgan Stanley in 2011. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Regional Banking Consultant at Wells Fargo Advisors. Greg has also served as an Area Manager with JP Morgan Chase and was a Senior Mortgage Consultant in the Smith Barney division at CitiMortgage.
Greg is a graduate of Rockhurst University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. He and his family currently reside in O’Fallon, Missouri. Outside of the office, Greg enjoys spending time with his family and friends.
Private Bankers partner with Financial Advisors to develop a specialized approach for managing clients’ cash flow, liquidity and financing needs, leveraging our comprehensive suite of cash management and lending solutions.
Greg began his career in financial services in 1999, and joined Morgan Stanley in 2011. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Regional Banking Consultant at Wells Fargo Advisors. Greg has also served as an Area Manager with JP Morgan Chase and was a Senior Mortgage Consultant in the Smith Barney division at CitiMortgage.
Greg is a graduate of Rockhurst University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. He and his family currently reside in O’Fallon, Missouri. Outside of the office, Greg enjoys spending time with his family and friends.
NMLS#: 801927
About Andrew Starkey
Andrew Starkey is an Assistant Vice President and Financial Planning Director serving Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Management office in Chicago, Illinois. He is responsible for helping Financial Advisors with their clients’ and prospects’ financial planning needs.
Andrew began his career in financial services in 2017 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2021. Prior to his current position, he worked as a Wealth Management Associate at Morgan Stanley and a paraplanner in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Andrew graduated from the University of St. Thomas and holds his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation. Andrew moved to Chicago, Illinois in 2021 from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he was born and raised. Outside of work, Andrew enjoys exploring Chicago with his wife and dog, traveling back to Minnesota and Colombia to visit with family, and playing basketball with his friends on the weekend.
Andrew began his career in financial services in 2017 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2021. Prior to his current position, he worked as a Wealth Management Associate at Morgan Stanley and a paraplanner in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Andrew graduated from the University of St. Thomas and holds his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation. Andrew moved to Chicago, Illinois in 2021 from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he was born and raised. Outside of work, Andrew enjoys exploring Chicago with his wife and dog, traveling back to Minnesota and Colombia to visit with family, and playing basketball with his friends on the weekend.
About Alan Sorokin
Alan Sorokin is a Planning Associate at Morgan Stanley providing dedicated financial planning support to Financial Advisors and their teams. Operating as an extension of the FA/Team, he collaborates with clients to discover and define goals that matter most to them. Leveraging state of the art technology, he will evaluate various options and their potential outcomes to help clients confidently choose the appropriate course of action. Alan provides expertise across a wide suite of Morgan Stanley planning tools designed to assist in the areas of investment accumulation, retirement, education, major purchase, cash flow, risk management, tax efficiency, and wealth transfer planning.
He earned his undergraduate degree from the University at Buffalo and received the Financial Planning Specialist® designation from the College for Financial Planning. Alan is originally from Brooklyn, NY and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
He earned his undergraduate degree from the University at Buffalo and received the Financial Planning Specialist® designation from the College for Financial Planning. Alan is originally from Brooklyn, NY and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
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Morgan Stanley offers a wide array of brokerage and advisory services to its clients, each of which may create a different type of relationship with different obligations to you. Please consult with your Financial Advisor to understand these differences.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.
You have sole responsibility for making all investment decisions with respect to the implementation of a Financial Plan. You may implement the Financial Plan at Morgan Stanley or at another firm. If you engage or have engaged Morgan Stanley, it will act as your broker, unless you ask it, in writing, to act as your investment adviser on any particular account.
Morgan Stanley offers a wide array of brokerage and advisory services to its clients, each of which may create a different type of relationship with different obligations to you. Please consult with your Financial Advisor to understand these differences.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.
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Morgan Stanley reserves the right, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to retain and monitor all electronic communications. Morgan Stanley will not accept purchase or sale orders via any Internet site, social media site and/or its messaging systems. Morgan Stanley does not endorse and is not responsible and assumes no liability for content, products or services posted by third-parties on any Internet site, social media site and/or its messaging systems. All electronic communications are subject to terms available at the following link:
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The securities/instruments, services, investments and investment strategies discussed in this material may not be appropriate for all investors. The appropriateness of a particular investment, investment strategy or service will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC recommends that investors independently evaluate particular investments, strategies and services, and encourages investors to seek the advice of a Financial Advisor or Private Wealth Advisor. This material does not provide individually tailored investment advice. It has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives of persons who receive it.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Individuals should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) is not implying an affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement with/of the third party or that any monitoring is being done by Morgan Stanley of any information contained within the website. Morgan Stanley is not responsible for the information contained on the third-party website or the use of or inability to use such site. Nor do we guarantee their accuracy or completeness.
The views, opinions or advice contained within third party websites or materials are solely those of the author, who is not a Morgan Stanley employee, and do not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, or its affiliates. The strategies and/or investments referenced may not be appropriate for all investors as the appropriateness of a particular investment or strategy will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives.
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The use of the CDFA designation does not permit the rendering of legal advice by Morgan Stanley or its Financial Advisors which may only be done by a licensed attorney. The CDFA designation is not intended to imply that either Morgan Stanley or its Financial Advisors are acting as experts in this field.
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