Brooks Laquey, CIMA®
Executive Director,
Wealth Advisor,
Senior Portfolio Manager
Direct:
(972) 774-6551(972) 774-6551
Toll-Free:
(800) 366-9194(800) 366-9194
My Mission Statement
Helping you pursue your own lifes mission with complete financial confidence
My Story
If you’re like most of my clients, you have bigger life goals than beating a market index with your investment portfolio. You are concerned with advancing your career, building a business, taking care of your family or maybe giving back to your community. Finances, while important, are not your primary day-to-day focus.
That’s where I can be of service.
For more than 40 years, I’ve helped clients and their families manage both sides of their personal balance sheets with strategies that encompass not only their investments, but virtually every aspect of their financial lives. My Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) and Senior Investment Management Consultant designations provide me with the credentials to help you navigate today’s fast moving financial markets in pursuit of your most important goals. In addition, my fifteen years as a CPA with a major accounting and consulting firm (I do not currently give tax advice) have given me the knowledge and experience to help you meet even your most financial planning challenges.
That’s where I can be of service.
For more than 40 years, I’ve helped clients and their families manage both sides of their personal balance sheets with strategies that encompass not only their investments, but virtually every aspect of their financial lives. My Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) and Senior Investment Management Consultant designations provide me with the credentials to help you navigate today’s fast moving financial markets in pursuit of your most important goals. In addition, my fifteen years as a CPA with a major accounting and consulting firm (I do not currently give tax advice) have given me the knowledge and experience to help you meet even your most financial planning challenges.
Securities Agent: VA, FL, TN, SD, OH, NV, LA, AK, VI, NM, KY, ID, WY, CO, AZ, MA, IL, CA, ND, MT, MO, UT, SC, PA, OR, OK, NC, TX, MI, GA, NY, MS, IA, HI, AR, WA, NE, KS; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 1262177
NMLS#: 1262177
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Working With You
What’s most important to you and what do you perceive might be standing in your way? How do you view money and what values to you wish to pass on to your children? Who are you as a person, not just an investor?
These are the questions for which I need answers before I make any recommendations for allocating your investments and enhancing your financial life. As a result, I generally work with clients as follows:
• Our relationship begins with in-depth conversations about your life’s goals and financial concerns. We’ll take a total inventory of your finances, including not only investments, but insurance, real estate and outstanding or expected debt. We’ll also meet with your children or other family members, if you wish, to gain additional insight and make certain they’re on board with the strategies we eventually implement.
• We access the extensive resources of Morgan Stanley to create a customized financial plan that articulates your priorities and contains tangible recommendations for fulfilling them.
• We implement your plan with a personalized asset allocation to meet your risk tolerance, timeframe and objectives. Your portfolio may contain carefully researched and selected mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, separately managed accounts, closed-end funds and alternative investments. In addition, we have the ability to consult with specialists in disciplines as diverse as insurance, lending and estate planning to help you manage your overall wealth.
• We monitor your progress and make adjustments as changing life circumstances and market conditions warrant.
These are the questions for which I need answers before I make any recommendations for allocating your investments and enhancing your financial life. As a result, I generally work with clients as follows:
• Our relationship begins with in-depth conversations about your life’s goals and financial concerns. We’ll take a total inventory of your finances, including not only investments, but insurance, real estate and outstanding or expected debt. We’ll also meet with your children or other family members, if you wish, to gain additional insight and make certain they’re on board with the strategies we eventually implement.
• We access the extensive resources of Morgan Stanley to create a customized financial plan that articulates your priorities and contains tangible recommendations for fulfilling them.
• We implement your plan with a personalized asset allocation to meet your risk tolerance, timeframe and objectives. Your portfolio may contain carefully researched and selected mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, separately managed accounts, closed-end funds and alternative investments. In addition, we have the ability to consult with specialists in disciplines as diverse as insurance, lending and estate planning to help you manage your overall wealth.
• We monitor your progress and make adjustments as changing life circumstances and market conditions warrant.
Experience
Philip Brooks Laquey
Senior Vice President
Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®)
Senior Investment Management Consultant
Wealth Advisor
I bring more than 40 years of financial experience to the service of my clients. As a CPA with KPMG Peat Marwick, I helped clients minimize the impact of taxes on their retirement income and estates. I joined Morgan Stanley in 1999 and earned two important designations – Certified Investment Management Analyst and Senior Portfolio Manager – that provide me with the credentials to help clients manage their assets and select carefully researched third party managers to relieve them of day-to-day investment decisions. I was named as one of the top wealth advisors in Texas for 2021 2022, and 2023 according to Forbes.
My clients include high net worth individuals and their families who are concerned about preserving and growing the assets they’ve accumulated over the course of their lifetimes. Beyond investing, I provide my clients with comprehensive financial plans that help to enable them to pursue their financial goals without losing focus on their career, family or other aspects of their lives they hold most dear.
A native Texan, I grew up in Dallas and graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas with a BS in Business and Public Administration. Outside the office, I am deeply involved in my Church and several Christian ministries, including Life Outreach International. In addition, I’ve supported numerous charities over the years that minister to orphans. My wife and I live in Frisco, Texas where we raised our two sons, both of whom were adopted from St. Petersburg, Russia, and spend as much time as possible with our thirteen-year-old grandson.
"2021-2023 Forbes Best-In- State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2021, 2022). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.”
Securities Agent: NV, NY, OK, OR, SC, SD, OH, TN, TX, UT, VA, VI, WA, WY, AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, LA, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 1262177
Senior Vice President
Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®)
Senior Investment Management Consultant
Wealth Advisor
I bring more than 40 years of financial experience to the service of my clients. As a CPA with KPMG Peat Marwick, I helped clients minimize the impact of taxes on their retirement income and estates. I joined Morgan Stanley in 1999 and earned two important designations – Certified Investment Management Analyst and Senior Portfolio Manager – that provide me with the credentials to help clients manage their assets and select carefully researched third party managers to relieve them of day-to-day investment decisions. I was named as one of the top wealth advisors in Texas for 2021 2022, and 2023 according to Forbes.
My clients include high net worth individuals and their families who are concerned about preserving and growing the assets they’ve accumulated over the course of their lifetimes. Beyond investing, I provide my clients with comprehensive financial plans that help to enable them to pursue their financial goals without losing focus on their career, family or other aspects of their lives they hold most dear.
A native Texan, I grew up in Dallas and graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas with a BS in Business and Public Administration. Outside the office, I am deeply involved in my Church and several Christian ministries, including Life Outreach International. In addition, I’ve supported numerous charities over the years that minister to orphans. My wife and I live in Frisco, Texas where we raised our two sons, both of whom were adopted from St. Petersburg, Russia, and spend as much time as possible with our thirteen-year-old grandson.
"2021-2023 Forbes Best-In- State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2021, 2022). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.”
Securities Agent: NV, NY, OK, OR, SC, SD, OH, TN, TX, UT, VA, VI, WA, WY, AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, LA, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 1262177
My Clients
The people who look to me for financial guidance have worked their entire lives to accumulate wealth. They don’t expect me to make them affluent, but they do expect me to help them stay that way.
As you might guess, my approach with all these clients emphasizes preservation of assets and growth without excessive risk. I strive to help my clients withstand adverse market conditions that can erode the wealth they’ve worked so hard to attain.
As you might guess, my approach with all these clients emphasizes preservation of assets and growth without excessive risk. I strive to help my clients withstand adverse market conditions that can erode the wealth they’ve worked so hard to attain.
Awards
FORBES Best-In-State Wealth Advisors 2021-2025
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2021-2025). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2021-2025). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.
Location
5001 Spring Valley Rd
Ste 900W
Dallas, TX 75244
US
Direct:
(972) 774-6551(972) 774-6551
Toll-Free:
(800) 366-9194(800) 366-9194
Fax:
(972) 774-6642(972) 774-6642
Wealth Management
Global Investment Office
Portfolio Insights
Retirement
Working with you to understand your life goals and develop a personalized wealth strategy. Today and for the years to come.
- 401(k) Rollovers
- IRA Plans
- Retirement income strategies
- Retirement plan participants
- Annuities
A Simple Six-Step Retirement Checkup
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Investing
Working closely with you to guide your wealth and investments through the most challenging market cycles.
- Asset Management
- Wealth Planning
- Traditional Investments
- Alternative Investments
- Impact Investing
Rational Investing in an Age of Uncertainty
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Family
Creating customized financial strategies for the challenges that today’s families face.
- Estate Planning Strategies
- 529 Plans / Education Savings Planning
- Long Term Care Insurance
- Special Needs Planning
- Trust Services
529 Plans: A Powerful Tool to Save for Education
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Business Planning
Helping you on key aspects of your business such as ownership, liquidity and developing opportunities.
- Succession Planning
- Business Planning
- Qualified Retirement Plans
Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business
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Philanthropy
Making sure your philanthropic dollars are managed with the same high quality service as the rest of your wealth.
- Endowments
- Foundations
- Donor Advised Funds
- Impact Investing
Ready to start a conversation? Contact Brooks Laquey today.
1Alternative Investments are speculative and include a high degree of risk. An investor could lose all or a substantial amount of his/her investment. Alternative investments are appropriate only for qualified, long-term investors who are willing to forgo liquidity and put capital at risk for an indefinite period of time.
2Morgan 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 and other legal matters.
3Morgan 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 or review our Understanding Your Brokerage and Investment Advisory Relationships brochure available at www.morganstanley.com/wealth-relationshipwithms/pdfs/understandingyourrelationship.pdf.
4Insurance products are offered in conjunction with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC’s licensed insurance agency affiliates.
5Morgan Stanley’s investment advisory programs may require a minimum asset level and, depending on your specific investment objectives and financial position, may not be appropriate for you. Please see the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC program disclosure brochure (the “Morgan Stanley ADV”) for more information in the investment advisory programs available. The Morgan Stanley ADV is available at www.morganstanley.com/ADV.
6When Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors (collectively, “Morgan Stanley”) provide “investment advice” regarding a retirement or welfare benefit plan account, an individual retirement account or a Coverdell education savings account (“Retirement Account”), Morgan Stanley is a “fiduciary” as those terms are defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as applicable. When Morgan Stanley provides investment education, takes orders on an unsolicited basis or otherwise does not provide “investment advice”, Morgan Stanley will not be considered a “fiduciary” under ERISA and/or the Code. For more information regarding Morgan Stanley’s role with respect to a Retirement Account, please visit www.morganstanley.com/disclosures/dol. Tax laws are complex and subject to change. Morgan Stanley does not provide tax or legal advice. Individuals are encouraged to consult their tax and legal advisors (a) before establishing a Retirement Account, and (b) regarding any potential tax, ERISA and related consequences of any investments or other transactions made with respect to a Retirement Account. Individuals 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.
7Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is the trade name of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, a registered broker-dealer in the United States. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is a business of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.
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The information, products and services described here are intended only for individuals residing in states where this Financial Advisor is properly registered as described in this site.
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.
*References to length of service at Morgan Stanley include years at Morgan Stanley and predecessor firms.
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Center for Financial Planning, Inc. owns and licenses the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and CFP® (with plaque design) in the United States to Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., which authorizes individuals who successfully complete the organization's initial and ongoing certification requirements to use the certification marks.
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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2Morgan 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 and other legal matters.
3Morgan 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 or review our Understanding Your Brokerage and Investment Advisory Relationships brochure available at www.morganstanley.com/wealth-relationshipwithms/pdfs/understandingyourrelationship.pdf.
4Insurance products are offered in conjunction with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC’s licensed insurance agency affiliates.
5Morgan Stanley’s investment advisory programs may require a minimum asset level and, depending on your specific investment objectives and financial position, may not be appropriate for you. Please see the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC program disclosure brochure (the “Morgan Stanley ADV”) for more information in the investment advisory programs available. The Morgan Stanley ADV is available at www.morganstanley.com/ADV.
6When Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors (collectively, “Morgan Stanley”) provide “investment advice” regarding a retirement or welfare benefit plan account, an individual retirement account or a Coverdell education savings account (“Retirement Account”), Morgan Stanley is a “fiduciary” as those terms are defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as applicable. When Morgan Stanley provides investment education, takes orders on an unsolicited basis or otherwise does not provide “investment advice”, Morgan Stanley will not be considered a “fiduciary” under ERISA and/or the Code. For more information regarding Morgan Stanley’s role with respect to a Retirement Account, please visit www.morganstanley.com/disclosures/dol. Tax laws are complex and subject to change. Morgan Stanley does not provide tax or legal advice. Individuals are encouraged to consult their tax and legal advisors (a) before establishing a Retirement Account, and (b) regarding any potential tax, ERISA and related consequences of any investments or other transactions made with respect to a Retirement Account. Individuals 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.
7Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is the trade name of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, a registered broker-dealer in the United States. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is a business of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.
Check the background of our Firm and Investment Professionals on FINRA's BrokerCheck*.
The information, products and services described here are intended only for individuals residing in states where this Financial Advisor is properly registered as described in this site.
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:
https://www.morganstanley.com/disclaimers/mswm-email.html. Any profiles and associated content are for U.S. residents only.
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.
*References to length of service at Morgan Stanley include years at Morgan Stanley and predecessor firms.
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Center for Financial Planning, Inc. owns and licenses the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and CFP® (with plaque design) in the United States to Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., which authorizes individuals who successfully complete the organization's initial and ongoing certification requirements to use the certification marks.
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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