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For over 25 years, our Private Wealth Advisory team has served extraordinary, affluent individuals, families, and foundations. Our mission is to reduce complexity so you can focus on the people, passions and philanthropies that add meaning to your life.

We want to understand your needs, define your objectives, and deliver comprehensive solutions to meet your goals. We collaborate with you to create holistic financial plans and provide strategic investment value and guidance.

We invest in long term relationships and have advised many families for multiple generations throughout financial market cycles and personal milestones. Our mission is to know you and your family.

Capabilities
  • Comprehensive Wealth Planning
  • Investment Management
  • Open-Architecture Platform
  • Manager Selection
  • Proprietary Investment Opportunities
  • Philanthropy Management
  • Family Governance & Wealth Education
  • Consolidated Reporting
  • Corporate Services
  • Sustainable & Responsible InvestingFootnote1
  • Corporate Stock Plans
  • Retirement & Pension Plans
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About PWM

Founded in 1977, Private Wealth Management is the division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management that is dedicated to serving the firm’s most affluent clients, including some of the world’s most accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and stewards of multigenerational wealth. Functioning as an exclusive investment boutique within a global financial firm, we deliver sophisticated solutions that leverage the intellectual capital and insight of Morgan Stanley’s substantial global resources. Drawing on a deep understanding of your financial life, our goal is to help you:
  • Manage investments with an unwavering focus on your financial strategy and personal goals
  • Create comprehensive, multigenerational wealth management plans based on your needs, challenges and the values that guide your life and legacy
  • Simplify financial complexity to help you achieve clarity and control
Private Wealth Management Highlights
  • Approximately 350 teams1 specialized in assisting individuals and families with $20MM+ in investable assets
  • Over $980 billion in AUM1
  • Comprising 23% of the Barron’s Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams for 2024
  • Direct access to ultra high net worth experts in philanthropy, family dynamics, wealth transfer, lifestyle advisory and other areas of interest to ultra high net worth families
1 Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, December, 2024

Source: Barron's.com (May 2024) 2024 Barron's Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams awarded in 2024. The teams are ranked on a variety of factors, including their size and shape, their regulatory records and credentials of their members, and the resources they have at their disposal to serve their client bases. The rankings are meant as a starting point for clients looking for an advisor—a first-pass vetting that can help investors narrow a search. Every advisor will have his or her own approach to investing, financial planning, and other services. Clients are encouraged to approach a search for an advisor the way they would a search for a doctor—interviewing multiple professionals and getting opinions from multiple third parties. Rankings are based on the opinions of Barron's and this ranking may not be representative of any one client’s experience. This ranking is not indicative of the Financial Advisor’s future performance. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is not affiliated with Barron's. Barron’s is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company, L.P. All rights reserved.

Approach

Discovery Process
Investing the time to learn about you and your family; your assets and liabilities and the risk exposures, enables us to formulate strategies and customize the relationship to your needs.
Formulation of Tax, Trust and Estate Strategy
Working with your tax and legal advisors, we help analyze your income and estate tax circumstances to identify and tailor planning techniques that may be used to address your objectives.
Creation of Customized Strategic Asset Allocation
Your customized asset allocation reflects risk, opportunities and taxation across multiple entities, while integrating your investing and estate plans.
Integration of Tactical Asset Allocation
Short-term adjustments seek to capitalize on temporary market distortions. Before making adjustments, we analyze the impact of taxes and trading costs on potential returns.
Implementation of a Customized Wealth Strategy
After comprehensive due diligence and analysis of expected results across multiple market scenarios, strategies are chosen from our expansive investment platform.
Ongoing Assessment
In coordination with your other advisors, we can conduct ongoing reviews and comprehensive reporting to ensure that your strategy adapts to changing financial and family needs.
Philosophy
Unlike cookie-cutter processes that tend to minimize client individuality and implement pre-determined investments, we insist on truly understanding our clients’ needs and interests. As a result, we will deliver a comprehensive, customized wealth management plan, emphasizing global diversification, tax efficiency and risk management. Working with us empowers you to achieve financial success and establish career and life mission statements and legacy objectives that provide greater purpose toward that success.

In addition to our client-first focus, giving back is central to our philosophy. Our philanthropic efforts are realized through passions in our personal lives, as well as through the work we do with clients. We are one of the only teams within Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management to create special events connecting entertainers and Morgan Stanley clients, to raise awareness and funds for select not-for-profits.
Clients
Our clients come from all sectors of the technology, philanthropic, entertainment and artistic spheres. We take special pride in creating a safe space for entrepreneurs, artists, scientists and others whose creative contributions have transformed society and have a cultural imprint on how we look at the world.

Many of our clients are notable Award winners whose unique contributions to the sciences, theatre, film and television have given them the opportunity to support philanthropic foundations that benefit society. Our clients’ unique financial situations require sophisticated advice around the best investment strategies to ensure long term financial security.

TAX EFFICIENT STRATEGIES

We strive to simplify complex financial ideas so you understand what is being done on your behalf to plan for their financial future. We want to provide our clients with as many resources as possible so they can stay informed about the latest market trends, outlooks, and breakdowns.
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    4 Key Tax Questions for Investors to Consider
    Factoring the impact of taxes into your investment decisions can help you keep more of your hard-earned money, both now and in the future.
    Explore the Questions Here
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    Tax-Smart Strategies for Retirement
    Smart tax planning can help you save more for retirement and keep more of what you’ve already saved.
    Read the Strategies Here
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    Tax-Efficient Portfolios
    Portfolios are monitored, evaluated, and rebalanced to maintain diversification and react to changing market conditions. Some key benefits include tax efficiencies, clarity by combining multiple asset classes in one account, and confidence with asset allocation advice deriving from the Global Investment Committee, so your portfolio is aligned with the firm's best thinking.
    Learn More About the Portfolios Here
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    Actively Pursuing Tax Alpha
    Opportunities for tax strategies ebb and flow with the fluctuations of the market and not with our fiscal calendars. Incorporating tax-sensitive investing into the daily trading activity of an account can capitalize on market fluctuations and potentially yield better after-tax results.
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    How to Access Your Tax Forms
    How to Access Your Tax Forms
    1. Log into your account via Morgan Stanley Online
    2. Click the Accounts tab
    3. Select the Documents tab
    4. Go to the Statement drop-down tab
    5. Select Tax Documents and download them
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    Taxation of Global Clients
    Individuals who are neither U.S. citizens nor residents may be subject to gift and estate tax on U.S. situs assets. This article provides a discussion of how U.S. income taxes and gift and estate taxes apply to global clients.
    Learn More About Taxation of Global Clients Here

Location

1585 Broadway
22nd Floor
New York, NY 10036
US
Direct:
(212) 761-8350(212) 761-8350

Meet Eagle Team

About Nadine Wong

Nadine Wong is an Executive Director and Global Sports and Entertainment Director with Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management in New York since 1991. She works directly with high-net-worth individuals, multigenerational families, and foundations. Her clients include Tony, Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, and MacArthur “Genius Grant” Award recipients.

Forbes awarded Nadine in 2018-2024, its inaugural list of Best-in-State Wealth Advisors and Americas Top Women Wealth Advisors, Financial Times 2017 Top 400 Financial Advisor – one of 56 in New York State, Morgan Stanley honored her with the inaugural 2014 Women of Achievement MAKERS award and Barron’s named her on the Top 100 Women Financial Advisers in the United States 2006-2010 and Top 100 New York Financial Advisors 2009.

Nadine is American Theatre Wing Vice Chair and Trustee and Centennial Gala Co-Chair. She is Co-Founder of Out on Broadway and formerly Co-Chair of the Multicultural Employee Networking Group. She has been a guest speaker at Forbes, the Dramatists Guild, Social Impact Exchange, Barron’s and Morgan Stanley leadership events.

A passion for giving back, Nadine connects her network, to raise funds for non-profits such as Second Stage Theater, American Theatre Wing, Hispanic Federation, Brooklyn Children’s Theatre, Stuttering Association for the Young, Drama League and A.R.T.

Among her civic activities, she formerly served as chair of development of the Drama League board and co-chair of the 2013 Innocence Project Benefit.

Early in her career, Nadine was a two-time game show winner of Classic Concentration and Win, Lose or Draw and former Fashion Model with the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency.

Nadine received her B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and M.B.A. from Columbia University.

2018-2024 Forbes America's Top Women Wealth Advisors & Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-In- State (formerly referred to as Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors, Forbes America's Top Women Wealth Advisors)
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2018-2024). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on 12-month time period concluding in Sept of year prior to the issuance of the award.

2018-2024 Forbes Best-In- State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2018-2023). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.

Financial Times 400 Top Financial Advisors
Source: ft.com (Awarded Mar 2017) Data compiled by the Financial Times based on time period from 9/30/14 - 9/30/16.

2006-2010 Barron's Top 100 Women Financial Advisors
Source: Barrons.com (Awarded June 2006-2010). Data compiled by Barron's based on 12-month period concluding in Mar of the year the award was issued.

​Barron's Top 100 Financial Advisors
Source: Barron's.com (Awarded Apr 2009) Data compiled by Barron's based on time period from Dec 2007 - Dec 2008.
Securities Agent: NY, IL, FL, HI, CT, WA, VA, TX, NC, SC, CO, TN, KS, NJ, DE, OH, NV, ME, GA, RI, PA, MA, MN, WY, DC, CA, AZ; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Transactional Futures/Commodities; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 1285048

About Arianna Chang

Arianna Chang joined Morgan Stanley in 2017 as a part of the Wealth Management Rotational Program and joined Private Wealth Management in 2019. During her time in the rotational program, she worked with the Outsourced Chief Investment Office to help win nearly $300M in client mandates. Prior to this, she worked with the Traditional Investment Product Development team focusing on Separately Managed Account and 529 Education Savings Plans. Before joining the firm, she worked at KKR, Barclays, and Raymond James.

Arianna earned her MBA from The Wharton School where she was the recipient of the Joseph P. Wharton Award and served as the President of the MBA Program. She holds a B.S. in Finance & Management from the New York University Stern School of Business where she graduated magna cum laude.
Securities Agent: NY, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VI, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, OH, AL, AK, 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; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative

About Maggie Lear

Maggie Lear joined Morgan Stanley in 2006 with the US listed Derivatives Division and joined Private Wealth Management in 2008. Her role includes implementation of specific client investment strategies as well as the management of clients' estate, trust and retirement objectives. Maggie has excellent interpersonal and organizational skills that allow her to maintain strong client relationships. She manages all aspects of client services including trading, technology, portfolio statements, and reporting.

Maggie graduated from Boston College and has Series 7, 66 and 31 licenses. Over the past ten years, Maggie has volunteered as a tutor for the Fresh Air Fund and a mentor for Student Sponsor Partners.

About Kaitlin Stewart

Kaitlin Stewart joined Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management in 2022. Before joining the firm, she worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Vanguard. Her role includes the implementation of goals-planning strategies, processing client requests, and resolving inquiries to ensure an exceptional client experience. Kaitlin has strong organizational skills and multi-tasking abilities and seeks to cultivate and enhance client relationships through active communication and by providing excellent customer service.

Kaitlin graduated from University of Richmond Robins School of Business with a BS/BA in Business Administration and concentration in Finance. She has Series 7, 66 and 63 licenses. Kaitlin is a mentor with Females in Finance and has volunteered with the Reading is Fundamental philanthropy.
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Portfolio Insights

Private Wealth Management Podcast

Bringing you engaging stories and key insights surrounding the complexities associated with significant wealth, including:
  • Intergenerational Planning
  • Philanthropic Giving
  • Non-Traditional Assets
  • Managing Family Wealth
LISTEN | Passion Assets: Investing in Art
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LISTEN | Passion Assets: Investing in Art

When a passion for collecting evolves into something of considerable value, new issues are raised. Hear what the professionals have to say about the best practices and pitfalls of collecting art and collectibles.

Managing Significant Wealth

  • Investment Management
  • Wealth Transfer & Philanthropy
  • Cash Management & Lending
  • Family Governance & Wealth Education
  • Lifestyle Advisory
  • Business Services
Funding Climate Action: Pathways for Philanthropy
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Funding Climate Action: Pathways for Philanthropy

Share a new report in collaboration with the Aspen Institute. The report aims to help climate-oriented philanthropists explore critical issues and align their wealth management strategies with their environmental impact ambitions.

Insights and Outcomes

Thought Leadership for our ultra high net worth clients, which contains thought-provoking articles, authored by leading experts from Morgan Stanley Family Office Resources.
Larry Fitzgerald Jr.'s Playbook on Leadership and Values
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Larry Fitzgerald Jr.'s Playbook on Leadership and Values

The renowned NFL wide receiver shares insights on aligning your investments with your values.

Wealth Management for Athletes and Entertainers

Understanding the unique financial challenges of athletes and entertainers and how they differ from one profession to the next, we deliver the experience and resources you need to help create and implement a comprehensive, multigenerational wealth management plan based on your needs, values and aspirations.
  • Investment Management
  • Wealth Transfer & Philanthropy
  • Private Banking Solutions
  • Family Governance & Wealth Education
  • Lifestyle Advisory
You are your Own CEO: Build a Dream Team for Your Career
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You are your Own CEO: Build a Dream Team for Your Career

Assembling a team of trusted professionals to manage your career—and your money—is essential to help best position you to thrive. Here’s how.
We look forward to discussing your needs and goals, and the exceptional resources we can place at your disposal.
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1Investing in the market entails the risk of market volatility. The value of all types of investments may increase or decrease over varying time periods. The returns on a portfolio consisting primarily of sustainable or impact investments may be lower or higher than a portfolio that is more diversified or where decisions are based solely on investment considerations. Because sustainability and impact criteria exclude some investments, investors may not be able to take advantage of the same opportunities or market trends as investors that do not use such criteria.

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