Joseph V. Portera
Private Banker
JC Wilhelm, CFP®, CRPC®
Vice President, Wealth Management,
Financial Advisor,
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®,
Alternative Investments Director,
Workplace Advisor - Equity Compensation,
Portfolio Manager
Direct:
(248) 740-7142(248) 740-7142
Industry Award WinnerMy Mission Statement
Experience, intellectual capital and dedicated personal service to help you meet your life goals.
My Story and Services
JC Wilhelm is a Vice President and Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley, where he brings a wealth of experience in wealth management and strategic financial planning. With a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Michigan, along with the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, Alternative Investment Director, and Chartered Retirement Planning Advisor designations, JC has built a career distinguished by a commitment to helping clients preserve and grow their financial legacies. Before joining Morgan Stanley, JC served as a Financial Analyst and Financial Advisor at Ameriprise, honing his skills in complex financial planning and investment strategies.
Focusing in exit planning and catering to the unique needs of successful individuals and families, JC leverages a deep understanding of wealth preservation and succession strategies. His client-centered approach helps to ensure that business owners, executives, and affluent families receive tailored advice that aligns with their financial goals and legacy aspirations. JC’s commitment to his clients goes beyond standard investment services, focusing on creating personalized strategies that help empower them to make informed, long-term financial decisions.
Outside of work, JC is dedicated to spending quality time with his family, including his wife and three children, making the most of his time with them through shared experiences and family activities. An avid golfer, he enjoys the challenge and camaraderie of the sport, often finding that it provides him with an ideal blend of relaxation and focus. Along with golf, JC has a passion for outdoor activities, seeking ways to stay active and appreciate nature, whether through hiking, fishing, or exploring new destinations with loved ones. His commitment to personal well-being and family time reflects his belief in a balanced life, values he also brings to his professional approach with clients.
Focusing in exit planning and catering to the unique needs of successful individuals and families, JC leverages a deep understanding of wealth preservation and succession strategies. His client-centered approach helps to ensure that business owners, executives, and affluent families receive tailored advice that aligns with their financial goals and legacy aspirations. JC’s commitment to his clients goes beyond standard investment services, focusing on creating personalized strategies that help empower them to make informed, long-term financial decisions.
Outside of work, JC is dedicated to spending quality time with his family, including his wife and three children, making the most of his time with them through shared experiences and family activities. An avid golfer, he enjoys the challenge and camaraderie of the sport, often finding that it provides him with an ideal blend of relaxation and focus. Along with golf, JC has a passion for outdoor activities, seeking ways to stay active and appreciate nature, whether through hiking, fishing, or exploring new destinations with loved ones. His commitment to personal well-being and family time reflects his belief in a balanced life, values he also brings to his professional approach with clients.
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Meet the Team
A lawyer, a doctor, a professor, a sales rep, and two new guys walks into a building with countless resources…
And while that may be the plot to the next comedy blockbuster, here at The GMA Group at Morgan Stanley it is the accumulation of life experiences that has led to decades of service across many industries. Once aggregated, this Financial Advisory team brings variety of thought and strategies well equipped to suit you, your family, and your business.
Four members of the team are CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERS™(CFP®), but each have a different areas of focus that they focus on together. This allows for the GMA Group to be a a full-service practice with a feedback sharing culture to better serve our clients.
Joseph Fisher, CFP®, CIMA®, CMFC®
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management, Financial Advisor, Portfolio Management Director,
Insurance Planning Director, Family Wealth Advisor, Financial Planning Specialist,
Workplace Advisor – Equity Compensation
Email: Joe.Fisher@morganstanley.com
Phone: (248) 740-7149
David R Zukowski, CFP®, CRPC®, RICP®
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management, Financial Advisor, Executive Financial Services Director, Insurance Planning Director, Portfolio Management Director, Financial Planning Specialist, Workplace Advisor – Equity Compensation
Email: David.Zukowski@morganstanley.com
Phone: (248) 740-7101
Brian Blaker
First Vice President, Wealth Management, Financial Advisor, Workplace Advisor – Equity Compensation
Email: Brian.Blaker@morganstanley.com
Phone: (248) 740-7168
Darsh Kumar, CFP®
Financial Advisor, Portfolio Manager, Certified Financial Planner ®
Email: Darsh.Kumar@morganstanley.com
Phone: (248) 740-7135
Matthew Merrifield
Financial Advisor, Portfolio Manager, Financial Planning Specialist
Email: Matthew.Merrifield@morganstanley.com
Phone: 313-343-8425
Kim Vallet
Registered Senior Client Service Associate
Email: kim.vallet@morganstanley.com
Phone: (248) 740-7179
Jennifer Kafoury
Senior Client Service Associate
Email: jennifer.kafoury@morganstanley.com
Phone: (248) 740-7188
Comprehensive Financial Planning
Regardless of what stage your life is in - moving ahead in your career, enjoying retirement, or somewhere in between - as your Financial Advisors, I can help you achieve your financial goals.
Using a suite of tools that includes goal-specific analysis, I can work with you to create a realistic, holistic strategy that integrates the various aspects of your financial life, including your investments and cash management needs.
I can create your personal roadmap to help achieve and protect your goals — a framework that makes the connection between your life goals and your financial resources and provides a baseline for future discussions.
Manage Debt
I thoroughly review your mortgage, car loans, credit cards, and any other debts that you may have in order to help determine where you can save on interest and create a timeline for your debt payments by prioritizing which ones should be paid off first.
Managing Investments
I take care of your retirement accounts and other investments based on your comfort level with risk and your current tax circumstances, tailoring your financial strategy to your unique situation, needs, and goals.
Insurance
I take an extremely close look at your financial profile to decipher what type(s) of insurance most fit your needs, and determine if your current insurance policies are best suited for you and your goals.
Retirement
Leading up to and through retirement, I help you identify the most appropriate ways to obtain the income you need and help ensure that you are on track to achieve for financial goals.
Estate Planning Strategies
Regardless of your current financial circumstances, it is crucial to have a backup plan for your money. I regularly review your finances with you and coordinate with your estate attorney to help ensure that your wishes are met in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible.
2025 Tax Tables
This helpful resource outlines the 2025 tax rate schedule, education and health savings account limits, retirement contribution and deduction limits, among other information. With tax season seemingly always right around the corner, it's best to be as informed as possible.
CORPORATE SOLUTIONS WITH MORGAN STANLEY AT WORK
Morgan Stanley at Work aims to help employees thrive across three verticals: equity solutions, financial wellness, and retirement plans. We bring in corporate solutions to empower companies in their management of these programs and, ultimately, to support their employees through their financial journeys.
Our mission is to assist your company in elevating your workplace financial solutions to the next level and support your employees on their financial journeys, understanding their individual life stages and addressing their timely needs, no matter where they are in their life or career. Discover our workplace financial solutions deliver powerful tools, guidance, and education to help your company and your employees thrive.
- Defined Contribution Consulting
- Solutions-Oriented Plans
- Fiduciary Investment Oversight
- Recordkeeping and Plan Design
- Portfolio Construction
- Wealth Management Services
- Student Loan Repayment
- College Savings
- Student Loan Refinancing
- Equity Compensation Services
- Equity Award Analysis
- Specialized Solutions
Retirement Solutions
Retirement Services maintains relationships with service providers to offer an array of product solutions for retirement plans of all sizes. We also have relationships with investment-only providers who offer value-added tools and resources. Some of our services include:
Deferred Compensation
With Morgan Stanley at Work, we have access to a range of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation plan services and will help guide your company in picking the ones that best fit the needs of your company and employees.
We can help review and evaluate available plan designs and informal funding strategies through a needs-based assessment, provide manager selection support and investment-related insights to help informally fund a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, and provide participants with plan education through a Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor.
Saving and Giving
Saving and Giving benefits can make a real difference in employees' lives as they can support the things that matter most to them—like saving for education and repaying student loans. Companies can show that they are committed to employees' priorities with leading-edge solutions that help them chart a path toward financial well-being. These services include:
Executive Services
While business leaders are busy driving change for a company, our Executive Services team provides specialized expertise in equity compensation so they can keep taking the company to new heights. At Morgan Stanley, we can provide a dedicated team provides concierge-level support for executives' equity compensation, from 10b5-1 trading plans to form filing related to Rule 144 transactions, to access to wealth management and tax-optimization strategies, helping them navigate their complex financial needs with greater confidence and certainty. Some of our services include:
At Morgan Stanley, We Offer Comprehensive Solutions
As a business owner, you've devoted your career to building your company. Now is the time to plan for what comes next: spending more time with your family and pursuing new challenges. It is a transition that is among the most complex in the business world … and life.
Creating and growing a successful business is seldom just about money, nor is the decision to exit the business, whether that exit is through an IPO, merger with another company, private sale or succession within the family. The process is intense, the details are complex, and the decisions are often an unexpected combination of personal and financial
- Work with you and your key executives and advisors to help them prepare your business for sale
- Analyze each exit opportunity
- Connect you with investment banking professionals and other specialists
- Implement strategies to help minimize taxes and optimize flexibility
- Oversee and simplify the details of your financial life
- Manage your investments, including your balance sheet and liquidity needs
- Implement wealth transfer and legacy planning strategies
- Integrate philanthropy into your overall wealth management strategy
- Identify your team who will help you make the best decisions for your business and your personal finances. Your team should include an estate attorney, corporate attorney, investment banker, accountant, a business valuation expert and your Financial Advisor.
- Your team can help you:
- Conduct a market analysis to determine the current value of your business
- Review your company's "curb appeal" to optimize the sale price
- Update your financial and estate plans
- Evaluate various strategies to understand the pros and cons of each
- Identify growth levers and focus your attention accordingly. It's also important to ensure continuity among owners. Take the time to train your successor and secure key employees through incentives and opportunities for personal growth.
- Continue growing your business to increase its valuation. Focus on tasks that are yet to be completed to educate potential buyers that your business can be transferred without endangering potential cash flows and profits.
- Begin to implement transfer strategies and work with your team to consider various strategies to transfer your business to family members.
- Once you've completed your transaction, take some time to celebrate.
- Then, work with your team to update your personal wealth management plan.
- As your business has created new wealth for you and your family, it has most likely added complexity to your personal financial life. We can help you oversee those details, including managing the opportunities and risks that can come with your new balance sheet and investment portfolio.
ORGANIZING THE TRANSITION
ONGOING SUPPORT AFTER THE TRANSITION
STAGE ONE: PRE-PLANNING
STAGE TWO: SALE/TRANSFER PROCESS
Focus on growing your business to increase its potential that buyers can envision taking over with minimal changes:
STAGE THREE: POST-SALE ENGAGEMENT
Location
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Suite 1200
Troy, MI 48084
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Direct:
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Awards and Recognition
Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams
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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
About Joseph V. Portera
Joseph Portera is a Private Banker serving Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offices in Michigan.
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.
Joseph began his career in financial services in 2002 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2018. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a Commercial Lender and Market Director at JPMorgan Chase.
Joseph is a graduate of the Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, and Keller Graduate School of Business where he received a Master’s in Business Administration in Finance & Accounting.
Joseph and his family currently reside in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Outside of the office, he enjoys martial arts, skiing, tennis, and spending time with his family.
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.
Joseph began his career in financial services in 2002 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2018. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a Commercial Lender and Market Director at JPMorgan Chase.
Joseph is a graduate of the Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, and Keller Graduate School of Business where he received a Master’s in Business Administration in Finance & Accounting.
Joseph and his family currently reside in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Outside of the office, he enjoys martial arts, skiing, tennis, and spending time with his family.
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Banking products and services are offered by Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association, Member FDIC.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is a registered Broker/Dealer, Member SIPC, and not a bank. Where appropriate, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has entered into arrangements with banks and other third parties to assist in offering certain banking related products and services.
Investment, insurance and annuity products offered through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC are: NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NOT BANK GUARANTEED | NOT A BANK DEPOSIT | NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Financial Wellness
Enhancing Financial Wellness enables your workforce to do their best work. Companies that invest in financial wellness have an opportunity to:
- Reduce employee stress,
- Improve retention and engagement, and
- Set themselves apart by offering comprehensive financial wellness benefits.
Ready to start a conversation? Contact JC Wilhelm today.
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1Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or 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 legal matters.
For more information, please see the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Client Relationship Summary.
2Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or 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 legal matters.
3Morgan 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.
4When 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.
5Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or 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 legal matters.
6Morgan 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.
7Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is a registered Broker/Dealer, Member SIPC, and not a bank. Where appropriate, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has entered into arrangements with banks and other third parties to assist in offering certain banking related products and services.
Investment, insurance and annuity products offered through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC are: NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NOT BANK GUARANTEED | NOT A BANK DEPOSIT | NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
8Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC does not accept appointments nor will it act as a trustee but it will provide access to trust services through an appropriate third-party corporate trustee.
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 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.
*References to length of service at Morgan Stanley include years at Morgan Stanley and predecessor firms.
CFP Board owns the marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and CFP® (with plaque design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements.
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1Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or 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 legal matters.
For more information, please see the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Client Relationship Summary.
2Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or 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 legal matters.
3Morgan 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.
4When 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.
5Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or 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 legal matters.
6Morgan 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.
7Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is a registered Broker/Dealer, Member SIPC, and not a bank. Where appropriate, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has entered into arrangements with banks and other third parties to assist in offering certain banking related products and services.
Investment, insurance and annuity products offered through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC are: NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NOT BANK GUARANTEED | NOT A BANK DEPOSIT | NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
8Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC does not accept appointments nor will it act as a trustee but it will provide access to trust services through an appropriate third-party corporate trustee.
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 and other legal matters.
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.
CFP Board owns the marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and CFP® (with plaque design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements.
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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