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Matt Henning is a Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor, Certified Exit Planning Advisor® and Certified Financial Planner®. He joined Morgan Stanley in 2024 and is excited to be a part of the Indiana Central Illinois Market.

Matt began his career in finance at the Chicago Board of Trade. In 2013, he made the move from Chicago to Zionsville, Indiana and transitioned to wealth management. Matt is passionate about forming strong business relationships with his clients – relationships that often-become enduring personal relationships with time. Matt makes his clients’ goals and concerns his main priority and is deeply committed to earning each client’s trust and loyalty every business day.

Matt graduated from Miami University earning his Bachelor of Science and his Futures and Options Certification from Northwestern University. He and his wife Jamee have two girls, Ella and Grace, plus their boxer, Bubba Goose. Outside of the office, Matt has experience serving on the board for Best Buddies of Indiana and coaching Zionsville youth basketball.
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Securities Agent: OH, DE, NM, NY, MA, TN, SC, NC, MI, IA, AZ, NV, WY, UT, KY, CT, CA, WI, GA, DC, LA, TX, NJ, NH, IN, IL, HI, CO, WA, VA, PA, MO, MN, MD, FL, AL, OR; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
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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.

ESTATE PLANNING

Your Trust & Estate strategy has the potential to be incredibly powerful if executed effectively. I am here to discuss various tax, trust, and estate strategies with you and your external tax and legal advisors to help facilitate implementation of those strategies. My goal is to provide you with strong analysis and communication of your complex situation, tailored to your unique needs to help quantify the gravity of making or not making a decision.

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We deliver the full range of expertise to help address different aspects of your financial life: strategies to invest assets, but also to mitigate taxes, transfer wealth, enhance philanthropic impact, reduce family conflict, and manage the affluent lifestyle.

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    800 East 96 St
    Ste 400
    Indianapolis, IN 46240
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    (317) 818-7403(317) 818-7403

    Meet My Team

    About Caryn Wilkinson

    Caryn has worked in the brokerage industry since 1995. She gained experience in training and operations while beginning her career at Charles Schwab. She is now a Portfolio Associate and holds the Series 7, Series 63 and Series 66 license, allowing her to accept trade instructions from clients. Her area of focus resides in assisting the team with marketing and research, college saving plans and charitable gifting accounts.  Caryn has a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing from Indiana University Kelley School of Business.  Caryn has two children, Abby and Aiden, and resides in Fishers, IN.

    About Jennifer Margason

    Jenny has over 25 years of client service and investment brokerage experience that she brings to clients. Jenny began her career on the investment trading and execution side of the brokerage business and from there she grew into a Financial Planning Specialist and Portfolio Associate roles, which she enjoys today. Her desire is to provide an excellent, high touch, personal service experience to clientele. She holds the Series 7, Series 63 and 65 license designations, allowing her the ability to accept trade instructions from clients in addition to her administrative responsibilities. Jenny and her husband Bill stay actively involved in their local church, as well as volunteering their time in the community. The Margasons reside on the south side of Indianapolis. They have three children, Robby, Tyler and Samantha.

    About Carly Taylor

    Carly serves as the Registered Client Service Associate with Matt Henning at Morgan Stanley. Her responsibilities include assisting clients regarding their accounts, administrative duties, and tasks related to daily operations.

    Carly began working at Morgan Stanley in March of 2022. She attended Indiana Wesleyan University and has a background in education. Carly holds both her Series 7 and Series 66 licenses.

    Carly lives near downtown Indianapolis. In her free time, she enjoys reading and spending time outdoors.

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    About Kimberly Guidone

    Kimberly is a Private Banker serving Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offices in Indiana.

    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.

    Kimberly began her career in financial services in 1996 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2016. Prior to joining the firm, she was a Wealth Management Banker at Merrill Lynch. She also served as an Investment Relationship Manager with Key Investment Services and a Financial Advisor at Thrivent Financial.

    Kimberly is a graduate of Wright State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Outside of the office, Kimberly spends time with her family enjoying hiking, camping, and other outdoor activities.
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