Michael Idy
First Vice President,
Financial Advisor,
Senior Portfolio Manager
Direct:
(561) 650-7563(561) 650-7563
My Mission Statement
Experience, intellectual capital and dedicated personal service to help you meet your life goals
My Story and Services
With 13 years of industry experience, Michael Idy is a dedicated Financial Advisor and First Vice President at Morgan Stanley. A graduate of The Taft School, Michael pursued higher education at the University of Miami, where he earned an Economics degree.
Before joining Morgan Stanley, Michael gained valuable experience at UBS, where he served as a financial advisor developing a strong foundation in wealth management and financial markets. Passionate about providing personalized financial advice, he takes pride in helping clients achieve their financial goals. Outside of work, Michael enjoys playing tennis and spending time with his family.
As your Financial Advisor, Michael 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, he 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.
Before joining Morgan Stanley, Michael gained valuable experience at UBS, where he served as a financial advisor developing a strong foundation in wealth management and financial markets. Passionate about providing personalized financial advice, he takes pride in helping clients achieve their financial goals. Outside of work, Michael enjoys playing tennis and spending time with his family.
As your Financial Advisor, Michael 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, he 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: MD, FL, WY, GA, ID, NJ, NV, NY, WA, TX, PA, VA, MA, CT, CO, CA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 2045720
NMLS#: 2045720
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WORKING WITH YOU
With greater wealth comes greater complexity. My practice offers personalized financial solutions and services to a diverse range of clients, including individuals, families, and small businesses. I work closely with clients to understand their unique financial goals and objectives, and develop customized strategies to help them achieve their desired outcomes.
Comprehensive Wealth Planning
Wealth management goes far beyond investments. The key to achieving the future you envision is a goals-based plan based on you—where you are today, how far you have to go and what you need to do to get there.
Multi-Generational Families
Our financial planning process for multi-generational families includes a rigorous analysis of your lifestyle spending, tax obligations, and future gifting plans. This analysis drives our strategy as it pertains to financial and estate planning for wealth preservation, tax optimization, investment allocation, and asset gifting decisions.
Professional Portfolio Management
We will devise and implement investment strategies and processes to help you meet your goals and constraints, construct and manage portfolios, making decisions on what and when to buy and sell investments.
Business Owners
We work with business owners, helping them to create a comprehensive Wealth Plan based on their businesses and personal financial goals. This may include considerations of continuity of a business within a family or a planned eventual sale of the business.
Cash Management & Lending
Complement your investment strategy and benefit from greater flexibility when you take advantage of our industry-leading cash management and financing solutions. Smart use of borrowing can help provide funding for personal, business or real estate needs– potentially without selling your investments.
Women & Wealth
Whether you are a single woman or mother, a divorcee or widow, or a happily married woman in charge of the finances, we want to assist you in education, resources and planning to help you navigate all things financial.
Risk Management
Uncertainty can’t be erased, but it can be mitigated. Our sophisticated Portfolio Risk Platform (Aladdin) stress tests your portfolio against 70+ scenarios. Our risk analytics are integrated throughout the investment process.
Corporate Executives
Working with executives comes with its own unique set of challenges. When investing we know that our clients want to keep as much as they can of what they earn. We are here to help you create a strategy that will minimize the taxes paid on investments.
Morgan Stanley Online (MSO)
Your investments and everyday finances are always just a few clicks away with Morgan Stanley Online (MSO) and the Morgan Stanley Mobile App.
Learn More About MSO
eServices
Send/receive wire transfers, review your monthly statements and safely store your important documents with our suite of eServices. With eDelivery, eAuthorization, eSign and our Digital Vault you can avoid the hassle of paper and monitor your accounts from your MSO account and the MSO mobile app.
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Total Wealth View
Complete your financial picture with Total Wealth View. By linking your account information, you will benefit from more informed wealth planning, more secure data access, and convenient connectivity.
Learn More and Enroll in Total Wealth View
Reserved Living & Giving
Reserved Living & Giving is a tiered complimentary loyalty program that rewards Morgan Stanley's most valued clients. The program is designed to enhance your lifestyle and relationship with the firm beyond traditional wealth management services. As a Reserved member, clients will have access to exclusive partner offers and discounts, as well as thought leadership content on a variety of lifestyle and personal finance topics.
Learn More
Morgan Stanley Ideas Podcast
The Morgan Stanley Ideas Podcast brings you revealing stories about the world of business, finance, technology, and beyond.
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Thoughts on the Markets Podcast
Detailed market commentary from Morgan Stanley's though leaders on topics such as global equities, fixed income, monetary policy and more.
Listen Here
Total Tax 365
Taxes can be a substantial drag on investment returns. Morgan Stanley Total Tax 365 offers access to a broad range of tax-efficient strategies to help you integrate tax planning into your investment process all year long, maximize portfolio after-tax return potential and help keep more of what you earn.
Learn More about Total Tax 365
2024 Income Tax Tables
Federal tax information for 2024, including Income Tax Tables, Contribution Limits, Deadlines, etc.
Click Here To View The 2024 Income Tax TablesFAMILY OFFICE RESOURCES
Family Office Resources Overview
This slide deck provides more information about Morgan Stanley's suite of Family Office Resources, touching upon the complex, multigenerational wealth management issues of high net worth families like yours, the evolution of your family's needs, and the moving parts to consider when putting the foundational elements in place.
Family Office Resources Overview
Portfolio Construction
Take a look at the following deck to get additional clarity on some important questions to consider for your wealth management journey:
○ How can I find high-quality emerging managers?
○ How do I identify leading managers across my entire asset allocation?
○ Are the fees I'm being charged worth the services I am receiving?
Portfolio Construction Deck○ How can I find high-quality emerging managers?
○ How do I identify leading managers across my entire asset allocation?
○ Are the fees I'm being charged worth the services I am receiving?
Philanthropy Management
Use this document to better understand how Family Office Resources can help with your Philanthropy Management strategy. Specifically, learn more about:
○ Advisory Services
○ Giving Assistance
○ Connections
Philanthropy Management Document○ Advisory Services
○ Giving Assistance
○ Connections
Family Governance & Wealth Education
Give this document a read to learn more about some ideas to consider to better guide your overall family governance structure and education.
Family Governance & Wealth Education
Estate Planning Strategies
The goal is to provide you with quantitative analyses of complex situations and scenarios, tailored to your unique needs to help quantify the degree and direction of making or not making a decision.
Estate Planning Strategies One Pager
Lifestyle Advisory Offering
Check out this one pager covering some of our lifestyle solutions, from every day to extraordinary aspects of your life:
○ Travel & Concierge Services
○ Health & Security Advisory
○ Personal Enrichment
○ Tangible Asset Management
○ Financial Administration
Lifestyle Advisory Offering One Pager○ Travel & Concierge Services
○ Health & Security Advisory
○ Personal Enrichment
○ Tangible Asset Management
○ Financial Administration
Wealth Strategies & Planning Tools
This slide deck covers some of the ways our Family Office specialists can help out with your financial planning needs. Take a look for additional clarity on the following questions:
○ How should I think about investments in the context of my estate plan, tax situation, and anticipated spending?
○ What is the appropriate asset allocation that balances risk vs. reward and will best help me achieve my goals?
○ What choices do I have with respect to my stock options and shares?
○ What decisions can I make today to improve my wealth over time?
Wealth Strategies & Planning Tools Slide Deck○ How should I think about investments in the context of my estate plan, tax situation, and anticipated spending?
○ What is the appropriate asset allocation that balances risk vs. reward and will best help me achieve my goals?
○ What choices do I have with respect to my stock options and shares?
○ What decisions can I make today to improve my wealth over time?
WHY ADVICE MATTERS
As your life and career evolve, so do your goals. We help answer your critical financial questions and adapt your strategy to meet your challenging needs. Here are just some of the questions we help our clients answer every day.
Will I be able to retire on my current timetable?
Where will my retirement income come from? Will my 401(k) plan be enough?
Can we afford a vacation home?
Can my family manage my assets without me?
How much should I save for the cost of education?
Can I help my child with a start-up business idea?
What is the best approach for talking to our children about our family wealth?
How do I help my children and their families prepare for their financial futures?
Will I be able to retire on my current timetable?
Where will my retirement income come from? Will my 401(k) plan be enough?
Can we afford a vacation home?
Can my family manage my assets without me?
How much should I save for the cost of education?
Can I help my child with a start-up business idea?
What is the best approach for talking to our children about our family wealth?
How do I help my children and their families prepare for their financial futures?
Location
777 S Flagler Drive
Suite 700E
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
US
Direct:
(561) 650-7563(561) 650-7563
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
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
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
Are You Prepared for Tax Day?
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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
Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving
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Ready to start a conversation? Contact Michael Idy today.
1Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is the trade name of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, a registered broker-dealer in the United States.
2When 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.
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.
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.
4Morgan 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.
5Morgan 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.
6Morgan 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.
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
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:
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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 Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and federally registered CFP (with flame 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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2When 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.
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.
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.
4Morgan 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.
5Morgan 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.
6Morgan 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.
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
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 Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and federally registered CFP (with flame 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.
Awards Disclosures
CRC 6491812 (04/2024)
