My Story and Services

The Zachary - Nicholas Group at Morgan Stanley was founded by Executive Director Zak Hanoyan and Financial Advisor Nicholas Phylactou in Boca Raton, Florida. We are dedicated in providing modern wealth management services to emerging individuals, families, and institutions by leveraging innovative strategies and prioritizing clear communications. Our group can bridge the gap between financial goals and financial reality by utilizing a combination of extensive experience alongside ideas, products, services offered by Morgan Stanley and a select group of external partners. This allows us to help clients effectively manage their capital in a holistic manner by providing investment advice and administration support across variety of topics that are important when managing significant wealth.
Services Include
Securities Agent: PR, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, RI, SC, AL, 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, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Transactional Futures/Commodities; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 2505434
CA Insurance License #: 4437734
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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.

MODERN WEALTH MANAGEMENT TOOLS

We offer a comprehensive suite of tools to manage your wealth more effectively in today's busy world. We are happy to assist you in signing up for any of these services.

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    Morgan Stanley Online

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    Digital Vault

    Digital Vault lets you easily and securely manage and share important documents such as account statements, authorizations, tax filings and other relevant documents with your Financial Advisor.

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    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.

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Resource Center

We believe financial education leads to better insights into our investment strategy and discipline, and ultimately, better long-term decisions. As a result, we are committed to providing you with important information about managing your wealth more effectively in today's global markets.
We have assembled the following tools and resources that reinforce the fundamental investment strategies and concepts of our practice. We've provided links and hope you'll return often to learn more about the topics that can impact your wealth.

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    529 Education Savings Plans

    529 plans offer a flexible, tax-advantaged way to invest for education expenses while helping to improve estate planning. Gain fiduciary oversight of your education funding strategy within the context of your broader portfolio through the exclusive Morgan Stanley National Advisory 529 Plan.

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    Global Investment Office

    The Morgan Stanley Global Investment Office provides you with world-class thought leadership timely market commentary, and portfolio ideas to help guide your investment decisions.

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    Portfolio Risk Platform

    Our Portfolio Risk Platform, backed by institutional-caliber analytics, assesses thousands of risk factors using a holdings-based approach to assess a portfolio's exposures, analyze how securities behave together across portfolios and forecast how they influence risk and return moving forward.

    Portfolio Risk Platform
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    Donor Advised Funds (DAF)

    A solution that may help you execute planned giving, offer an efficient way to donate complex and illiquid assets, and simplify charitable giving reporting while potentially mitigating taxes. Bring philanthropy into your wealth plan and help amplify the impact of your giving through the Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust (MS GIFT).

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    Financial Planning

    Morgan Stanley Financial Planning can show you a single, comprehensive snapshot of your finances. We can help you create a wealth plan that's adaptable to the different stages of your life using our award winning tools- Goals Planning System (GPS) and LifeView.

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Location

595 So Federal Hwy
Ste 400
Boca Raton, FL 33432
US
Direct:
(561) 393-1532(561) 393-1532

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 Frank Hammad

Frank Hammad is a Private Banker serving Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offices in Florida.

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.

Frank began his career in financial services in 2000, and joined Morgan Stanley in 2010 as a Commercial Real Estate Banker. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Commercial Real Estate Banker at BB&T.

Frank is a graduate of the University of Miami, where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration in International Marketing and Business Management, and Nova Southeastern University, where he received his Masters in International Business Administration. He lives in Plantation, Florida with his family. Outside of the office, he enjoys football and hockey.
NMLS#: 798426

About Rob Ward

Rob Ward is a Private Banker serving Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offices in Florida.

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.

Rob began his career in financial services in 2001, and rejoined Morgan Stanley in 2019. Rob has over 8 years of experience as a Private Banker at the firm. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Client Advisor with Seaside National Bank & Trust. He also served as a Wealth Management Banker at Merrill Lynch and an Institutional Fixed Income Sales Representative at Vining Sparks IBG, LLP.

Rob is a graduate of Florida State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. He lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with his family. Outside of the office, Rob enjoys spending time with family, watching Florida State football, and being outdoors.
NMLS#: 799983
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
4 Financially Smart Ways to Take Money Out of Retirement Accounts
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4 Financially Smart Ways to Take Money Out of Retirement Accounts

Discover how planning for required minimum distributions from retirement accounts can help you fund future needs and support loved ones.

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
2025 Global Economic Outlook: U.S. Policies May Temper Global Growth
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2025 Global Economic Outlook: U.S. Policies May Temper Global Growth

Global growth is likely to be around 3% in 2025 and 2026, as tariff and immigration policies begin to slow the U.S. economy late next year, and China's underperformance restrains emerging markets.

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
Taking Control of Your Finances After Death of a Spouse
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Taking Control of Your Finances After Death of a Spouse

Financial planning after a divorce or death can be trying, but with the right approach and the right advice you can turn a difficult situation into empowerment.

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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Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business

Selling your business can mean big changes for your life, both personally and financially. Know how to make the most of your windfall.

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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Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving 

There’s more to charitable giving than you may realize. Here’s one method that may be a tax-efficient way to give and can help maximize your impact.
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