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With many decades of experience at Morgan Stanley, Pam McGinley provides comprehensive wealth strategies and solutions to wealthy families, founders of privately held companies, and shareholders. Pam is a long-time team member of the New York Fourth Avenue Group. The New York Fourth Avenue Group was recognized as one of the 2024 Forbes America's Top High Net Worth Wealth Management Teams.

Pam works with Morgan Stanley's Private Markets Transactions Platform to offer resources including Morgan Stanley at Work and Employee Stock Ownership Plans. Clients are introduced to unparalleled solutions for shareholders equity compensation, 409A valuations, cap table management, IPO readiness, employee wellness, and stock liquidity.

As a seasoned Alternative Investments Director, Pam is among a select group of advisors who have demonstrated a high level of knowledge in the alternative investment landscape. She has worked with many top-level executives in the healthcare and technology sector, as well as venture capital and private equity.

Since 2020, Pam has consistently been named a Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors*. This award is given to the country's most successful advisors based on criteria noted below.

Pam is a proud mother of three daughters and currently resides in Greenwich, CT. In her free time, she enjoys opportunities to play competitive golf all over the United States of America.

*2020-2025 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 2020-2025). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on 12-month period concluding in Sept of year prior to the issuance of the award. https://www.morganstanley.com/disclosures/awards-disclosure.html
Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on 12-month time period concluding in Sept of year prior to the issuance of the award.

2024 Forbes America's Top High Net Worth Wealth Management Teams Source: Forbes (Awarded Nov. 2024) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC for the period 3/31/23–3/31/24 https://lnkd.in/etfAkW8g

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    Private Markets Brochure
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Family Wealth Planning

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    Estate Planning Toolkit
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WORKPLACE FINANCIAL BENEFITS WITH MORGAN STANLEY AT WORK

Our mission is to help your company elevate your workplace financial benefits—helping you to attract and retain top talent. Our end-to-end solutions support your company and employees at any stage of growth through a powerful combination of modern technology, insightful guidance, and dedicated service.

    Equity Solutions

    Equity ownership is a powerful motivator. Streamline equity management through our leading-edge technology and provide global audit-ready reporting and insights, alongside customizable participant experiences to engage and educate your employees on how to make the most of their benefits. Our global solutions support private and public companies at any stage of growth.

    • Equity Administration and Financial Reporting
    • Liquidity Events
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    Retirement

    For your employees, retirement is more than a date in the future—it's a milestone that takes time, hard work, and the right tools. Through our consultative process, we strive to assist with the management of your fiduciary responsibilities and risk, simplify plan management, and help you improve retirement readiness for your employees.

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    Deferred Compensation

    Access a range of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation plan services or pick the ones that best fit your needs. We provide recordkeeping and plan design, portfolio construction services, and plan education for your executive talent. We help you determine the appropriate plan design and inform a funding strategy through a needs-based assessment and consultative approach.

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    • Wealth Management Services
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    Executive Services

    Our dedicated team provides concierge-level support for your executives' equity compensation plans, from 10b5-1 trading plans to form filing related to Rule 144 transactions, to access to wealth management and tax-optimization strategies, so helping them navigate their complex financial needs with greater confidence and certainty:

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    Saving and Giving

    Saving and Giving benefits can make a real difference in your employees' lives as they can support the things that matter most to them—like saving for education and repaying student loans. Show that you are committed to your employees' priorities with leading-edge solutions that help them chart a path toward financial well-being.

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    Financial Wellness

    We offer Financial Wellness with every solution we provide. Through a powerful combination of education, digital tools and guidance, Financial Wellness is designed to address the unique needs of your employees and empower their financial journey at every stage. Give your employees the confidence to take charge of their finances.

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Meet My Team

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Gregory Keefer

Registered Associate
Phone:
(203) 625-4659(203) 625-4659
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Ashley Angelo

Sales Assistant
Phone:
(203) 625-4895(203) 625-4895

About Gregory Keefer

Fax: (203) 404-6867

Experience & Education
Morgan Stanley
- Financial Advisor, Sep 2015 – Present
- Portfolio Manager, Jun 2008 – Sep 2015

ClearBridge
- Associate Portfolio Manager, Mar 1998 – Jun 2008

• Fordham University, Master's in Finance, 2004

• University of Delaware, BA in Political Science and Government and Economics, 1993

About Ashley Angelo

Phone: (203) 625-4895
Email: Ashley.angelo@morganstanley.com

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
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Daniel Baez

Planning Associate

About Daniel Baez

Daniel Baez Fernandez is a Planning Associate at Morgan Stanley providing dedicated financial planning support to Advisors and their teams. Operating as an extension of the FA/Team, he collaborates with clients to discover and define goals that matter most to them. Leveraging state of the art technology, he will evaluate various alternatives and their potential outcomes to help clients confidently choose the appropriate course of action. Daniel provides expertise across a wide suite of Morgan Stanley planning tools designed to assist in the areas of investment accumulation, retirement, education, major purchase, cash flow, risk management, tax efficiency, and wealth transfer planning.

He earned his undergraduate degree from St. John’s University and received the Financial Planning Specialist® designation from the College for Financial Planning. Daniel is originally from Plainview, New York and currently resides in Bethpage, New York.
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Equity Compensation

Helping you make the most of your equity awards and better understand how it may fit into your your larger financial picture – today and tomorrow.

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  • Option expirations
  • Restricted stock units
  • Tax implications

Retirement

Working with you to understand your life goals and develop a personalized wealth strategy. Today and for the years to come.
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  • IRA Plans
  • Retirement income strategies
  • Retirement plan participants
  • Annuities
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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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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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Business Planning

Helping you on key aspects of your business such as ownership, liquidity and developing opportunities.
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  • Business Planning
  • Qualified Retirement Plans
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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
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Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving 

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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.
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