My Story and Services

Peter Knowles is a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley and a Partner of The Modern Heritage Group in Garden City, NY. He began his career at Merrill Lynch after graduation from Fairleigh Dickinson University where he was Captain of the Men’s Lacrosse Team. At Merrill Lynch, he served high net worth clients to create financial plans and strategies.

Peter is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER and he has been a guest on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ to discuss his team’s and Morgan Stanley’s opinions on the current markets.

Peter is from and currently resides in Long Island, NY with his wife, who is Chair of a local high school Science Department, and their three daughters. He is active in many organizations including Fairleigh Dickinson Alumni Board of Governors, local Chamber of Commerce, and Bulls Men’s Lacrosse Club. On weekends he enjoys spending time with his family playing golf, fishing, skiing and enjoying the outdoors.
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Securities Agent: AR, CT, VI, MD, MI, CA, NJ, NC, LA, VT, SC, MA, DE, ME, GA, NY, OR, AZ, VA, UT, TN, IA, WI, KS, OH, ID, WA, HI, TX, RI, NV, NH, MO, IN, IL, FL, MN, PA, NE, AL, CO, DC; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
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OUR SUITE OF CAPABILITIES

As your wealth grows, so does its complexities and the resources needed to manage it effectively. We leverage our experience and relationships to deliver innovative strategies that are tailored to your needs. We look forward to speaking with you to understand your challenges, so we may map out a strategy to help achieve your particular priorities and goals.
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    Wealth Management
    Wealth Management brings all the dimensions of your life together. We listen carefully to understand the connections across your personal life, your family, your career and your legacy goals to develop a comprehensive strategy that is uniquely yours
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    Retirement Planning
    One of our key areas of focus is helping you prepare for and thrive in retirement. From IRAs to RMDs, we manage the complexities of your comprehensive retirement plan assets, helping you easily transition to the next phase of your life with confidence.
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    Professional Portfolio Management
    Managing an investment portfolio should be a consultative, disciplined process that balances your attitudes about investing with careful analysis of the financial markets. Working together, we create a customized strategy that applies long-held investment principles to help your assets appreciate appropriately, generate cash-flow or create income as you require.
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    Cash Management Services
    Creating adequate cash flow and liquidity are the day-to-day aspects of implementing a financial strategy. We help you meet your personal cash management and borrowing needs, while thinking strategically about how specific approaches may affect current and long-term costs and taxes.
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    Estate Planning & Philanthropic Strategies
    Delivering an estate to the next generation or favorite charity requires more attention than families often realize. We coordinate with your estate and tax professionals to align your legacy goals with the appropriate asset titling and beneficiary designation requirements, incorporating best practices to help enhance results.
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    Business Planning
    Focusing on the factors that make a difference in your business —from your perspective on ownership, control and liquidity, to the key challenges and opportunities you may face.

WORKING WITH YOU: OUR SIX-STEP PROCESS

To create a comprehensive, goals-based wealth management plan for each client, we follow a rigorous yet flexible six-step process.
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    Step 1: Introductory Meeting
    We begin with an initial conversation to learn more about you, define what's important to you and understand your overall future goals.
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    Step 2: Discovery Meeting
    While every client situation is unique, we begin by learning about you, your family and your financial complexities. This step allows us to formulate specific strategies, and to customize the entire relationship.
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    Step 3: Formulation of Your Tax, Trust and Estate Strategy
    After reviewing your balance sheet and existing estate plan, we help analyze your income and estate tax circumstances to identify planning techniques that may be effectively tailored to your personal and financial objectives. We work closely with your tax and legal advisors during this step and on an ongoing basis.
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    Step 4: Financial Plan Presentation
    We then present a refined financial plan tailored to you using a holistic approach by factoring in tax, legal and risk considerations. This road map helps us to identify opportunities to enhance your existing financial affairs so that you live the best life possible while striving to preserve your legacy.
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    Step 5: Implementation of a Customized Wealth Strategy
    After comprehensive due-diligence and extensive analysis of expected results across a range of scenarios, investment strategies from our global investment platform can be leveraged to create your portfolio. This process can help create an efficient balance of risk and return for your specific strategy.
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    Step 6: Ongoing Assessment of Your Family's Wealth Management Needs
    Coordinating with you and your other advisors, we can conduct ongoing reviews and comprehensive reporting to help ensure that your strategy adapts to changing financial and family needs.

Client Service Team

    Kathleen C. Pozarycki - Registered Client Service Associate
    Phone:
    (516) 683-3241(516) 683-3241
    Email:Kathleen.Pozarycki@MorganStanley.com
    Kathleen C. Pozarycki is a founding member of The Modern Heritage Group at Morgan Stanley and is a Registered Client Service Associate. With over 40 years of experience working alongside High-Net-Worth individuals and families, Kathleen leads the team with all of its administrative needs while working alongside each of our clients Trusted Advisors. She seeks to create and maintain a strong relationship with clients by executing their requests.
    Kathleen and her family live on Long Island, where she is active in her community. When she’s unplugged, she enjoys reading, cooking, gardening, swimming, strength-training, travelling and spending time with family and friends.
    Kaylee B. McFadzen - Portfolio Associate
    Phone:
    (516) 683-3153(516) 683-3153
    Email:Kaylee.McFadzen@MorganStanley.com
    Kaylee is a Portfolio Associate who joined Morgan Stanley in August 2019. After graduating from Northport High School, Kaylee attended Binghamton University, where she studied Economics with a specialization in Finance. Kaylee obtained her Series 7 and 66 licenses and joined the team in October 2020. She is eager to continue developing client relationships and provide support to the team. She looks forward to learning and growing within Morgan Stanley.

    Kaylee resides on the North Shore of Long Island. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

Location

1200 Franklin Avenue 2nd
Fl
Garden City, NY 11530
US
Direct:
(516) 683-3125(516) 683-3125
Fax:
(917) 591-8574(917) 591-8574

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 Dana Jordan

Dana Jordan is a Private Banker serving Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offices in New York.

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.

Dana began her career in financial services in 2017 when she joined Morgan Stanley as a Lending Analyst in Private Banking Operations. She most recently returned to the firm in 2022. Prior to joining the firm, she was a Mortgage Professional at JP Morgan Private Bank.

Dana is a graduate of Loyola University Maryland, where she received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. She lives in Long Island, New York. Outside of the office, Dana donates her time to the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 1006. She is a Senior Gold Medalist and USFSA (U.S. Figure Skating Association) member, and enjoys partaking in CrossFit.
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About Andrew Bertalli

Andrew Bertalli is a Vice President and Financial Planning Director serving Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Management offices in Eastern Long Island, NY. He is responsible for helping Financial Advisors with their clients' and prospects' financial planning needs.

Andrew began his career in financial services in 2000 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2022. Prior to his current position, Andrew served high-net-worth clients for over 17 years. Andrew also has worked at Charles Schwab, USAA, and TIAA.

Andrew Bertalli graduated from Saint Francis College and has a Bachelor of Science in Business. Andrew holds his Certified Financial Planner® designation. Andrew lives on Long Island with his wife and children. Outside of work, Andrew likes to keep fit and spend time with his family. Andrew holds a private pilot license and served in the US Navy.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC 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 visit us at http://www.morganstanleyindividual.com or consult with your Financial Advisor to understand these differences.

About Angelo Loumbas

Angelo is the Family Office Resources Generalist for Family Office Resources in the New York Metro and New England regions. Angelo provides specialized knowledge to ultra-high net worth clients and their Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors across a broad range of family wealth management issues, including family governance/dynamics, wealth education, strategic estate and financial planning, philanthropy management, lifestyle advisory and customized asset allocation and portfolio construction. Angelo has over twenty-five years experience advising wealthy families, business owners, and philanthropic organizations.

Originally from Chicago, Angelo practiced law for 15 years and represented ultra-high net worth clients and the businesses they owned, as well as major philanthropic organizations. Angelo is admitted to the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. He has spoken on topics such as “Conditions Suggesting a Management Buyout” before the Chicago Bar Association Corporation and Business Law Committee, “Tax Consequences of Intra-Family Loans,” before the Chicago Bar Association Trust Law Committee, and “Conversations about Wealth and Philanthropy with Prospective Donors” before the Chicago Council on Planned Giving.

Prior to rejoining Morgan Stanley in his current position in 2018, Angelo advised wealthy clients in the financial services industry for 10 years, first as a Wealth Strategist with US Trust in Chicago, then a Wealth and Estate Planning Specialist within Family Office Resources in Chicago, and finally as a Senior Wealth Planning Strategist for the Wells Fargo Private Bank in Greenwich, Connecticut. Angelo earned his B.A. from DePauw University, his M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and his law degree from Indiana University at Bloomington. He is Series 7, 66 and 24 licensed. Angelo served as President of the Rotary Club of Chicago (“ROTARY/One”), the world’s first Rotary club, in 2009-2010, and now lives in Armonk, New York with his wife, a native New Yorker, and their two children.
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