About Me

Peter Thorne is a Vice President, Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley with over 24 years of industry experience. Before joining Morgan Stanley in 2001, Peter worked in Real Estate where he managed a large office with over twenty agents however, he always knew he belonged in the financial services industry.

When working with Peter, you are his priority. The centerpiece of your relationship with Peter will be the financial plan he creates for you. This helps to define goals, set expectations, and delivers the roadmap to achieving success. He takes great pride in helping his clients achieve their financial goals. Peter is an experienced investment professional who is passionate about structuring and managing portfolios to weather all market conditions. His decades-long experience provides the insight to help you avoid the pitfalls that investors make during difficult markets to keep you on track in achieving your goals.

Peter lives in Little Silver, NJ with his wife Julie and daughter Sophie. His family spends a lot of time at the beach during the summer and in the mountains skiing during the winter.
Services Include
Securities Agent: NY, NJ, MD, ME, AL, GA, VA, SC, RI, CT, CA, NC, MA, KS, TN, AZ, AK, TX, PA, OR, MT, FL, IL; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
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Working With You

I help people just like you, in every stage of life.

Whether you need help tackling college costs or taking full advantage of your stock options and retirement plan, I have solutions.
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    Asset Management
    I will strategically design and manage your asset portfolio by taking a look at several factors, such as any unique circumstances, risks, and preferences.
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    Business Owners
    Here at Morgan Stanley, we understand the unique circumstances that arise from owning your own business. Working with an experienced Advisor can help set you and your business up for success by helping to make smart investment decisions that will impact your business in a positive way.
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    Financial Planning
    Your goals, assets, liabilities and other important information are gathered and analyzed. I then use my perspective and experience with other unique clients like you to make recommendations on spending, giving and living.
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    Corporate Executives
    Working with executives comes with its own unique set of challenges. When investing Morgan Stanley knows that our clients want to keep as much as they can of what they earn. I am here to help you create a strategy that will minimize the taxes paid on investments.
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    Wealth Management
    I provide my clients with comprehensive service focused on taking a holistic look at a their financial picture. My goal is to help with growing your wealth, managing your liability exposure and devising strategies to pass your wealth on to the next generation.
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    High Net Worth Individuals & Families
    Make complicated decisions confidently. Drawing on deep, specialized experience, I tailor individualized plans to address your complex financial goals and help to come up with sophisticated solutions. I work with you to address your most complex financial challenges and protect the wealth you worked so hard to create.
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    Trust Accounts
    Morgan Stanley recognizes that trusts are a vital part of your overall financial picture- one that warrants a strong commitment to you. I will work with you to help you select the level of trustee services, depending on the size and complexity of your financial plan.
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    Nonprofit Organizations
    With the right advice, your good intentions can become your greatest legacy. Running an effective 501(c)( 3) organization can get very demanding and difficult to manage. I am committed in helping you with addressing the formidable challenges of sustaining your institutions. It is my ultimate goal to help nonprofits refine and communicate their strategies, improve governance, bolster fundraising initiatives, improve the administrative processes, provide introductions to donors, and offer guidance on crowdfunding.
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    Endowments and Foundations
    I understand the unique considerations confronting organizations that each face differing circumstances, balancing the strategic considerations between fundraising and/or grant-making. I have the experience and resources to create a fully customized solution.
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    Pre/Post Retirees
    Developing a plan for retirement is essential. Working with an experienced advisor can help with making sure you are meeting your personal retirement needs. Retirement planning can be stressful, I am here to make this stressful process as easy as possible.

Planning & Process

My goal is to create and implement a personalized financial strategy that encompasses all facets of your financial wealth and health. I deploy a step-by-step process that keeps you informed, involved, and on-track for your goals.
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    Step 1: Discovery
    I take the time to get to know you and your family as we begin to build our relationship. Regardless of your goals, I consider your entire financial and life picture to carefully craft a financial strategy that best fits you and your loved ones.
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    Step 2: Forming Your Strategy
    Using your life goals and personal circumstances as a blueprint, I create a risk-balanced strategy that maps out a clear path to achieving your goals.
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    Step 3: Strategy Implementation
    I conduct careful research and analysis that is coupled with Morgan Stanley's global suite of services to ensure swift and versatile action in all market scenarios.
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    Aladdin - Intelligent Risk Management
    There’s a chance your portfolio may be at risk, but how you manage that risk is what matters. Portfolio Risk Platform – Powered by Aladdin is a risk management platform that provides comprehensive risk estimation and reporting across a broad range of asset classes and security types. This platform provides both an overview and a detailed view to help better enable risk to be effectively monitored and managed.
    Portfolio Risk Platform – Powered by Aladdin
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    Step 4: Ongoing Review
    Once your plan is implemented, our work together has only just begun. I will consult with you regularly to monitor the performance of your strategy to ensure that you remain on-track towards your goals despite any changes in your life or the markets.
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    Intelligent Withdrawals
    Intelligent Withdrawal gives us the ability to look across multiple accounts and products to identify the right combination of securities and tax lots to sell so you can help meet spending needs while making the most out of your hard-earned money.
    Intelligent Withdrawals

Protecting Your Online Security

Your security is our top priority. Morgan Stanley proactively defends our systems and monitors our digital landscapes to anticipate issues before they arise and respond appropriately when they do.

The firm is actively supporting multiple layers of security. Security includes the following; Strong encryption protocols designed to protect your data, continuous monitoring to help detect and prevent fraudulent activity in your accounts, routine testing of our systems to identify potential vulnerabilities, and independent reviews by outside security firms to penetration test our applications and evaluate our processes.
Cybersecurity Best Practices
  • Safeguarding your personal information is one of our highest priorities. While many of us continue to work from home we find ourselves utilizing technology more now than ever. For some tips and tricks that can help you be more secure check out this cybersecurity checklist.
Security Features and Proactive Defense
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Alerts and Notifications
  • Automatic Session Time Out
  • VoiceID
  • Fraud Detection and Prevention
  • Digital Tools
  • Cybersecurity Fusion Centers
  • Threat Landscape Monitoring
  • Employee Training and Testing

Valuable Tools and Resources

Our comprehensive suite of digital tools are designed to help enhance every aspect of your financial life. Below are a few of the technologies we have to offer our clients. We have also included resources meant to transform complex financial analysis and research into concise and easily digestible content.
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    Morgan Stanley Online (MSO) & MS Mobile
    Morgan Stanley Online (MSO) has a variety of features beyond viewing your account balance and activity. Features include paperless documents, bill pay and secure account management.
    Morgan Stanley Online
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    Global Investment Committee “On the Markets” Report
    Every month, Morgan Stanley’s top research analysts publish their “On the Markets” report, providing detailed market commentary on such topics as global equities, fixed income and monetary policy.
    GIC Monthly
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    Total Wealth View
    With this service, you can view all your investments together – whether they are held at Morgan Stanley or elsewhere. When you add your external 401(k), as well as your checking, savings and brokerage accounts to this portal, all your assets will be in one place, providing a current and comprehensive view of your wealth.
    Total Wealth View
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    Global Investment Committee Weekly Research Report
    The Global Investment Committee's Lisa Shalett headlines this weekly look at markets, asset class performance and fixed income.
    GIC Weekly
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    Digital Vault
    The Digital Vault on Morgan Stanley Online allows you to build a centralized document library where all documents are stored using encryption.
    Digital Vault
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    Thoughts on the Markets Podcast
    With perspectives on the forces shaping the market, Mike Wilson, Chief Investment Officer and Chief US Equity Strategist for Morgan Stanley, and his colleagues discuss a variety of viewpoints regarding the latest trends in the financial marketplace.
    Thoughts on the Markets Podcast
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    Total Tax 365
    Total Tax 365 is our full spectrum of year-round, active tax management solutions, tailored to help you minimize tax drag in your portfolio. We offer a comprehensive range of tax-efficient products and solutions to help you manage your tax liability and grow your long-term wealth.
    Total Tax 365

Location

20 Linden Place
Red Bank, NJ 07701
US
Direct:
(732) 936-3345(732) 936-3345
Toll-Free:
(800) 726-6971(800) 726-6971
Fax:
(732) 936-3470(732) 936-3470

Meet My Team

About Melissa Dodson

Melissa Dodson is a highly qualified Wealth Management Associate who handles all administrative and day-to-day operations with personal care and first-class service.

Often the first point of contact, she assists clients with a wide breadth of daily needs, ranging from execution of equity and option trades, to providing a high level of service and problem resolution.

She has been with Morgan Stanley for 25+ years, holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Kean University and lives in Brick, NJ with her husband and two children.

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 Anthony Viskovic

Anthony Viskovic is a Private Banker serving Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offices in New Jersey.

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.

Anthony began his career in financial services in 2004, and joined Morgan Stanley in 2010 as a Regional Lending Advisor. Prior to joining the firm, he was an Internal Banking Consultant at UBS Financial Services.

Anthony is a graduate of Rutgers University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics. He lives in Ocean, New Jersey with his family. Outside of the office, Anthony enjoys being active, cooking, traveling and spending time with his family.
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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
A Simple Six-Step Retirement Checkup
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A Simple Six-Step Retirement Checkup

Checking in on your retirement plan may make a lot of sense, especially when market volatility arises.

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
Rational Investing in an Age of Uncertainty
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Rational Investing in an Age of Uncertainty

When it comes to investing, even the most savvy of us fall prey to bias and emotional trades. So what triggers should you watch for?

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
529 Plans: A Powerful Tool to Save for Education
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529 Plans: A Powerful Tool to Save for Education

Though education costs continue to climb, starting to save and invest early can make a difference.

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.
Ready to start a conversation? Contact Peter S. Thorne today.
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4Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC does not accept appointments nor will it act as a trustee but it will provide access to trust services through an appropriate third-party corporate trustee.
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14Investors should consider many factors before deciding which 529 plan is appropriate. Some of these factors include: the Plan's investment options and the historical investment performance of these options, the Plan's flexibility and features, the reputation and expertise of the Plan's investment manager, Plan contribution limits and the federal and state tax benefits associated with an investment in the Plan. Some states, for example, offer favorable tax treatment and other benefits to their residents only if they invest in the state's own Qualified Tuition Program. Investors should determine their home state's tax treatment of 529 plans when considering whether to choose an in-state or out-of-state plan. Investors should consult with their tax or legal advisor before investing in any 529 Plan or contact their state tax division for more information. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC does not provide tax and/or legal advice. Investors should review a Program Disclosure Statement, which contains more information on investment options, risk factors, fees and expenses and possible tax consequences.

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