My Story and Services

My goal is to thoroughly understand your financial needs and then align the resources to help you meet or exceed them. I can help you evaluate near-term concerns and plan for long-term goals, be a sounding board for investment ideas, assist you in developing and executing a strategy that is precisely your own and helps you meet your needs.

After starting my career in banking, I transitioned that experience into providing financial advice at Morgan Stanley, where I have spent the majority of my professional life. I enjoy helping people to accumulate and preserve their wealth and then transition that wealth into retirement income. Outside of work I love traveling, golf, cycling, playing softball and dining. I currently reside in Vero Beach, FL with my wife, Alma.
Education and Licensing
  • Life & Health Insurance Licensed
  • Series 31 - Managed Futures & Commodities, 1996
  • Series 63 - Uniform State Exam, 1996
  • Series 65 - Investment Advisory Agent, 1996
Services Include
Securities Agent: WY, WV, WI, WA, VT, VI, VA, UT, TX, TN, SD, SC, RI, PR, PA, OR, OK, OH, NY, NV, NM, NJ, NH, NE, NC, MT, MS, MO, MN, MI, ME, MD, MA, LA, KY, KS, IN, IL, ID, IA, HI, GA, FL, DE, DC, CT, CO, CA, AZ, AR, AL, AK, ND; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 1279378
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Our Suite of Services

As wealth grows, so do its complexities, requiring a nuanced approach to effective management. Our experience and relationships enable us to deliver tailored, innovative strategies to address your unique needs. Explore our offering below and discover how we simplify the journey of managing your wealth.
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    Financial Planning
    Financial planning is the cornerstone of our wealth management at The SVS Wealth Management Team. It's a strategic tool that helps our clients articulate and achieve their unique financial goals. By analyzing income, expenses, investments, and incorporating tax and estate planning, we craft personalized strategies that optimize wealth creation and help ensure long-term financial well-being. At its core effective financial planning is the key to a purposeful and successful financial journey
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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 security and confidence.
    Retirement Plans 2023 Quick Reference Guide
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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 or generate cash-flow or income as you require.
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    Cash Management & Lending Services
    Creating adequate cash flow and securing 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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    Alternative Investments
    Alternative Investments
    Our leading alternatives platform offers 200+ third-party and proprietary funds, including first look and exclusive opportunities, that may help qualified investors enhance returns, reduce volatility, manage taxes and generate income—while maintaining a goals-based approach for asset allocation.
    Morgan Stanley Alternative Investments

Awards and Designations

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    America's Top Wealth Management Teams - Forbes
    Recognized by Forbes in their 2022-2024 ranking of America's Top 100 Wealth Management Teams. Awarded to groups of experienced wealth managers that have proven track records of success according to SHOOK Research, which uses quantitative and qualitative data, including interviews, to rank teams.

    Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2022-2024) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on 12-month time period concluding in March of year prior to the issuance of the award.
    Award Disclosures:(https://www.morganstanley.com/disclosures/awards-disclosure.html)
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    Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams - Barron's
    Recognized in Barron's 2024 Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams. Teams are ranked on a variety of factors, including their size and shape, their regulatory records and credentials of their members, and the resources they have at their disposal to serve their client bases.

    (Source: Barron's (Awarded May 2024). Data compiled by Barron's based on time period from Jan 2023-Dec 2023. https://mgstn.ly/3WD0yje)
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    Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams - Forbes
    Recognized by Forbes magazine’s 2023 & 2024 ranking of Best-In-State Wealth management teams. Awarded to groups of experienced wealth managers that have proven track records of success according to SHOOK Research, which uses quantitative and qualitative data, including interviews, to rank teams.

    Disclosure:
    Forbes.com (Awarded 2023 & 2024). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on 12-month time period concluding in March of year prior to the issuance of the award.
    Award Disclosures:(https://www.morganstanley.com/disclosures/awards-disclosure.html)
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    Workplace Advisor – Equity Compensation
    This designation was developed for Financial Advisors with the expertise and knowledge necessary to help clients make informed decisions when it comes to their equity compensation.
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    Financial Planning Specialist
    The Financial Planning Specialist designation was developed for Financial Advisors who have significantly incorporated financial planning into their practice.

Modern Wealth Tools

Morgan Stanley's suite of financial wealth management technology makes it easier for our clients to view and manage their finances. It allows for a more in-depth view of a client's finances, allowing us to provide more customized advice and better service so you can make better decisions.
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    Portfolio Risk Platform - Intelligent Risk Management
    There's a chance your portfolio may be at risk, but how you manage that risk is what matters. The Portfolio Risk Platform 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 better enable risk to be effectively monitored and managed.
    Portfolio Risk Platform – Powered by Aladdin
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    Morgan Stanley Online
    Morgan Stanley Online (MSO) has a variety of features beyond simply viewing your account balance and activity. These include:

    - eAuthorizations: Authorize transactions securely, with a single click on Morgan Stanley Online and the Morgan Stanley Mobile App.
    - Manage everyday finances such as paying bills online, sending money or transferring funds.
    - Access to Morgan Stanley's current market research, as well as our financial education center.
    Morgan Stanley Online Registration
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    Digital Vault
    No more searching for vital financial documents. The Digital Vault on Morgan Stanley Online and the Mobile App allows you to build a central, shared document library where all documents are stored using encryption, guarded by Morgan Stanley's industry-leading cyber-security tools and team.

    Keeping important documents and financial records organized and readily available is one of the best gifts you can give to those you love. In the event of catastrophe or serious illness, your Family Records Organizer can immediately provide vital, timely information to both your family and professional advisors.
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    Total Wealth View
    Total Wealth View allows you to link your financial information from other accounts at other institutions directly to your Morgan Stanley Online or Mobile App profile. It gives you a more complete view of your financial picture and will help us make better decisions with respect to your goal planning. By updating your information in real time, it eliminates the inconvenience of having to provide statements and ensures that we are making decisions based on a full and timely financial picture.
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    eDelivery
    eDelivery provides you with the ability to view statements and other Firm documents electronically in lieu of paper. Clients who are registered in Morgan Stanley Online may enroll in eDelivery. Currently, documents available through eDelivery include statements, trade confirmations and prospectuses, general correspondence, selected Internal Revenue Service (IRS) approved tax documents, syndicate offerings, shareholder communications, and portfolio reports.
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Second Opinion & My Process

My team and I can offer a free, no-obligation analysis of your financial situation using a holistic approach and give you a detailed strategy. Using cutting-edge portfolio risk software and a study of your existing financial situation, we will explore your options in detail in an effort to maximize the returns on your investment. To offer advice and recommendations, we can model potential changes to your present portfolio using Morgan Stanley's portfolio risk assessment. With something as significant as your financial situation, it's advisable to seek a second opinion.

The items that are required and the topics that will be covered during this process are listed below. Although everything on this list applies to a single person, it assumes a joint household.

Helpful:
1. Approximate earnings in 2023.
2. Approximate contributions to retirement plans in 2023 as well as any company/state match.
3. Approximate spending in 2023. How much do you spend each month or annually.
4. Breakdown of assets:
a. How much and where are retirement plans or IRA's?
b. How much and where are non-retirement plan assets?
c. Will anyone be collecting a pension and if so, how much?
5. Social security statement as well as your social security payments.

Optional:
1. If you already have a detailed retirement plan, please provide it.
2. Your most recent tax return.

Your Ideas:
1. Your goals, hopes, and dreams.
2. Your risk tolerance levels.
3. What you would like your legacy to be.

My wealth management strategy is centered around you, your family, and your profession - where you are now and where you want to be in the future. My team and I provide the structure to help you get there. See our process below:
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    1. Discovery Process
    Where I invest the time to learn about you and your family, your assets and liabilities, and your risk exposures, which enables my team and I to formulate strategies and customize the relationship to your needs.
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    2. Formulation of Tax, Trust and Estate Strategy
    Working with your tax and legal advisors, my team and I analyze your income and estate tax circumstances to identify and tailor planning techniques that may be used to address your objectives.
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    3. Creation of Customized Strategic Asset Allocatio
    Your customized asset allocation reflects risk, opportunities and taxation across multiple entities, while integrating your investing and estate plans.
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    4. Integration of Tactical Asset Allocation
    Short-term adjustments seek to capitalize on temporary market distortions. Before making adjustments, my team and I analyze the impact of taxes and trading costs on potential returns.
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    5. 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.
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    6. Ongoing Assessment
    In coordination with your other advisors, we conduct ongoing reviews and comprehensive reporting to ensure that your strategy adapts to changing financial and family needs.

Location

8150 North Wickham Road
Melbourne, FL 32940
US
Direct:
(321) 751-2029(321) 751-2029
Toll-Free:
(800) 631-1221(800) 631-1221
Fax:
(732) 544-9070(732) 544-9070

Meet My Team

About Paul Buckley

I got into the industry because I like helping people, plain and simple. It's my goal to make sure your story and my story go hand in hand. I do this by leveraging my own experience in the industry, my team's considerable background, and Morgan Stanley's vast network of resources.

Your financial journey might have some daunting questions lurking around the corner. It's my job to put you at ease and make sure we both make it together.

When I am not at work, I love spending time with my wife Mia, our two children, dog and cat.

About Jessica Mazza

Jessica grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Clemson University in South Carolina with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and Accounting. Jessica now lives back in Middletown NJ, remaining close to family and friends. In her spare time, Jessica can be found spending time at the beach, working out, reading or traveling. She loves sports, and enjoys attending NY Ranger games, and NY Yankee games!
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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
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.

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.
The Business Case for a Financially Resilient Workforce
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The Business Case for a Financially Resilient Workforce

In the face of turbulent markets, the word “resilience” may be top of mind. Broadly speaking, resilience is the ability to “bounce back” when encountering life’s inevitable challenges.
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Awards Disclosures
CRC 6491812 (04/2024)