Kevin A. Butler, CFP®, CIMA®, CRPS®, CPM®
Managing Director, Wealth Management, Financial Advisor, Certified Portfolio Manager, Corporate Retirement Director, Financial Wellness Director
Phone:
(781) 681-4928(781) 681-4928
The Butler Group at Morgan Stanley
Direct:
(781) 681-4928(781) 681-4928
Toll-Free:
(800) 343-7913(800) 343-7913
Our Mission Statement
We help clients to financially navigate life's changes.
Our Story and Services
We help our diverse clientele to make smart decisions about their money, so they can spend more time doing what they love.
Our team of experienced and credentialed professionals uses a consultative process to analyze your financial situation, identify challenges and deliver solutions to help you achieve your most important goals. It is likely we have worked through your challenges before.
Because we listen, we can understand your full range of concerns. We hope to earn the privilege of being your lifelong Advisors.
Our team of experienced and credentialed professionals uses a consultative process to analyze your financial situation, identify challenges and deliver solutions to help you achieve your most important goals. It is likely we have worked through your challenges before.
Because we listen, we can understand your full range of concerns. We hope to earn the privilege of being your lifelong Advisors.
Contact Us:
- Direct: (781) 681-4928
- Toll-Free: (800) 343-7913
- Fax: (339) 225-3014
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As your wealth has grown, so too has its complexities...
At the Butler Group, we understand the intricacies of significant wealth, specifically, the numerous variables you must consider in managing, preserving and transferring your wealth. We believe that every client situation is unique, therefore we will work with you to define your goals and objectives and tailor a solution to meet all of your needs. Below you will find details on the wealth and portfolio management process we deli ever to our clients.
Wealth Management Process
1) DISCOVER
Our relationship begins with a thorough understanding of your immediate needs, priorities and goals. We’ll discover details about your basic finances and help you take
precautions to maintain credit and preserve assets.
2) CREATE
We develop a tailored roadmap to begin to help you build your wealth and achieve the outcomes you seek. We’ll identify the strategies to help you:
• Plan for retirement
• Provide healthcare protection for yourself and your
children
• Revise your estate plan
3) ACT
Next, we help you implement the strategies we formulate together, taking into account special circumstances, such as alimony, child support and tax consequences of selling large assets like your home.
4) ADJUST
Achieving your goals requires vigilance and flexibility. We help monitor your progress and make adjustments as life evolves, markets and tax laws shift and priorities change.
Our relationship begins with a thorough understanding of your immediate needs, priorities and goals. We’ll discover details about your basic finances and help you take
precautions to maintain credit and preserve assets.
2) CREATE
We develop a tailored roadmap to begin to help you build your wealth and achieve the outcomes you seek. We’ll identify the strategies to help you:
• Plan for retirement
• Provide healthcare protection for yourself and your
children
• Revise your estate plan
3) ACT
Next, we help you implement the strategies we formulate together, taking into account special circumstances, such as alimony, child support and tax consequences of selling large assets like your home.
4) ADJUST
Achieving your goals requires vigilance and flexibility. We help monitor your progress and make adjustments as life evolves, markets and tax laws shift and priorities change.
Who We Work With
Our clients are high-net-worth individuals, families and institutions, who seek a team of experienced advisors to help them make smart decisions.
We Help Our Clients:
• Manage life events with confidence, including the transition to retirement, the sale of a business or liquidity event, divorce or loss of a spouse.
• Minimize taxes, while optimizing investment performance.
• Finance major acquisitions.
• Diversify highly concentrated positions.
• Prepare the next generation to effectively manage wealth.
• Achieve charitable and philanthropic goals.
• Adopt smart technology to help organize and manage their finances.
• Track progress towards achieving life goals.
• Minimize taxes, while optimizing investment performance.
• Finance major acquisitions.
• Diversify highly concentrated positions.
• Prepare the next generation to effectively manage wealth.
• Achieve charitable and philanthropic goals.
• Adopt smart technology to help organize and manage their finances.
• Track progress towards achieving life goals.
Our Clients Currently Include:
• Busy professionals and executives open to receiving advice.
• Successful business owners focused on growth or succession planning.
• Retirees and individuals planning for the next chapter.
• Families spanning multiple generations focused on legacy creation.
• Corporate 401k Plans.
• Non-Profits.
• Institutions
• Referrals from existing clients and industry professionals.
While our clients have unique goals and circumstances, they have one thing in common: The desire to simplify their finances and develop an integrated wealth strategy for now and the future.
We provide the knowledge and insights you need to succeed in today’s fast-paced world, so you may enjoy your wealth and leave the legacy you desire.
• Successful business owners focused on growth or succession planning.
• Retirees and individuals planning for the next chapter.
• Families spanning multiple generations focused on legacy creation.
• Corporate 401k Plans.
• Non-Profits.
• Institutions
• Referrals from existing clients and industry professionals.
While our clients have unique goals and circumstances, they have one thing in common: The desire to simplify their finances and develop an integrated wealth strategy for now and the future.
We provide the knowledge and insights you need to succeed in today’s fast-paced world, so you may enjoy your wealth and leave the legacy you desire.
Our Institutional Services
A seasoned veteran of the financial markets, Kevin has over 35 years of corporate retirement plan experience. He works with a diverse clientele of private and public businesses and non-profit organizations.
Kevin leads his team in helping each client with plan evaluation and design, vendor selection, investment review, fee benchmarking and educating participants on critical topics to retirement planning such as asset allocation and dollar cost averaging.
Kevin leads his team in helping each client with plan evaluation and design, vendor selection, investment review, fee benchmarking and educating participants on critical topics to retirement planning such as asset allocation and dollar cost averaging.
Corporate Retirement Solutions
Our dedicated Retirement Plan Directors deliver customized solutions to help ensure employee retirement readiness, negotiate plan expenses and guide investment oversight and selection. We serve a full spectrum of plan types including: 401(k) and 403(b) Plans, Pension Plans, and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans.
Please feel free to contact me to learn more about the services and capabilities we provide our institutional clients.
Learn More About Our Retirement SolutionsPlease feel free to contact me to learn more about the services and capabilities we provide our institutional clients.
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Meet The Butler Group
Debra Blair, CRPC
Portfolio Associate
Phone:
(781) 681-4911(781) 681-4911
Rian Butler, In Memoriam 1955-2018
Consulting Group Analyst, Registered Associate
About Kevin A. Butler
Kevin Butler is an Executive Director, Financial Advisor, Corporate Retirement Director and Certified Financial Planner for the Butler Group. He has 37 years of experience in wealth management at Morgan Stanley. Kevin has been recognized as one of “The Top Advisors in Massachusetts” by Forbes and Boston Business Journal from 2018-2022.
For nearly four decades, Kevin has successfully guided a diverse clientele of high net worth families, private and public businesses and non-profit organizations through numerous market cycles and periods of volatility. By putting clients first, he has developed a successful practice dedicated to building and enhancing long term relationships.
Kevin draws on his extensive experience and training to design customized strategies for high net worth families. His collaborative approach is centered on the belief that each client has unique circumstances. He not only conducts a detailed review of your finances, but takes the time to find out about your family, values, aspirations and tolerance for risk.
Kevin graduated Magna Cum Laude from Providence College in 1983, receiving his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science. He obtained the Certified Investment Management Analyst designation from the Wharton School of Business. He has also obtained the Chartered Retirement Plan Specialist, Certified Financial Planner, and Certified Portfolio Manager designations. As a Corporate Retirement Director, Kevin focuses on working with institutions to help design custom retirement plans, provide investment reviews and fee benchmarking, as well as educating plan participants on critical topics to retirement planning such as asset allocation and dollar cost averaging. Kevin is an active member of the Investment Management Consultants Association of America.
He currently lives in Scituate, MA and has one son and daughter. In his free time, Kevin enjoys skiing with his children, biking, sprint triathlons, and playing in a local jazz band. He is a trustee emeritus for the Catholic Charities of Boston.
2018-2022 Forbes Best-In- State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2018-2022). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.
For nearly four decades, Kevin has successfully guided a diverse clientele of high net worth families, private and public businesses and non-profit organizations through numerous market cycles and periods of volatility. By putting clients first, he has developed a successful practice dedicated to building and enhancing long term relationships.
Kevin draws on his extensive experience and training to design customized strategies for high net worth families. His collaborative approach is centered on the belief that each client has unique circumstances. He not only conducts a detailed review of your finances, but takes the time to find out about your family, values, aspirations and tolerance for risk.
Kevin graduated Magna Cum Laude from Providence College in 1983, receiving his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science. He obtained the Certified Investment Management Analyst designation from the Wharton School of Business. He has also obtained the Chartered Retirement Plan Specialist, Certified Financial Planner, and Certified Portfolio Manager designations. As a Corporate Retirement Director, Kevin focuses on working with institutions to help design custom retirement plans, provide investment reviews and fee benchmarking, as well as educating plan participants on critical topics to retirement planning such as asset allocation and dollar cost averaging. Kevin is an active member of the Investment Management Consultants Association of America.
He currently lives in Scituate, MA and has one son and daughter. In his free time, Kevin enjoys skiing with his children, biking, sprint triathlons, and playing in a local jazz band. He is a trustee emeritus for the Catholic Charities of Boston.
2018-2022 Forbes Best-In- State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2018-2022). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.
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NMLS#: 1282547
CA Insurance License #: 0C78363
NMLS#: 1282547
CA Insurance License #: 0C78363
About Debra Blair, CRPC
Debra has over 24 years of experience in the financial industry. She handles client communication, client and qualified plan reporting, and administrative and operational functions for the team.
She graduated from Massasoit Community College in 1990 with an Associates Degree in Accounting. Subsequently, she ran her own business and also worked at Scudder Investments. She joined Morgan Stanley and its predecessors in 2003. She obtained the Chartered Retirement Plan Consultant title in 2012.
Deb enjoys spending time with her family especially her granddaughter, pets, being outdoors, reading and doing various arts and crafts.
She graduated from Massasoit Community College in 1990 with an Associates Degree in Accounting. Subsequently, she ran her own business and also worked at Scudder Investments. She joined Morgan Stanley and its predecessors in 2003. She obtained the Chartered Retirement Plan Consultant title in 2012.
Deb enjoys spending time with her family especially her granddaughter, pets, being outdoors, reading and doing various arts and crafts.
About Rian Butler, In Memoriam 1955-2018
In Memoriam 1955 - 2018
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Evan J. Patterson
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Christina Berl
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About Evan J. Patterson
Evan Patterson is a Private Banker serving Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offices in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and 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.
Evan began his career in financial services in 1999. Prior to relocating to the Northeast, he served as a Private Banker in the Tampa Bay area. Before joining Morgan Stanley in 2010, Evan spent 10 years in high net worth lending at Merrill Lynch supporting teams in New York City, Los Angeles, and Jacksonville. He began his career as a Securities Based Lending Officer before rising within the firm, holding several other positions including Priority Loan Officer, Associate Mortgage and Credit Specialist, Consumer Finance Specialist and Banking and Liquidity specialist.
Evan is a graduate of the University of Florida, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with concentration in Finance. He lives in East Greenwich, Rhode Island with his family. Outside of the office, Evan enjoys painting, watching cinema, reading books, and listening to vinyl records.
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.
Evan began his career in financial services in 1999. Prior to relocating to the Northeast, he served as a Private Banker in the Tampa Bay area. Before joining Morgan Stanley in 2010, Evan spent 10 years in high net worth lending at Merrill Lynch supporting teams in New York City, Los Angeles, and Jacksonville. He began his career as a Securities Based Lending Officer before rising within the firm, holding several other positions including Priority Loan Officer, Associate Mortgage and Credit Specialist, Consumer Finance Specialist and Banking and Liquidity specialist.
Evan is a graduate of the University of Florida, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with concentration in Finance. He lives in East Greenwich, Rhode Island with his family. Outside of the office, Evan enjoys painting, watching cinema, reading books, and listening to vinyl records.
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About Christina Berl
Christina Berl is an Associate Private Banker serving Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offices in Massachusetts and Greater New England.
Associate Private Bankers partner with Private Bankers and 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.
Christina began her career in financial services in 2018 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2022 as a Vice President in Experienced Manager Development. Prior to joining the firm, she was a Financial Advisor and Market Developer at Thrivent Financial. She also served as a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch.
Christina is a graduate of the Texas A&M University, where she received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts with her fiancé. Outside of the office, Christina enjoys running, going to the beach, and golfing.
Associate Private Bankers partner with Private Bankers and 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.
Christina began her career in financial services in 2018 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2022 as a Vice President in Experienced Manager Development. Prior to joining the firm, she was a Financial Advisor and Market Developer at Thrivent Financial. She also served as a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch.
Christina is a graduate of the Texas A&M University, where she received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts with her fiancé. Outside of the office, Christina enjoys running, going to the beach, and golfing.
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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning and other legal matters.
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3Morgan Stanley 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 consult with your Financial Advisor to understand these differences or review our Understanding Your Brokerage and Investment Advisory Relationships brochure available at www.morganstanley.com/wealth-relationshipwithms/pdfs/understandingyourrelationship.pdf.
4Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is a registered Broker/Dealer, Member SIPC, and not a bank. Where appropriate, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has entered into arrangements with banks and other third parties to assist in offering certain banking related products and services.
Investment, insurance and annuity products offered through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC are: NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NOT BANK GUARANTEED | NOT A BANK DEPOSIT | NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
5Morgan 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.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning and other legal matters.
6Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is the trade name of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, a registered broker-dealer in the United States.
Check the background of our Firm and Investment Professionals on FINRA's BrokerCheck*.
The information, products and services described here are intended only for individuals residing in states where this Financial Advisor is properly registered as described in this site.
Morgan Stanley reserves the right, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to retain and monitor all electronic communications. Morgan Stanley will not accept purchase or sale orders via any Internet site, social media site and/or its messaging systems. Morgan Stanley does not endorse and is not responsible and assumes no liability for content, products or services posted by third-parties on any Internet site, social media site and/or its messaging systems. All electronic communications are subject to terms available at the following link:
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The securities/instruments, services, investments and investment strategies discussed in this material may not be appropriate for all investors. The appropriateness of a particular investment, investment strategy or service will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC recommends that investors independently evaluate particular investments, strategies and services, and encourages investors to seek the advice of a Financial Advisor or Private Wealth Advisor. This material does not provide individually tailored investment advice. It has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives of persons who receive it.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Individuals should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) is not implying an affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement with/of the third party or that any monitoring is being done by Morgan Stanley of any information contained within the website. Morgan Stanley is not responsible for the information contained on the third-party website or the use of or inability to use such site. Nor do we guarantee their accuracy or completeness.
The views, opinions or advice contained within third party websites or materials are solely those of the author, who is not a Morgan Stanley employee, and do not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, or its affiliates. The strategies and/or investments referenced may not be appropriate for all investors as the appropriateness of a particular investment or strategy will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives.
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