

The Conley Group at Morgan Stanley

Our Mission Statement
The Conley Group
The Conley Group helps clients develop and maintain a strategic vision and adhere to a discipline while navigating their financial lives. We believe this approach helps the client improve their likelihood of financial success.
We provide access to experienced planning, investing, and client service professionals whose perspectives can add value to each client’s unique financial situation. We offer an objective and consultative approach and treat others like we would like to be treated if we were seeking out advice on financial planning and managing wealth.
We are proud to make available to our clients so many outstanding wealth management resources, capabilities and intellectual capital accessible from a global Fortune 100 financial firm.
- Financial PlanningFootnote1
- Wealth ManagementFootnote2
- Professional Portfolio ManagementFootnote3
- Retirement PlanningFootnote4
- Asset Management
- 401(k) Rollovers
- Qualified Retirement PlansFootnote5
- Business Succession PlanningFootnote6
- Estate Planning StrategiesFootnote7
- Trust AccountsFootnote8
- Life InsuranceFootnote9
- Long-term Care InsuranceFootnote10
- Cash Management and Lending ProductsFootnote11
- Endowments and FoundationsFootnote12
- Alternative InvestmentsFootnote13
How We Can Help

As your dedicated Financial Advisors, our role is to tailor a personalized financial strategy which fits your needs. Our process begins with a detailed conversation that identifies what is truly important to you. We'll ask a series of questions to provide us with an in-depth understanding of your personal, professional, and financial situation, while educating us about your long-term investment goals, time horizon, and tolerance for risk. Over many decades, we have developed a step by step process for working with clients:
We take the time to fully understand you and your family - whether you're planning for retirement, purchasing a home, or living out your golden years - we consider all of your challenges, goals, and aspirations when building your financial picture.
Using your life goals as our compass, we create a risk-balanced strategy which maps a clear path to achieving your success.
We apply extensive research and analysis, and also utilize Morgan Stanley's full suite of resources, to ensure swift decisive action in all market scenarios.
We check in with you to deliver metrics around your portfolio, and ultimately measure trajectory towards your goals. Our ultimate mission is your success and well-being.
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Meet The Conley Group
About Sean E. Conley
Sean grew up in Clark, NJ and is from a modest background, one income blue collar family. Having lived with three others in an apartment until the age of 14, Sean grew up appreciating the value of money.
Sean began his career in the financial services industry in 1995, joining Merrill Lynch in their Financial Advisor Professional Development Program. He worked at what became BAC/Merrill Lynch as an advisor successfully for 26 years, earning the title of First Vice President.
He joined Morgan Stanley in October of 2021 as a Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor in Wealth Management. With decades of boots on the ground experience, Sean is equipped to help clients navigate complex financial markets and provide solutions to their wealth management needs.
Sean focuses on each client's unique financial situation, and always frames his process around defining the client's true investment and rate of return objectives, risk tolerance, time horizon, and current and future financial situation.
Over many years, clients have described Sean as attentive, knowledgeable, confident, and focused. Someone who really takes the time to get to know me, my financial situation and objectives, and that of my extended family.
NMLS#: 536393
About Sean R. Conley
Sean is a graduate of Rutgers Business School 2022 cum laude with a degree in accounting and concentration in Finance. Prior to Rutgers, Sean attended Hanover Park High school where he achieved over 100 HS wrestling wins and had the opportunity to wrestle on a NJ Group ll State Championship team. He was voted Most Outstanding Senior Male Athlete and was awarded The National Football Foundation Scholarship Award for Greater Morris County.
Away from work Sean enjoys weight training, golf, reading, and spending time with his family and friends.
NMLS#: 2492742
About Stella Dunn
Outside of work Stella enjoys outdoor activities like hiking and kayaking. She was as an active member on the Newton NJ Board of Education for 14 years where she served as Board President for 7 years.

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Portfolio Insights
Retirement
- 401(k) Rollovers
- IRA Plans
- Retirement income strategies
- Retirement plan participants
- Annuities
Investing
- Asset Management
- Wealth Planning
- Traditional Investments
- Alternative Investments
- Impact Investing
Family
- Estate Planning Strategies
- 529 Plans / Education Savings Planning
- Long Term Care Insurance
- Special Needs Planning
- Trust Services
Business Planning
- Succession Planning
- Business Planning
- Qualified Retirement Plans
Philanthropy
- Endowments
- Foundations
- Donor Advised Funds
- Impact Investing
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