About Us

The Corbell Group at Morgan Stanley is a family oriented, 4-person team based out of Clear Lake, with over 80 years of combined experience in the financial industry. Rick Corbell partnered with his son, Eric Corbell, and his daughter, Stefanie Benesh, to form The Corbell Group with the commitment of providing a greater level of service for our clients. People choose to work with us due to our experience, comprehensive services and the global resources provided by Morgan Stanley.

Our team provides a personalized and disciplined process that is tailored to you and your financial goals. Our goal is to be your most trusted advisor through professional knowledge, our integrity and our personalized service.
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Working with You

As your dedicated wealth management team, our role is to tailor a personalized financial strategy which fits your needs. In our experience working with clients, we have developed a step-by-step approach to service
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    Discovery Process
    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.
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    Forming Your Strategy
    Using your life goals as our compass, we create a risk-balanced strategy which maps a clear path to achieving your success.
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    Implementing Your Plan
    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.
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    Measuring Your Success
    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.

CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS

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 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 an integrated strategy that is uniquely yours.
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    Financial Planning
    The cornerstone of an effective wealth management plan is comprehensive financial planning, which captures your goals, resources and expectations for the future. Effective planning can potentially lead to successful education and retirement income funding. It helps eliminate blind spots, and helps ensure legacy goals are met.
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    Retirement Planning
    One of our key areas of strength 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.
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    401(k) Rollovers
    If you have a 401(k) from a previous job, we make it easy to consolidate your assets into one account so you can monitor your progress and investment results all in one place. This helps simplify your financial life, keeps you organized and helps make your money work harder for you.
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    Corporate Retirement Plans
    For your employees, retirement is more than a date in the future – it’s a milestone that takes time, hard work and the right tools to achieve. Morgan Stanley at Work provides plan sponsors with a comprehensive suite of solutions and investment experience that helps your employees maximize their potential to reach their long-term goals.
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    Estate & Trust Services
    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.
The Morgan Stanley Wealth Management process begins with you, your investment objectives and your financial goals. Holistic in its approach, it may encompass all the elements of your financial life — your investments and your cash management needs — making sure they align with your goals and wealth management plan.

The sophisticated suite of tools and the extensive list of resources that Morgan Stanley offers, allows us to implement the Morgan Stanley wealth management process and translate your goals into reality.

Whatever your financial goal—whether to grow your wealth, preserve it or pass it on to others, you can count on us to help you with a strategy that is:
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    Personal
    Highly individualized and committed to helping you achieve financial success.
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    Flexible
    Responsive to changes in your life and in your priorities over time.
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    Comprehensive
    Covering a broad array of investment products and services, with preferred benefits tied to your valued status with us
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    Financial Planning Analysis
    To begin your complementary financial planning analysis, please click the link below.

INVESTOR 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
    Your investments and everyday finances are always just a few clicks away with Morgan Stanley Online (MSO) and the Morgan Stanley Mobile App.
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    Goals Based Planning
    Working with us, paired with our technology, is a great way to access advice and build a wealth plan. Read more about the advantages of working with our planning technology in reaching your financial goals.
    Learn more about our Planning Tools
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    Morgan Stanley Ideas Podcast
    The Morgan Stanley Ideas Podcast brings you revealing stories about the world of business, finance, technology and beyond.
    Check out the latest episode
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    Thoughts On The Market Podcast
    With perspectives on the forces shaping the market, join Mike Wilson, Chief Investment Officer and Chief US Equity Strategist for Morgan Stanley, as he and his colleagues discuss a variety of viewpoints regarding the latest trends in the financial marketplace.
    Check out the latest episode

Location

16055 Space Center Blvd
Ste 100
Houston, TX 77062
US
Direct:
(281) 280-3303(281) 280-3303
Toll-Free:
(800) 451-0467(800) 451-0467
Fax:
(281) 271-9071(281) 271-9071

Meet The Corbell Group

About Rick Corbell

Rick Corbell has provided financial advice to clients for over 30 years and has been with Morgan Stanley since 2002. His clients include high net worth individuals and families as well as private businesses. His mission is to understand each client's individual needs and work with each person towards achieving his/her financial goals. Rick also works with clients to prepare for life events, such as retirement and generational wealth transfer.


Rick and his wife Joyce have lived in the Clear Lake area for over 35 years. They are the proud parents of two sons and a daughter.
Securities Agent: TX, SC, ND, KS, HI, MN, CO, NY, IL, MI, AL, WI, OK, NC, LA, CA, MA, WA, IA, TN, GA; BM/Supervisor; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Transactional Futures/Commodities; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 1270162

About Eric Corbell

Born and raised in Clear Lake, Eric attended Clear Brook high School and the University of Houston before moving to Austin in 2008. In 2015 an opportunity presented itself to join his father at Morgan Stanley as financial advisor and financial planner. He believes goals based financial planning in the cornerstone of any investment portfolio and works to provide a plan for every client. Eric is also a member of the Portfolio Management platform at Morgan Stanley.
Securities Agent: WY, WI, VA, GA, IL, NH, MT, NY, SD, LA, WV, WA, VT, VI, UT, TX, TN, SC, RI, PR, PA, OR, OK, OH, NV, NM, NJ, NE, ND, NC, MS, MO, MN, MI, ME, MD, MA, KY, KS, IN, ID, IA, HI, FL, DE, DC, CT, CO, CA, AZ, AR, AL, AK; BM/Supervisor; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 1582744

About Stefanie Benesh

Stefanie Benesh is a Financial Advisor with The Corbell Group based in Clear Lake with over 12 years of experience in the financial industry working with clients across the country. She provides leadership and strategic planning tailored to each client to help them reach their family goals and financial needs. In 2018, an opportunity presented itself to part with Merrill Lynch and Join The Corbell Group here at Morgan Stanley with her father, Rick Corbell, and brother, Eric Corbell.

Stefanie focuses on helping her clients plan and take the steps to realize different financial goals while guiding them through the challenges they may face along the way such as the sale of a business, estate planning, succession planning, wealth preservation, retirement and more. She and her team along with the vast resources Morgan Stanley has to offer, can offer financial solutions to the lives of her clients and family.

Stefanie was born and raised in the Clear Lake area and lives with her wonderful husband, Brendan, and beautiful daughter, Vanessa.
Securities Agent: GA, AL, CA, TX, NC, KS, IA, WA, SC, IL, WI, CO, NY, LA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 1733946

About Jing Enriquez

Portfolio Associate
Series 7 - Securities License
Series 63
Has worked for Morgan Stanley and its predecessor firms since 1989

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 Michael Cheung

Michael Cheung is a Planning Associate at Morgan Stanley providing dedicated financial planning support to Advisors and their teams. Operating as an extension of the FA/Team, he collaborates with clients to discover and define goals that matter most to them. Leveraging state of the art technology, he will evaluate various alternatives and their potential outcomes to help clients confidently choose the appropriate course of action. Michael provides expertise across a wide suite of Morgan Stanley planning tools designed to assist in the areas of investment accumulation, retirement, education, major purchase, cash flow, risk management, tax efficiency, and wealth transfer planning.

He earned his undergraduate degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University and [received the Financial Planning Specialist® designation from the College for Financial Planning. Michael is originally from Hong Kong and currently resides in New York City, NY.
Wealth Management
Global Investment Office

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.

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.
Ready to start a conversation? Contact The Corbell Group today.
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5Annuities are offered in conjunction with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC’s licensed insurance agency affiliates.

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6When Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors (collectively, “Morgan Stanley”) provide “investment advice” regarding a retirement or welfare benefit plan account, an individual retirement account or a Coverdell education savings account (“Retirement Account”), Morgan Stanley is a “fiduciary” as those terms are defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as applicable. When Morgan Stanley provides investment education, takes orders on an unsolicited basis or otherwise does not provide “investment advice”, Morgan Stanley will not be considered a “fiduciary” under ERISA and/or the Code. For more information regarding Morgan Stanley’s role with respect to a Retirement Account, please visit www.morganstanley.com/disclosures/dol. Tax laws are complex and subject to change. Morgan Stanley does not provide tax or legal advice. Individuals are encouraged to consult their tax and legal advisors (a) before establishing a Retirement Account, and (b) regarding any potential tax, ERISA and related consequences of any investments or other transactions made with respect to a Retirement Account. Individuals should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.

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7Insurance products are offered in conjunction with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC’s licensed insurance agency affiliates.

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8Municipal bonds may not be appropriate for all investors. Income generated from an investment in a municipal bond is generally exempt from federal income taxes. Some income may be subject to state and local taxes and to the federal alternative minimum tax. Capital gains, if any, are subject to tax.
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9Fixed Income investing entails credit risks and interest rate risks. When interest rates rise, bond prices generally fall.

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