About James R Fucigna
James is the founder and principal of The Fucigna Group at Morgan Stanley.
With more than 40 years of experience as a financial advisor, James has significant experience helping companies administer their equity compensation plans. His focus is helping executives manage their individual equity plans and integrating this important benefit to a comprehensive wealth management plan. James is a regular speaker on Executive Trading at local and national meetings of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP).
James earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Connecticut. He holds the Family Wealth Director designation, which is earned by fewer than 4% of all Morgan Stanley advisors. He was recognized in 2012, 2018, 2019 and 2023 as one of America’s Top 1200 Financial Advisors by Barron’s Magazine and in 2015, 2018 and 2019 as a Financial Times Top 400 Broker-Dealer Advisor.
2024,2023 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded Jan 2024) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on time period from 3/31/22-3/31/23.
2012, 2018, 2019, 2023 Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors: State-by-State (formerly referred to as Barron's Top 1,000 Financial Advisors: State-by-State)
Source: Barrons.com (Awarded 2012, 2018, 2019, 2023). Data compiled by Barron's based on 12-month period concluding in Sept of the year prior to the issuance of the award.
2015, 2018, 2019 Financial Times 400 Top Financial Advisors
Source: ft.com. Data compiled by the Financial Times based the following time periods:
Awarded 2015; data 9/30/13 - 9/30/14
Awarded 2018; data 6/30/15 - 6/30/17
Awarded 2019; data 6/30/15 - 6/30/18
2025 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams Source: Forbes.com (Awarded Jan 2025) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on time period from 3/31/23-3/31/24
Securities Agent: AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, AK, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, AL, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VI, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, AZ; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
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