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Our Story and Services
Morgan Stanley serves many of the world’s most sophisticated investors, and our firm is one of the nation’s leading firms to help clients with their personal wealth. As your Financial Advisors, we have experience with the unique challenges, styles and strategies that distinguish wealthy investors. We will work with you to help you preserve and grow your wealth, relying on the insights of seasoned investment professionals, a premier trading and execution platform and a full spectrum of investment choices.
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Fixed Income Capabilities
Here at Morgan Stanley, our wealth management services are elevated by working side by side with our Fixed Income Sales & Product Solution teams to create personalized Fixed Income strategies designed to meet your goals for income and returns.
Market Commentary
We're supplied with market insight for current and future conditions, to best map out how to get returns consistent with your risk profile.
A Leader in Municipal Bonds
Morgan Stanley’s Municipal Bond desk leverages the experience of the highest caliber Sales, Trading, Research, and Analytics professionals.
News Flow
Macro Events, company announcements, upgrades/downgrades, earnings releases, are all provided to us in a way that considers the effect on your holdings.
Custom Fixed Income Recommendations
Complimentary portfolio reviews, time horizon analysis, swap reports and traditional bond portfolio strategies designed to meet specific income needs.
Industry Leading Alternative Investments Platform
Morgan Stanley has an array of comprehensive strategies and global resources that enable us to offer opportunities in investments that can help qualified investors reduce volatility, potentially produce returns, generate income, and manage taxes. We offer alternative investment opportunities generated internally and from third-parties in private equity funds, private credit funds, real estate funds, direct private investments, hedge funds, and others, all to give our clients the ability to diversify their holdings. Our versatile alternative strategies can be categorized into four core solutions discussed below.
Portfolio Diversification
These contain products that aim to maintain a low correlation with the equity markets with increased risk-adjusted returns and a reduced reliance on any one company, sector, or country. We can't remove risk entirely from the equation, but with this approach we look to control it based on your current portfolio.
Tax Management
Products in this area are designed to lighten annual tax liability, defer payment of capital gains, and provide tax advantaged income where possible. Utilizing the proper alternative investment opportunities can provide significant advantages in the tax arena.
Income Generation
Put simply, products in this area look for higher returns and less volatility than traditional fixed income investments, while keeping a low correlation to both stocks and bonds. Potential for a current income stream or an inflation hedge is also there when considering alternatives under this category.
Growth Focused
Investments in this area are distinguished by their potential for excess returns. Providing our clients with incremental upside potential is possible as opportunities in this category look to capitalize on an "illiquidity premium" in private markets.
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.
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.
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.
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