Daniel Higgins, CPM®
First Vice President, Financial Advisor
Phone:
(918) 586-7034(918) 586-7034
The Higgins & James Group at Morgan Stanley
Direct:
(918) 586-7003(918) 586-7003
Toll-Free:
(800) 877-8651(800) 877-8651
Our Mission Statement
Experience, intellectual capital and dedicated personal service to help you meet your life goals
Our Story and Services
As your Financial Advisors, we can help you define and strive to meet your goals by delivering a vast array of resources to you in the way that is most appropriate for how you invest and what you want to achieve. Working together we can help you to preserve and grow your wealth. You’ll have access to some of the world’s most seasoned and respected investment professionals, a premier trading and execution platform and a full spectrum of investment choices.
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Our Approach
As your financial advisor, we develop custom financial plans and investment strategies around your goals, needs and anxieties to help guide you on your financial journey. Our objective is to help our clients achieve and keep a position of financial independence.
We do so through our consultative process:
We do so through our consultative process:
1. Develop an Understanding of You and Your Family
• Listen carefully to understand your current situation, both short term and long term/objectives, and your concerns.
• Identify any challenges unique to your situation.
• Understand your financial priorities.
• Identify any challenges unique to your situation.
• Understand your financial priorities.
2. Analyze and Assess Your Finances
• Collect financial Statements, tax returns and other documents.
• Review your current and future financial situation.
• Analyze current investment portfolio.
• Identify any shortfalls or the impact of unexpected life events.
• Review your current and future financial situation.
• Analyze current investment portfolio.
• Identify any shortfalls or the impact of unexpected life events.
3. Create Recommendations and Present to You
• Develop a tailored financial and investment portfolio, utilizing Morgan Stanley Resources.
• Present your financial plan and investment portfolio.
• Begin implementation, addressing any blind spots along the way.
• Present your financial plan and investment portfolio.
• Begin implementation, addressing any blind spots along the way.
4. Ongoing Service and Commitment
• Set up regular portfolio and financial plan reviews.
• Discuss changes in your life, adjusting your road map accordingly.
• Regular communication with your CPA, Estate Planner, and any other advisors you may have to ensure coordination.
• Discuss changes in your life, adjusting your road map accordingly.
• Regular communication with your CPA, Estate Planner, and any other advisors you may have to ensure coordination.
Family Office Resources
For clients with combined net worth over $25 million, Morgan Stanley provides many of the same services found in Single Family Offices created by Ultra High Net Worth Families.
Financial Planning and Investments
We build and manage an investment strategy designed around your goals, cash needs, and risk comfort, then monitor it and provide clear reporting. This includes thoughtful diversification, tax-aware investing, and careful selection of investment managers and solutions.
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Tax Strategies
We coordinate year-round planning to help reduce taxes and avoid surprises. This includes working in tandem with your CPA on estimated payments, trust and estate tax considerations, and advanced planning strategies when appropriate.
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Wealth & Estate Planning
We help you protect what you have and establish a legacy by coordinating with your estate attorney and overseeing trust planning and administration. This includes asset protection, family partnership structures, and succession planning for business owners.
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Private Investments
Our team helps you access and evaluate private investment opportunities in private equity, venture capital, real estate, and private credit. Our support includes thorough due diligence, co-investment possibilities, and oversight of alternative holdings.
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Exit Planning
We’re here to help business owners prepare for major transitional events, from early planning through transaction coordination. This includes capital structure, tax-aware exit modeling, and coordination with Morgan Stanley M&A professionals.
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Administration & Financial Logistics
We simplify the day-to-day finances by paying bills, organizing reporting, tracking cash flow and net worth, and maintaining accounting records. This also includes secure document storage, consolidated performance reporting, and cybersecurity protections.
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Lifestyle Advisory
Lifestyle Advisory is our ultimate selection of lifestyle specialists. They are here to help make important life decisions simpler. From aircraft advisory, luxury travel, higher education consulting, and private health advisory, our group of specialists provides custom guidance to complement your lifestyle.
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Cash Management and Lending
Morgan Stanley offers a variety of financial products including cash management, debit cards, Morgan Stanley American Express cards, home loans, securities-based loans and tailored lending solutions. These comprehensive offerings aim to support your cash flow, liquidity and financing objectives.
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Family Governance and Philanthropy
Morgan Stanley can help create family mission statements, lead family meetings and facilitate succession plans. In addition, our experts can help identify shared charitable objectives, review trends and current issues, and facilitate your giving journey.
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2200 S Utica Place
Suite 300
Tulsa, OK 74114
US
Direct:
(918) 586-7003(918) 586-7003
Toll-Free:
(800) 877-8651(800) 877-8651
Meet The Higgins & James Group
About Daniel Higgins
Securities Agent: CT, AR, GA, CA, NC, VA, CO, OR, NY, MT, MO, IL, FL, WY, MI, AZ, TX, TN, MD, DE, NM, NE, OK, OH, MA, KS; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 1262188
NMLS#: 1262188
About Jeffrey Roberts James
Securities Agent: KS, OH, NE, NY, NC, OR, MI, MO, DE, CO, AZ, IL, AR, CT, VA, TX, TN, NM, MT, FL, GA, OK, MD, CA, WY, MA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 1369292
NMLS#: 1369292
Contact Daniel Higgins
Contact Jeffrey Roberts James
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
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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
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Family
Creating customized financial strategies for the challenges that today’s families face.
- Estate Planning Strategies
- 529 Plans / Education Savings Planning
- Long Term Care Insurance
- Special Needs Planning
- Trust Services
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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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Philanthropy
Making sure your philanthropic dollars are managed with the same high quality service as the rest of your wealth.
- Endowments
- Foundations
- Donor Advised Funds
- Impact Investing
Ready to start a conversation? Contact The Higgins & James Group today.
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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:
https://www.morganstanley.com/disclaimers/mswm-email.html. Any profiles and associated content are for U.S. residents only.
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.
*References to length of service at Morgan Stanley include years at Morgan Stanley and predecessor firms.
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Center for Financial Planning, Inc. owns and licenses the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and CFP® (with plaque design) in the United States to Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., which authorizes individuals who successfully complete the organization's initial and ongoing certification requirements to use the certification marks.
The use of the CDFA designation does not permit the rendering of legal advice by Morgan Stanley or its Financial Advisors which may only be done by a licensed attorney. The CDFA designation is not intended to imply that either Morgan Stanley or its Financial Advisors are acting as experts in this field.
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