Our Story and Services

Combining extensive wealth planning experience with an entrepreneurial spirit, our team crafts highly customized wealth management plans for a select clientele of accomplished business leaders, their families, and family offices. Our approach combines investment strategy and goals-based financial planning to encompass the full spectrum of our clients’ needs, inclusive of cash management and borrowing, trust and estate planning strategies, risk management, philanthropy, and even management of the affluent lifestyle. We also deliver sophisticated cash management solutions to individual investors and corporate treasury departments.

Led by a Private Wealth Advisor, Elisabeth Schreiber, who has founded and managed enterprises of her own, we understand many of the unique stresses and joys of entrepreneurial success. Many of our clients are also accomplished women who, like their male counterparts, have the sophistication, but not necessarily the time nor specialized knowledge to effectively manage their personal finances. We excel at helping all of these creators prepare for major liquidity events, helping guide them through the process to minimize their tax liabilities and lay the basis for financial wellness for generations to come.

We look forward to learning more about you, your family, and your vision of the future. To begin that conversation, please contact us.

Disclaimer:
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC does not accept appointments nor will it act as a trustee but it will provide access to trust services through an appropriate third‐party corporate trustee.
Capabilities
  • Asset Management
  • Sudden Wealth Financial Planning
  • Tax, Trust & Estate AdvisoryFootnote1
  • Cash Management & LendingFootnote2
  • Insurance SolutionsFootnote3
  • Philanthropy Management
  • Risk Management
  • Lifestyle Advisory ServicesFootnote4
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About PWM

Founded in 1977, Private Wealth Management is the division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management that is dedicated to serving the firm’s most affluent clients, including some of the world’s most accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and stewards of multigenerational wealth. Functioning as an exclusive investment boutique within a global financial firm, we deliver sophisticated solutions that leverage the intellectual capital and insight of Morgan Stanley’s substantial global resources. Drawing on a deep understanding of your financial life, our goal is to help you:
  • Manage investments with an unwavering focus on your financial strategy and personal goals
  • Create comprehensive, multigenerational wealth management plans based on your needs, challenges and the values that guide your life and legacy
  • Simplify financial complexity to help you achieve clarity and control
Private Wealth Management Highlights
  • Approximately 300 teams1 specialized in assisting individuals and families with $20MM+ in investable assets
  • Over $775 billion in AUM1
  • Comprising 25% of the Barron’s Top 100 Financial Advisors list for 2023
  • Direct access to ultra high net worth experts in philanthropy, family dynamics, wealth transfer, lifestyle advisory and other areas of interest to ultra high net worth families
1 Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, December, 2023

Source: Barron's.com (April 2023) 2023 Barron's Top 100 Financial Advisors awarded in 2023. This ranking was determined based on an evaluation process conducted by Barron's during the period from Dec 2020 - Dec 2021. Neither Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC nor its Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors paid a fee to Barron's to obtain or use the ranking. This ranking is based on in-person and telephone due diligence meetings to evaluate each advisor qualitatively, a major component of a ranking algorithm that includes client retention, industry experience, review of compliance records, firm nominations, and quantitative criteria, including assets under management and revenue generated for their firms. Investment performance is not a criterion. Rankings are based on the opinions of Barron's and this ranking may not be representative of any one client’s experience. This ranking is not indicative of the Financial Advisor’s future performance. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is not affiliated with Barron's. Barron’s is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company, L.P. All rights reserved.

Approach

Discovery Process
Investing the time to learn about you and your family; your assets and liabilities and the risk exposures, enables us to formulate strategies and customize the relationship to your needs.
Formulation of Tax, Trust and Estate Strategy
Working with your tax and legal advisors, we help analyze your income and estate tax circumstances to identify and tailor planning techniques that may be used to address your objectives.
Creation of Customized Strategic Asset Allocation
Your customized asset allocation reflects risk, opportunities and taxation across multiple entities, while integrating your investing and estate plans.
Integration of Tactical Asset Allocation
Short-term adjustments seek to capitalize on temporary market distortions. Before making adjustments, we analyze the impact of taxes and trading costs on potential returns.
Implementation of a Customized Wealth Strategy
After comprehensive due diligence and analysis of expected results across multiple market scenarios, strategies are chosen from our expansive investment platform.
Ongoing Assessment
In coordination with your other advisors, we can conduct ongoing reviews and comprehensive reporting to ensure that your strategy adapts to changing financial and family needs.

Working With You

The goal of our process is to help you create a comprehensive wealth management plan to reach your most important personal, professional, and philanthropic goals. We begin by learning about your history, your family, your interests, concerns and aspirations. We then reach out to your CPA and estate attorney to familiarize ourselves with you existing estate planning and coordinate our strategies. This discovery process enables us to develop an appropriate plan designed to help grow, preserve, and transfer your wealth. Once implemented, we closely monitor your strategy to make sure it stays current with yyour goals in an ever- changing financial and personal world.
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    Financial Planning and Investment Management
    a. Customized Financial Plans
    b. Tax Efficient Portfolio Construction
    c. Proprietary Risk Management Analysis
    d. Open Architecture Investment Platform
    e. Access to world Class Public and Private Investments
    f. Investment Due Diligence and Selection
    g. Monitoring and Reporting
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    Executive Wealth Management
    a. Executive Compensation and Benefits Analysis
    b. Stock Option Analysis
    c. Rule 144 Stock Analysis and Planning
    d. Diversification Strategies for Concentrated Stock Positions
    e. Section 10(b)5-1 plan
    f. Section 1042 Tax-deferred sale to an ESOP
    g. Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) Planning
    h. Restricted Stock and Section 83(b) and 83(i) Election

    Clients executing a 10b5-1 Plan should keep the following important considerations in mind: (1) 10b5-1 Plans should be approved by the compliance officer or general counsel of the company; (2) A 10b5-1 Plan may require a cessation of trading activities at times when lockups may be necessary to the company (i.e. secondary offerings, pooling transactions, etc.); (3) A 10b5-1 Plan does not generally alter the regulatory requirements (e.g. Rule 144, Section 16, Section 13D) that may otherwise be applicable; (4) 10b5-1 Plans that are modified or terminated early may weaken or lose the benefit of the affirmative defense; (5) Public disclosure of 10b5-1 Plans (e.g., via press release) may be appropriate for some insiders; (6) Most companies will permit 10b5-1 Plans to be implemented only during open window periods; and (7) Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, as well as some issuers, imposes a mandatory waiting period between the execution of the 10b5-1 Plan and the first sale pursuant to the 10b5-1 Plan.

    Preset Diversification Program is a registered Trademark of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, protected in the United States and other countries.
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    Wealth Management
    a. Cash Management
    b. Asset and Liability Management
    c. Tax Management
    d. Insurance Efficiency Analysis
    e. Education Planning for Children
    f. Retirement and Cash Flow Planning
    g. Business Succession and Exit Planning
    h. Pre-Liquidity Event Planning
    i. Collaborate with you other professionals
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    Estate and Philanthropy Management
    a. Family Governance and Wealth Education
    b. Estate Planning strategies
    c. Access to Wealth Planning Center for Advanced Estate Planning Needs
    d. Lending Services
    e. Insurance solutions
    f. Trust Services
    g. Philanthropy Management
    h. Lifestyle advisory

Monthly OUtlooks & Updates

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    Upcoming Firm Events
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    Global Investment Committee on the Markets Monthly Report
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    Global Investment Committee Weekly Research Report
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    Thoughts on the Market Podcast
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Meet The Schreiber Bliss Group

About Elisabeth R. Schreiber

Drawing on 25 years of diverse financial services industry experience, Liz Schreiber crafts comprehensive wealth management solutions for ultra high net worth families and individuals. Focusing primarily on the needs of entrepreneurs and senior executives in the technology industries, Liz and her team deliver highly customized solutions to preserve and grow their wealth, diversify concentrated positions, manage equity compensation and lay the basis for an enduring multigenerational legacy.

Liz began her career at Oppenheimer and company in 1995, covering the healthcare/managed care industry as an equity analyst. After completing her MBA|MPH at Columbia University, she joined SG Cowen as an investment banker focuses on the healthcare industry. In 2001, she branched out on her own, establishing Schreiber Capital Partners LLC, a consulting and advisory firm. Her firm worked with a select group of family offices to manage asset allocation and investments, including private equity and real estate. She later spent four years working with noted fund manager Boniface “Buzz” Zaino, both at Royce Fund Services and Dawntreader Capital. As an Equity Analyst, she covered a $5 billion portfolio focused on the U.S. small-cap sector. She then spent five years at Deutsche Bank and five years at Alex. Brown in their private wealth management division.

Liz has been involved in many nonprofits including The Aspen Art Museum, The MOXI Children’s Museum in Santa Barbara, and Girls, Inc. She has also been a member of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy based in Washington, D.C. where her father serves as Chairman and Trustee along with her brother.

Originally from New York City and Greenwich, Connecticut, she relocated to the West Coast in 2006. Currently she resides in Santa Barbara, California with her young daughter and fiancé.
Securities Agent: FL, NV, MI, SC, VA, ME, CA, NY, OK, MA, SD, IL, CT, CO, UT, PA, DE, MN, NC, TX, RI, MD, KS, WA, NJ; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 2243544
CA Insurance License #: 0M64207

About Stephen Bliss

Drawing on 40 years of institutional and individual asset management and planning experience, Steve Bliss crafts comprehensive wealth strategies for a select global clientele of highly affluent families and individuals. His move to Morgan Stanley in 2021 was motivated by his commitment to expanding the range of services he could offer his clients. Steve combines his own talents with the firm’s vast resources and supporting expertise to deliver highly customized solutions and an outstanding service experience.
Steve began his career at Cantor Fitzgerald in the early 1990s, originally serving Fiduciary Institutions. Over many successful years managing the proprietary assets of institutional securities dealers, Steve ascended into senior management roles and transitioned into advisory services. He moved on to Alex. Brown, a division of Raymond James, before joining forces with the Schreiber Team at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management.
Steve attended The Brooks School and Trinity College, where he earned a B.A. in Economics. He has three grown children, and lives in Connecticut with his wife.
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NMLS#: 2347031

About Audra Lee Benge

Bringing thirteen years of wealth management experience to the service of the team’s clients, Audra Benge crafts comprehensive solutions to help highly accomplished entrepreneurs and executives protect their assets and pursue their goals.

Originally from Dallas, TX, Audra began her career in Wealth Management working part time as a Client Service Associate at UBS while earning her bachelor’s degree in economics from Eugene Lang, The New School for Liberal Arts in New York City. She went on to complete a Master of Science in Global Finance from Fordham University and joined UBS full time. While with UBS, she moved to Los Angeles and continued her focus on Retirement planning by earning a Chartered Retirement Plan Specialist designation, in addition to obtaining her Life and Health Insurance licenses. In 2017, she joined Alex. Brown, Raymond James, where she met her current business partner, Liz Schreiber. Together, they joined Morgan Stanley in 2021 and continue to grow their business providing sophisticated and holistic guidance in all areas of their clients’ financial lives.

Audra has since moved home to Dallas, Texas. She and her teacup poodle, Rhubarb, live downtown in a historic building that used to be the Sears, Roebuck & Co warehouse. In addition to Pilates and reading, Audra spends her free time volunteering with the Junior League of Dallas and practicing her Spanish.
Securities Agent: NJ, FL, NY, WA, CA, TX, NV, NC, CO, SD, DE, SC, CT, VA, MN, MI; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
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CA Insurance License #: 0K70164

About Anthony Chavez

Responsible for an extensive variety of administrative and operational functions, Anthony Chavez contributes to an outstanding overall service experience. He also supports the team’s Advisors in delivering tailored investment and financial planning solutions to help accomplished executives, entrepreneurs and founders preserve and grow their wealth.

Anthony is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley where he majored in economics. In his free time, he enjoys exploring new trails, cycling and working on cars.
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  • Wealth Transfer & Philanthropy
  • Cash Management & Lending
  • Family Governance & Wealth Education
  • Lifestyle Advisory
  • Business Services
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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC does not accept appointments nor will it act as a trustee but it will provide access to trust services through an appropriate third-party corporate trustee.

Asset Allocation does not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining financial markets.

The securities/instruments, investments and investment strategies discussed on this website may not be suitable for all investors. The appropriateness of a particular investment or investment strategy will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives. The views and opinions expressed on this website may not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”). This website and its associated content are intended for U.S. residents only.

Morgan Stanley and its Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Visitors to this website should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning and other legal matters.

Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Advisers may only transact business in states where they are registered or excluded or exempted from registration. Transacting business, follow-up and individualized responses involving either effecting or attempting to effect transactions in securities, or the rendering of personalized investment advice for compensation, will not be made to persons in states where Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Advisers are not registered or excluded or exempt from registration.

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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is a registered Broker/Dealer, Member SIPC, and not a bank. Where appropriate, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has entered into arrangements with banks and other third parties to assist in offering certain banking related products and services.

Investment, insurance and annuity products offered through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC are: NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NOT BANK GUARANTEED | NOT A BANK DEPOSIT | NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY

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