Group Overview

The Snetro Group utilizes the vast resources of a financial powerhouse to help meet the complex and often unique needs of families with wealth. Family Wealth Management is a premier service offered through Morgan Stanley, that allows access to select resources. Our Financial Advisors must satisfy rigorous accreditation and continuing education requirements. Each member of our team is highly skilled in analyzing the complex potential opportunities and challenges you may face. Working with the Snetro Group puts the expertise of Morgan Stanley at your disposal. Our Financial Advisors can access extraordinary resources, competitive pricing, and potential co-investment opportunities traditionally reserved for major institutional clients. The services and benefits described grow out of years of experience working with very successful families and family offices. Personal attention and global resources create a platform for our wealthiest clients and their families. We invite you to experience this amazing combination of global financial strength and personal attention to your financial needs while we build a fruitful and long lasting relationship.
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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 virtually 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 helping achieve 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 help ensure swift decisive action in various 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 help achieve your particular priorities and goals.
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    Wealth Management
    Wealth management brings virtually 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 confidence.
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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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    Asset Management
    Managing an investment portfolio should be a consultative, disciplined process that balances your attitudes about investing with careful analysis of the financial markets. Working together, we create a personalized strategy that applies long-held investment principles to help your assets appreciate appropriately or generate income as you require.
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    Alternative Investments
    Morgan Stanley provides individuals and institutions access to world-class alternative investment strategies.
The Morgan Stanley Wealth Management process begins with you, your investment objectives and your financial goals. Holistic in its approach, it may encompass virtually 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 help 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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    GIC Weekly Research Report
    The Global Investment Committee's Lisa Shalett headlines this weekly look at markets, asset class performance and fixed income.
    Click here for the most recent "GIC Weekly" Report
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    Total Wealth View
    Complete your financial picture with Total Wealth View. By linking your account information, you will benefit from more informed wealth planning, more secure data access, and convenient connectivity.
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    On The Markets Research Report
    Detailed market commentary from Morgan Stanley's thought leaders on topics such as global equities, fixed income, monetary policy and more.
    Click here for the most recent “On the Markets” Report
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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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    Online Security Center
    At Morgan Stanley, safeguarding your assets and personal information is among our highest priorities. Learn about our security measures and use our resources and ideas to help protect yourself online.
    Learn more about Online Security Center
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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
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    Morgan Stanley Family Office
    The Snetro Group was asked by Morgan Stanley to speak to 400 of our peers at a regional meeting at Gillette Stadium for the Southern New England Modern Wealth Summit in May 2023.

    We discussed working with an elite platform within Morgan Stanley called the Morgan Stanley Family Office. The MSFO works with the largest family foundations in the world to address the full spectrum of the families' complex and multigenerational challenges of managing significant wealth.

    The Snetro Group has the privilege of working with one of the largest family foundations in America.

Location

545 Long Wharf Dr
7th Fl
New Haven, CT 06511
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Direct:
(203) 786-2115(203) 786-2115
Toll-Free:
(800) 243-6605(800) 243-6605

Meet The Snetro Group

About Pamela Snetro

Pamela assists clients and their families in the preparation of Family Mission Statements and Investment Policy reviews by integrating comprehensive wealth planning with legacy planning and family governance. Pamela began her career in the securities industry in 1984. She offers full-service investment management consulting for families, senior corporate executives, foundations and institutions. Her experience includes investment policy review, historical performance evaluation, manager search and selection, due diligence and performance monitoring. In order to help her clients meet their needs she focuses on utilizing professional portfolio management services, risk mitigation strategies and asset allocation techniques to custom tailor your portfolio. Pam attended Fairfield University earning a BA in Economics / Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honor Society. She also spent a year abroad at Loyola University in Rome.
Securities Agent: IN, VA, NJ, WI, ME, VT, SC, RI, NY, NH, NC, MI, MA, GA, FL, DC, CT, CO, CA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 1489604

About David M Snetro

David began his career in the securities industry over 35 years ago as the Director of the Defined Contribution 401(k) Group at MetLife. His career then evolved to the Registered Investment Advisory side as he became a Senior Vice President and built the Retirement Planning Group in Fairfield County. David came to Morgan Stanley to join his wife Pamela Snetro as a husband & wife team in 2011.

David has an extensive background in Financial Planning, Retirement Planning, Corporate Retirement Design and has obtained his Insurance Planning Director title. At Morgan Stanley, David focuses on working with his multi-generational clients / families and corporate 401(k) plan sponsors in helping achieve their financial goals. He also works with Family Foundations and Ultra High Net Worth clients. He has been quoted in Investment News, the AARP Bulletin, CT CPA Magazine and has done appearances on CNBC.

Through comprehensive financial planning, investment management and asset allocation strategies, David has spent his career helping clients to increase their retirement readiness and to achieve their financial goals. He delivers unbiased life goals solutions and conflict-free advice.

David graduated from Providence College with a BA in Business Administration and Political Science. He lives in Branford, CT with Pamela and has his Captain’s License. As a classic car owner, he is involved with the Austin Healey Club of New England.

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Asset Allocation does not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining financial markets.
Securities Agent: IN, NH, CA, FL, NY, GA, MA, MI, NC, NJ, NM, VT, WI, OH, SC, RI, ME, DC, CT, CO; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 1264984

About Paul Keating

Paul Keating is the newest member of the Snetro Group, having joined the Morgan Stanley team in 2021, with twenty years of experience in the financial investment industry. Paul was previously the sole trader at a Merger Arbitrage/Event Driven focused hedge fund in New York City and most recently, held the role of Vice President, Trader at Bank of America. As a Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley, Paul works closely with a wide range of clients from small business owners to High Net Worth Individuals and Families, with the goal of always providing thoughtful and tailored financial counsel.

A fellow Friar, Paul graduated from Providence College with a BS in Marketing and a minor in Finance. He resides in Guilford with his wife Kate and their four young daughters and in his free time enjoys playing and coaching basketball, tennis and golf. Paul is an active board member for the Guilford Basketball League, supporting all youth recreational and travel basketball programs in the town.
Securities Agent: FL, AZ, WA, SC, RI, IL, GA, DE, TN, NH, IN, VA, NJ, CO, NY, NC, ME, VT, TX, DC, MT, MD, MA, PA, MI, CA, MN, CT; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 2258169

About Dara Moon

Dara provides ongoing communications and back office services for clientele. She facilitates money movement requests, accesses critical documents, assists clients with online access and answers client requests efficiently and accurately. Dara’s career has always been dedicated to excellent client service beginning in retail banking, next moving to Merrill Lynch in Ridgefield then Raymond James in New Haven in the Client Service Associate position. Her experience working with clients informs her attentiveness and helps her deliver seamless interaction between request and execution.

Dara earned a B.A. in English with a minor in communication from the University of Connecticut. She lives in New Haven County with her dog Zipper. She enjoys hiking, traveling and spending time with her family.
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12Morgan Stanley offers a wide array of brokerage and advisory services to its clients, each of which may create a different type of relationship with different obligations to you. Please consult with your Financial Advisor to understand these differences or review our Understanding Your Brokerage and Investment Advisory Relationships brochure available at www.morganstanley.com/wealth-relationshipwithms/pdfs/understandingyourrelationship.pdf.
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