David Snyder
Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor, Global Sports and Entertainment Director
Phone:
(310) 319-5231(310) 319-5231
The Snyder Wald Group at Morgan Stanley
Direct:
(310) 319-5231(310) 319-5231
Toll-Free:
(800) 755-5220(800) 755-5220
Our Mission Statement
Experience, intellectual capital and dedicated personal service to help you meet your life goals.
Our purpose is to help our clients make smart choices about how they save, spend, invest, borrow, protect and give.
Our purpose is to help our clients make smart choices about how they save, spend, invest, borrow, protect and give.
The Snyder Wald Group at Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment was created to help top talent navigate the business of their lives.
With over 60 years of combined experience focusing primarily on professionals in the sports and entertainment industry, The Snyder/Wald Group is the destination of choice for many celebrities, actors, studio execs, directors, producers and writers. Named as Sports and Entertainment Directors, a title reserved for ½ of 1% of all Financial Advisors in the firm, David Snyder and Darren Wald are an advice-driven team who focus on working with veteran and emerging talent.
Snyder and Wald have developed a relationship-based planning approach, collaborating with their clients’ business managers, CPAs, attorneys, and other trusted advisors to help make smart choices about how they save, spend, invest, borrow, protect and give. They offer a forum to discuss ambitions and priorities and brainstorm ideas to help solve problems and capture opportunities.
The team understands that talent creates opportunity, along with a set of complex, interconnected financial challenges. From variable earnings structures to living a spotlight lifestyle; the social, mental and physical aspects of a career in entertainment are demanding and unpredictable. Snyder and Wald make it a priority to help manage financial life today while planning for the change and inspiration for life tomorrow.
High touch service and ongoing communication are hallmarks of The Snyder/Wald Group practice. They work in concert with other trusted advisors to access the comprehensive capabilities and customized solutions of the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management platform to help keep pace with the dynamic life of an entertainment professional.
With over 60 years of combined experience focusing primarily on professionals in the sports and entertainment industry, The Snyder/Wald Group is the destination of choice for many celebrities, actors, studio execs, directors, producers and writers. Named as Sports and Entertainment Directors, a title reserved for ½ of 1% of all Financial Advisors in the firm, David Snyder and Darren Wald are an advice-driven team who focus on working with veteran and emerging talent.
Snyder and Wald have developed a relationship-based planning approach, collaborating with their clients’ business managers, CPAs, attorneys, and other trusted advisors to help make smart choices about how they save, spend, invest, borrow, protect and give. They offer a forum to discuss ambitions and priorities and brainstorm ideas to help solve problems and capture opportunities.
The team understands that talent creates opportunity, along with a set of complex, interconnected financial challenges. From variable earnings structures to living a spotlight lifestyle; the social, mental and physical aspects of a career in entertainment are demanding and unpredictable. Snyder and Wald make it a priority to help manage financial life today while planning for the change and inspiration for life tomorrow.
High touch service and ongoing communication are hallmarks of The Snyder/Wald Group practice. They work in concert with other trusted advisors to access the comprehensive capabilities and customized solutions of the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management platform to help keep pace with the dynamic life of an entertainment professional.
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Global Sports & Entertainment
Global Sports & Entertainment is a highly specialized wealth management division of Morgan Stanley, dedicated to serving the unique and complex needs of athletes, entertainers and top professionals in the sports and entertainment industries. Drawing on the vast resources of Morgan Stanley, We have access to comprehensive capabilities and strategies needed to help you keep pace with your dynamic life. Working closely with your other trusted advisors, We can offer the products, services and experience you need to build and preserve your financial independence as your circumstances, goals and priorities continue to evolve.
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100 Wilshire Blvd
Ste 1900
Santa Monica, CA 90401
US
Direct:
(310) 319-5231(310) 319-5231
Toll-Free:
(800) 755-5220(800) 755-5220
Meet The Snyder Wald Group
Darren Wald
Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor, Global Sports and Entertainment Director
Phone:
(310) 319-5232(310) 319-5232
Phone:
(310) 319-5268(310) 319-5268
Shawn Bagnall
Senior Client Service Associate
Phone:
(310) 319-5235(310) 319-5235
About David Snyder
Securities Agent: TN, NV, IL, CT, PA, UT, NJ, OR, LA, FL, CA, NY, HI, GA, WY, VT, OK, MO, AZ, CO, TX, DE, NC, MN, MD, MA, WA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Transactional Futures/Commodities; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 1261772
CA Insurance License #: 0A57556
NMLS#: 1261772
CA Insurance License #: 0A57556
About Darren Wald
Securities Agent: UT, NJ, CT, WY, TX, MD, PA, MN, MA, OR, OK, NV, FL, DE, WA, TN, NY, LA, GA, CO, IL, CA, NC, HI, AZ, VT; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 1261882
CA Insurance License #: 0B71878
NMLS#: 1261882
CA Insurance License #: 0B71878
About Trevor Wade
Securities Agent: MD, WA, TX, OR, NV, IL, DE, CA, UT, HI, CT, LA, GA, TN, NJ, FL, AZ, WY, VT, OK, NY, MA, NC, KS; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 2357090
NMLS#: 2357090
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Brandy is a graduate of the City of Seattle University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. She lives in Los Angeles, California with her family. Outside of the office, Brandy enjoys traveling, horseback riding, and pilates.
Private Bankers partner with Financial Advisors to develop a specialized approach for managing clients’ cash flow, liquidity and financing needs, leveraging our comprehensive suite of cash management and lending solutions.
Brandy began her career in financial services in 1999, and joined Morgan Stanley in 2014 as an Associate Private Banker. Before she joined the firm, Brandy was a Financial Advisor at Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase. She also served as a Private Client Manager for US Trust Bank and as a Private Banker for Wells Fargo.
Brandy is a graduate of the City of Seattle University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. She lives in Los Angeles, California with her family. Outside of the office, Brandy enjoys traveling, horseback riding, and pilates.
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Molly Sakahara is an Assistant Vice President and Financial Planning Director serving Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Management offices in the Los Angeles area. She is responsible for helping Financial Advisors with their clients' and prospects' financial planning needs.
Molly began her career in financial services in 1999 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2015. Prior to her current position, she held positions in wealth management and private banking with an emphasis on helping individuals achieve long term life goals and understanding client’s value system in relation to their wealth.
Molly graduated from UCLA and holds her Certified Financial Planner® designation, California insurance state licensing, and Series 7 and 65. She currently resides in South Pasadena, California with her spouse and two children. Outside of work, she is a squash coach at PlayLA, a committee volunteer with UCLA Chancellor’s Society, is the founder and administrator of Buy Nothing Group for her local city, and serves on the Board of Directors for SoCal Squash Association.
Molly began her career in financial services in 1999 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2015. Prior to her current position, she held positions in wealth management and private banking with an emphasis on helping individuals achieve long term life goals and understanding client’s value system in relation to their wealth.
Molly graduated from UCLA and holds her Certified Financial Planner® designation, California insurance state licensing, and Series 7 and 65. She currently resides in South Pasadena, California with her spouse and two children. Outside of work, she is a squash coach at PlayLA, a committee volunteer with UCLA Chancellor’s Society, is the founder and administrator of Buy Nothing Group for her local city, and serves on the Board of Directors for SoCal Squash Association.
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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
Important information about your relationship with your Financial Advisor and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC when using a Financial Planning tool. When your Financial Advisor prepares a Financial Plan, they will act in an investment advisory capacity for thirty (30) days after the delivery of your Financial Plan. To understand the differences between brokerage and advisory relationships, you should consult your Financial Advisor, or review our “Understanding Your Brokerage and Investment Advisory Relationships,” brochure available at https://www.morganstanley.com/wealth-relationshipwithms/pdfs/understandingyourrelationship.pdf.
You have sole responsibility for making all investment decisions with respect to the implementation of a Financial Plan. You may implement the Financial Plan at Morgan Stanley or at another firm. If you engage or have engaged Morgan Stanley, it will act as your broker, unless you ask it, in writing, to act as your investment adviser on any particular account.
Morgan 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.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.
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Understanding the unique financial challenges of athletes and entertainers and how they differ from one profession to the next, we deliver the experience and resources you need to help create and implement a comprehensive, multigenerational wealth management plan based on your needs, values and aspirations.
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