Miami Beach, FL Michigan Ave Office

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Firm-wide stats for Morgan Stanley

Total advisors

23,206

Across 1,016 offices

Clients per advisor

114 High

Avg AUM per client

$670,481 High

HNW client ratio

2% Very Low

About

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (MSWM) is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer that delivers a wide array of advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients, including tailored financial planning through its Financial Advisors and Estate Planning Strategies Group. In the financial planning brochure MSWM reports managing approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and offers plans both directly to individuals and under Corporate Financial Planning agreements with employers.

MSWM’s financial planning process is centered on a structured discovery conversation and firm‑approved planning tools; the brochure notes plans may use the Global Investment Committee’s Secular Return Estimates and Monte Carlo simulations to model outcomes, and the service does not provide individual security recommendations as part of the standalone planning program. The brochure also emphasizes that clients are responsible for implementing and updating plans, and that MSWM generally acts in an advisory capacity for planning but will not be an ERISA fiduciary for retirement accounts unless separately engaged in writing.

Alongside the common large‑firm features described in the brochure (wrap programs, affiliated broker‑dealer, broad retail and institutional offerings), MSWM’s broader ADV disclosures point to several less common activities for firms of this type, including relationships with investment companies and private funds, an affiliated commodity pool operator (Ceres Managed Futures LLC), and principal trading and structured‑product activities through its parent. The brochure also discloses multiple regulatory settlement matters and indicates that certain other advisory arrangements described in the firm’s broader ADV filings may include performance‑based fees and additional financial product sales.

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Expertise

General estate planning guidance

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Location

1691 Michigan Ave, Ste 550

Miami Beach FL 33139

Advisors at this office

4

Advisors at this office

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Mijanou S

Series 63, Series 65

Miami Beach, FL

Morgan Stanley

Mijanou Spurdle is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with 26 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC since 2009, including time at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A. since 2015. She serves as a board member of the La Gorce Country Club Women’s Golf Association in Miami Beach, Florida. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides advisory programs and financial planning services to both individual and institutional clients, managing approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets. The firm’s financial planning process uses structured discovery and firm-approved tools, with a range of services including investment advisory, estate planning, and institutional offerings.

General estate planning guidance
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Amir M

Series 66

Miami Beach, FL

Morgan Stanley

Amir Merali is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley in Miami Beach, FL, holding a Series 66 designation with nine years of industry experience. He has been with Morgan Stanley and its Private Bank since 2017. Prior to his advisory role, he worked at Lees-McRae College. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management serves both individual and institutional clients, offering a range of advisory programs including tailored financial planning. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and utilizes firm-approved planning tools and investment committee data to support its advisory process.

General estate planning guidance
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Joseph F

Series 63

Miami Beach, FL

Morgan Stanley

Joseph Friedman is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in Miami Beach, FL, holding a Series 63 designation and with 42 years of industry experience. He has worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A. since 2015 and at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC since 2009. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer providing a wide range of advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients, including tailored financial planning and estate planning strategies. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and offers structured planning processes supported by advanced modeling tools.

General estate planning guidance
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Eric H

Series 63

Miami Beach, FL

Morgan Stanley

Eric Hirsch is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in Miami Beach, FL, holding a Series 63 designation and 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at Morgan Stanley since 2009 and at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A. since 2015. Hirsch serves as a board member of the Blue Stones Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit focused on low-income housing. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides a range of advisory programs to individual and institutional clients, emphasizing tailored financial planning and utilizing firm-approved tools and models to support client outcomes.

General estate planning guidance
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