Top Wealth + Best-in-State · rank 2 · Dallas, Texas · listed firm: Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Logo asset (hotlink-protected, view at source): https://advisor.morganstanley.com/scot.smith/permanent-b0b701/assets/images/logo.85739d37.svg
Identity & firm
- Firm — Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (high)
- “ROBERT SCOT SMITH | CRD 1728082 | MORGAN STANLEY | Dallas TX” — sec_finra_regulatory
- Parent company — Morgan Stanley (high)
- “R. Scot Smith began his investment career in in 1987 with E.F. Hutton, a predecessor firm of Morgan Stanley.” — firm_official
- Firm type — wirehouse (high)
- “ROBERT SCOT SMITH | CRD 1728082 | MORGAN STANLEY | Dallas TX” — sec_finra_regulatory
- Team name — The Smith Group (high)
- “The Smith Group | Dallas, TX | Morgan Stanley Wealth Management” — firm_official
- Team size — 8 (medium)
- “Additional team members: Carter Stansbarger, Matthew Smith, Michael Horne” — firm_official
- CRD — 1728082 (high)
- “ROBERT SCOT SMITH - Broker at MORGAN STANLEY” — sec_finra_regulatory
- Years experience — 39 (high)
- “R. Scot Smith began his investment career in in 1987 with E.F. Hutton, a predecessor firm of Morgan Stanley.” — firm_official
- Designations — other:Certified Portfolio Manager, other:Series 3, 7, 63 & 65 (high)
- “Mr. Smith is Certified Portfolio Manager and has developed several portfolio models including The Classic Insider Portfolio.” — firm_official
- “Scot was named a Managing Director in 2012, and holds the Series 3, 7, 63 & 65 licenses.” — firm_official
Book of business
- Team AUM ($M) — 2400 (high)
- “Team Assets (Custodied): $2.4B” — forbes_shook
- Account minimum ($M) — 1 (high)
- “Minimum Account Size for New Business: $1M” — forbes_shook
- Typical client net worth ($M) — 12.5 (high)
- “Typical Net Worth of Relationships: $5-20M” — forbes_shook
- Client niche — corporate executives with equity compensation, plus individual and institutional investors (medium)
- “The dedicated team provides concierge-level support for executives' equity compensation plans, from 10b5-1 trading plans to wealth management and tax-optimization strategies” — firm_official
- “He continues to focus his efforts on the needs of both individual and institutional investors.” — firm_official
- Custodians — gap: not_applicable
- Fee model — fee_plus_commission (medium)
- “Scot was named a Managing Director in 2012, and holds the Series 3, 7, 63 & 65 licenses.” — firm_official
Positioning & marketing
- Website url — https://advisor.morganstanley.com/scot.smith (high)
- “The Smith Group | Dallas, TX | Morgan Stanley Wealth Management” — firm_official
- Value proposition (verbatim) — R. Scot Smith began his investment career in in 1987 with E.F. Hutton, a predecessor firm of Morgan Stanley. He continues to focus his efforts on the needs of both individual and institutional investors. Scot creates investment plans designed to meet each client's specific goals and objectives. (medium)
- “R. Scot Smith began his investment career in in 1987 with E.F. Hutton, a predecessor firm of Morgan Stanley.” — firm_official
- “Scot creates investment plans designed to meet each client's specific goals and objectives” — firm_official
- Differentiators — proprietary portfolio models including The Classic Insider Portfolio, concierge-level support for executives' equity compensation plans, 10b5-1 trading plan execution paired with tax-optimization strategies, nearly four decades of continuous investment experience since 1987, serves both individual and institutional investors (medium)
- “Mr. Smith is Certified Portfolio Manager and has developed several portfolio models including The Classic Insider Portfolio.” — firm_official
- “The dedicated team provides concierge-level support for executives' equity compensation plans, from 10b5-1 trading plans to wealth management and tax-optimization strategies” — firm_official
- Content marketing — none (medium)
- “The page consists primarily of legal disclaimers and risk disclosures regarding investment services, alternative investments, ESG investing, tax/legal advice limitations, and Morgan Stanley's policies.” — firm_official
- Has podcast — no (medium)
- “Services Offered: 529 Plans, Alternative Investments, Business Planning, Estate Planning Strategies, Financial Planning, Lending Products, Life Insurance, Professional Portfolio Management, Retirement Planning, Wealth Ma” — firm_official
- Books published — 0 (medium)
- “Scot is married to his wife of 32 years Suzanne and has two children. Scot enjoys biking and traveling.” — firm_official
- Linkedin url — gap: not_found_after_search
- Social presence — none (low)
- “The Smith Group | Dallas, TX | Morgan Stanley Wealth Management” — firm_official
- Press awards — Barron's America's Top 1,200 Advisors (2015) (high)
- “Scot was included in Barron's ranking of America's 'Top 1,200 Advisors' for 2015.” — firm_official
Visual brand
- Has distinct logo — no (high)
- Logo url — https://advisor.morganstanley.com/scot.smith/permanent-b0b701/assets/images/logo.85739d37.svg (high)
- Visual brand notes — Standard Morgan Stanley corporate template: navy and white palette, corporate sans-face, formal headshot portraits of each team member on plain backdrops. No team-level visual identity. (medium)
