Jim Hansberger Named to Barron's "Top 1,200 Financial Advisors"

ATLANTA, GA May 11, 2016 – Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management announced today that Jim Hansberger, a Managing Director, Wealth Management and Private Wealth Advisor in the Firm’s Buckhead Wealth Management office, has been named to Barron’s list of America’s Top 1,200 Advisors: 2016 State-by-State.

The “Barron’s Top 1,200 Advisors” is a select group of individuals who are screened on a number of criteria. Among factors the survey takes into consideration are assets under management, revenue produced for the Firm and quality of service provided to clients.

“I am extremely proud that Jim is representing Morgan Stanley Wealth Management on this list,” commented Michael Outlaw, Managing Director, Atlanta Buckhead Complex Manager of Morgan Stanley. “Competition is steep to be selected for this list, and those who make the cut represent a very high level of achievement in serving their clients’ wealth management needs.” To learn more about how you can invest, grow and protect your wealth, contact Hansberger & Merlin at Morgan Stanley http://www.morganstanleyfa.com/hansberger&merlin/ and follow on Twitter @hansmerMS.

Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management, a division of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, provides a range of investment services to ultra-high net worth individuals, families and related institutions in the United States and Latin America.

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Source: Barron's “Top 1,200 Advisors,” March 7, 2016, as identified by Barron's magazine, using quantitative and qualitative criteria and selected from a pool of over 4,000 nominations. Advisors in the Top 1,200 Financial Advisors have a minimum of seven years of financial services experience. Qualitative factors include, but are not limited to, compliance record and philanthropic work. Investment performance is not a criterion. The rating may not be representative of any one client's experience and is not indicative of the financial advisor's future performance. Neither Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC nor its Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors pays a fee to Barron's in exchange for the rating. Barron’s is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company, L.P. All rights reserved.

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