Morgan Stanley loses two reps to Wells Fargo

California brokers in Beverly Hills and Rancho Bernardo oversaw a total of nearly $373 million.
OCT 12, 2017

Two brokers at separate California offices have left Morgan Stanley for Wells Fargo. Bernard Suissa managed $192.8 million for Morgan Stanley in Beverly Hills and Michael Muehl managed $180 million in assets at the firm's office in Rancho Bernardo. Mr. Suissa began his securities career at Merrill Lynch in 1994. He moved to Citigroup in 2007 and to Morgan Stanley in 2009. Mr. Muehl began his career in 1985 at International Financial Services Capital. He was with E.F. Hutton and Shearson Lehman Hutton from 1986 to 1990, and then joined A.G. Edwards, where he remained for 10 years. He joined UBS in 2000, and Morgan Stanley in 2006.

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