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Professional guidance that helps inspire confidence

At times, the complexity of today’s global economy may feel overwhelming. Whether you’re a working professional who is building wealth, a successful executive or business owner contemplating your next act, or the head of a multigenerational family looking to preserve your family’s future—you have questions. You expect clear answers from an advisor with worldwide experience who understands you, your family and your community.


Our highly credentialed team offers the thoughtful perspective and proactive service your family needs to help meet their goals. With a team of advisors spanning decades of experience, we strive, relentlessly, to make sure you feel well taken care of. By putting financial planning at the core of everything we do, we offer the capabilities to help you, your business and your family unlock opportunity, preserve wealth and create continuity.

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Pursuing your goals together

Our mission is to provide quality strategies customized to your needs. Our goal is to be your primary source of financial advice. To this end, we concentrate our efforts on developing long-term relationships through a commitment to quality client service.

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    Gary Zahakos, CFP, CIMA, CEPA

    Senior Vice President–Wealth Management

    Financial Advisor

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    Gary completed his undergraduate work at Cornell University, and did his graduate work in finance at New York University. Gary is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and achieved a CIMA® designation. Gary has been in the financial planning and wealth management industry since 1984 and specializes in Investment/Portfolio management. Gary lives in New York City, where he resides with his wife Kristiane and his son Noah. He enjoys fishing and spends much of his free time on his boat, navigating the waters of the Long Island Sound.

     

      • Cornell University
      • New York University
      • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™
      • Certified Investment Management Analyst®
      • Certified Exit Planning Advisor
      Financial planning
      Retirement planning
      Legacy planning
      Alternative investments
      Structured products
      401(k) plan services
      Executive compensation
      Business owners
      1285 Avenue of the Americas
      New York, NY 10019
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      Emmanuel "Manny" Curling, CRPC, CEPA, AAMS

      Financial Advisor

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      Emmanuel (Manny) Curling joined the Zahakos Wealth Management Group in 2013. As a Wealth Strategy Associate, he assists in developing allocation strategies, detailed client performance reporting and trading for our clients.  

      Manny is a graduate of Syracuse University, where he earned his degree with a double major in advertising and finance. Before coming to UBS, Manny was a licensed insurance associate. Manny resides in Bergen County, New Jersey. When not at work with the Zahakos team, he enjoys playing competitive soccer and traveling.

        • Syracuse University, Double Major in Advertising and Finance
        • Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor
        • Certified Exit Planning Advisor
        • Accredited Asset Management Specialist
        Financial planning
        Legacy planning
        Custom portfolios
        Professional athletes
        Professional entertainers
        Business owners
        Entrepreneurs
        1285 Avenue Of The Americas
        New York, NY 10019
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        Andrew Halpern, CFP, CEPA

        Vice President–Wealth Management

        Financial Advisor

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        Andrew Halpern works with individuals, families, endowments and foundations to achieve their financial planning and investment goals. He provides advice on Asset Allocation, Insurance, Retirement Planning, Educational Savings Planning and Estate Planning including Intergenerational Wealth Transfer. Working with a network of highly skilled tax and legal professionals, he is dedicated to providing high-quality advice and integrated wealth management solutions that simplify and enhance the quality of his clients' lives.

          • American University , Major in Finance
          • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™
          • Certified Exit Planning Advisor
          Financial planning
          Retirement planning
          Business owners
          Estate planning strategies
          3560 Lenox Rd NE
          28th Floor
          Atlanta, GA 30326
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          John Hug, CRPC, CEPA

          Account Vice President

          Financial Advisor

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          John is a Financial Advisor and Corporate Stock Benefit Consultant in the UBS Headquarters Office in NYC. His area of specialty is Corporate Executive Services including Equity Compensation. John travels extensively as a member of the UBS Equity Plan Advisory Network advising Senior Executives with their Wealth Management and Equity Compensation. He is a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor accredited by the College for Financial Planning.

          Prior to joining UBS in 2008, John was an associate at Lehman Brothers and Associate Group Director at Signature Securities, the investment management subsidiary of Signature Bank. He is a graduate of Hobart College and the Delbarton School. John lives in Northern New Jersey with his wife and two sons.

              • Corporate Stock Benefit Consultant
              • Portfolio Manager
              • Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor
              Financial planning
              Retirement planning
              Institutional consulting
              Executive compensation
              Corporate executives
              Equity plans
              1285 Avenue Of The Americas
              New York, NY 10019
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              Violet Reid

              Client Associate

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                Violet joined the team in 2023, after graduating from the American University in Washington DC with a B.S. in Economics and minor in Business Administration.

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                    A focus on personalized access and service

                    Working with diverse clients with specific needs, our team sees it as our top responsibility to understand each aspect of your unique and often complicated financial life.

                    Multi-generational families

                    Our team has experience helping families create a plan to pass on both their wealth and their values to their children with the goal of sustaining wealth over generations.

                    With an understanding of the family dynamics that can accompany multigenerational wealth, we are experienced in working with you and your family to develop a strategic plan to guide your decisions.

                    Our approach helps foster family communication and provide education across generations to help define and support your long-term vision for your wealth.

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                    Partnering with resources across UBS, including the Global Family Office, the Family Office Services Group as well as our global investment bank, we integrate institutional-level business solutions for family offices. From family governance to business transition, we help bridge the generations to preserve wealth, seize opportunity and create continuity.

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