Trust. Collaboration. Results.

Your wealth encompasses so much more than your investments. The Bosphorus Wealth Management Group brings over two decades of experience creating personalized financial strategies for successful individuals, business leaders and families with complex financial needs.

From trust and estate planning with your attorney to consulting with your tax advisors, The Bosphorus Wealth Management Group collaborates closely with your trusted professionals to identify your priorities, concerns, and opportunities. Our holistic financial planning approach allows you to best pursue what matters most to you. We strive to organize, simplify, and quarterback your life by providing clarity around intricate financial issues. Backed by the vast resources of UBS Private Wealth Management, we deliver exceptional solutions, strategies, and advice that goes well beyond investing—securing your legacy now and into the future.

Bosphorus Wealth Management Group

You. Connected.

Private Wealth Management

As part of Private Wealth Management, we are able to connect you to firmwide experts, thought leaders and premier resources.

Our story

What’s in a name? In our case, it’s all about connection. Istanbul’s legendary Bosphorus Strait connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, facilitating daily global trade between Europe and Asia. As a highly accredited team of advisors connecting you to experts and leaders throughout UBS, our name embodies the path to global opportunities. Read on for our individual bios.

  •  Michael J. O'Hara

    Michael J. O'Hara III, CFP, CPM

    Financial Advisor

    Senior Portfolio Manager

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    • AZ
    • CA
    • CT
    • DE
    • FL
    • IL
    • IN
    • KS
    • KY
    • LA
    • MA
    • MD
    • NC
    • NJ
    • NY
    • OK
    • PA
    • SC
    • TX
    • VA
    • WA

    As head of the Bosphorus Wealth Management Group, Michael is a Financial Advisor, Senior Portfolio Manager and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional who brings almost twenty years of experience developing and implementing financial strategies focused on providing tailored wealth management advice and solutions based on each family’s specific needs.

    Utilizing a thorough due diligence process to understand family dynamics and complex wealth management needs, Michael structures holistic family wealth management plans to incorporate trust & estate planning strategies, retirement planning, insurance and credit management with asset allocation, investment selection, risk management and portfolio construction.

    Michael works with the team to construct, implement and monitor clients portfolio construction, investment selection, and asset allocation. Developing the group’s overall strategic investment vision and identifying new investments for clients. 

    As a result of Michael’s specialized training and experience, he has attained the highly regarded title of Senior Portfolio Manager.

    In addition, Michael heads the team’s fixed income research, strategy and implementation process. He focuses on providing in-depth fundamental and technical analysis across a broad spectrum of fixed income and equity investments. Michael works closely with market strategist, credit analysts and traders to discover and implement investment opportunities in the fixed income markets. This allows him to identify, construct and manage investment portfolios, on a fully discretionary basis.

    Before joining UBS, Michael was an Account Vice President at Morgan Stanley and an investment advisor at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Bear Stearns & Co. and RBC Dain Rauscher.

    Michael is a member of the Municipal Bond Club of New York and the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in the City of New York.

    Michael currently resides in Garden City, NY with his wife and three children.

      Eligibility is based on quantitative factors and is not necessarily related to the quality of the investment advice. For more information on third party rating methodologies, please visit ubs.com/us/en/designation-disclosures

      • Green Mountain College, B.S., business
      • Hofstra University, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, M.B.A. with distinction, management
      • Senior Portfolio Manager
      • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™
      • Certified Portfolio Manager®
      • Series 7 and 66 securities licenses
      • Life and health insurance licenses
      299 Park Avenue
      New York, NY 10171
    •  Meghan O'Shaughnessy

      Meghan O'Shaughnessy

      Authorized Officer

      Senior Wealth Strategy Associate

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      • AZ
      • CA
      • CT
      • FL
      • IL
      • IN
      • MA
      • MD
      • NC
      • NJ
      • NY
      • OK
      • PA
      • SC
      • TX
      • VA
      • VI
      • WA

      Passion and integrity are guideposts
      Inspired by her father’s fulfilling career in financial services, Meghan always knew that following his footsteps into wealth management would be a natural fit. With over a decade of experience, she draws upon a wide range of disciplines allowing her to guide clients through the complex issues surrounding the growth and preservation of their wealth. Meghan is passionate about cultivating collaborative client relationships. She has a natural ability to empower clients, ensuring they and their families feel taken care of, their voices are heard and they have a reliable advisor guiding them toward well-informed decisions.

      Guiding clients to achieve what matters most
      Meghan plays a critical role in her team’s efforts to offer comprehensive, personalized planning and investment solutions, with the goal of helping clients secure their legacy. Foremost in Meghan’s thinking is creating a personalized plan, instilling confidence through various life stages and the ever-changing market environment. When evaluating each client’s unique situation, she draws on her extensive experience, professional network and the full scope of resources available across UBS’s deep global presence to address what matters most.

      Life
      Meghan, her husband Dan and their son reside in the South Shore of Massachusetts. She is committed to community service and supports organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Cure HHT. Meghan enjoys golfing, skiing, traveling and boating, as well as spending time with her family, friends and French bulldog.

        Eligibility is based on quantitative factors and is not necessarily related to the quality of the investment advice. For more information on third party rating methodologies, please visit ubs.com/us/en/designation-disclosures

        • University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business, B.S., business administration
          1251 Avenue of Americas
          2nd Floor
          New York, NY 10020

        Advice for who you are

        Everyone is different. So we offer focused advice specifically geared to where you want to go—and help you get there.

        Advice for who you are

        Business owners and entrepreneurs

        Business owners and entrepreneurs

        Family offices

        Family offices

        Tailored lending and cash management

        Tailored lending and cash management

        Our process takes you from the initial stages of exit or succession planning all the way through the transaction close. We develop a personalized strategy to help manage the proceeds and achieve your future financial goals—and life goals after you step away.

        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.

        Backed by the strength of UBS

        A global leader in wealth management

        $3.9 trillion

        In invested assets globally 
        As of 12/31/2022

        Best

        Global private bank services, 2016-2022
        Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey, 2022

        Financial strength

        Driving confidence.
        Aa3 (stable) Moody’s
        A+ (stable) Standard & Poor’s

        UBS AG, long-term senior secured debt rating. As of 12/31/2022