Experience

Makes all the difference

Michael J. O'Hara III, CFP, CPM

Financial Advisor

Senior Portfolio Manager

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.

Registered States:
  • AK
  • AL
  • AR
  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • CT
  • DC
  • DE
  • FL
  • GA
  • HI
  • IA
  • ID
  • IL
  • IN
  • KS
  • KY
  • LA
  • MA
  • MD
  • ME
  • MI
  • MN
  • MO
  • MS
  • MT
  • NC
  • NE
  • NH
  • NJ
  • NM
  • NV
  • NY
  • OH
  • OK
  • OR
  • PA
  • PR
  • RI
  • SC
  • SD
  • TN
  • TX
  • UT
  • VA
  • VI
  • VT
  • WA
  • WI
  • WV
  • WY

Recognized as an industry leader:

  • Forbes America’s Top Wealth Management Teams (Private Wealth & High-Net Worth), 2024, 2025The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in November based on information from a 12 month period ending in March of the award year.
  • Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams, 2024, 2025The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in January, based on information from a 12 month period ending March of the prior year.
  • UBS Wealth Management Director’s Council, 2024UBS Financial Services Inc. Councils are a distinction held by UBS Financial Advisors based on criteria including evaluation of compliance with firm rules, standards & policies and revenue. Council membership is not representative of any one client's experience and is not indicative of the advisor’s future performance.

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

Education

  • Green Mountain College, B.S., business
  • Hofstra University, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, M.B.A. with distinction, management

Credentials

  • 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 10017

Email Me

michael.ohara@ubs.com
Michael J. O'Hara III, CFP, CPM
299 Park Avenue,New York,NY,10017

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