2025 Economic Forecast
Join us for a look at the 2025 Economic Forecast featuring
Graystone Consulting – Great Lakes Michigan representatives
Nickolas T. Barris and August J. Hurt, CIMA, CFP.
Schoolcraft College – Vistatech Center – DiPonio Room VT500A
18600 Haggerty Rd, Livonia, MI 48152
January 30, 2025
11:30a – 1:00pm
This high-demand event costs $20 if you register by January 15 and is limited to 50 people so be sure to register now!
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Graystone Consulting – Great Lakes Michigan
At Graystone Consulting, an institutional consulting business of Morgan Stanley, we are focused on providing you with holistic, objective advice and strive to be your trusted partner by delivering the best of two worlds to you: the personalized service of a consulting boutique, and the resources of a global financial powerhouse.
Nickolas T. Barris
Executive Director, Wealth Management, Financial Advisor, Government Entity Specialist, Senior Institutional Consultant, Portfolio Management Director
Nick Barris is an Executive Director with Graystone Consulting – Great Lakes Michigan He received a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University in Finance, with a strong emphasis on Economics. Nick entered the financial services industry in 1994 joining Smith Barney, which later became Morgan Stanley.
Nick has furthered his education by attending Consulting Group University to broaden his knowledge of the Institutional Consulting business. As a Portfolio Management Director and Senior Institutional Consultant, Nick creates customized portfolios designed to help meet the goals of the group’s clients. He applies his advanced education and knowledge in the areas of portfolio analysis and management to uncover and clarify his clients’ needs and to help ensure they are on track to achieve their investment objectives.
A Saginaw native, Nick and his wife, Jennifer, stay busy raising their two children, Alexander and Stephanie. Nick enjoys being involved with his children’s competitive swimming and Stephanie’s competitive horseback riding.
August J. Hurt, CIMA, CFP
Executive Director, Wealth Management, Financial Advisor, Portfolio Management Director, Senior Investment Consultant, Government Entity Specialist
August has a BA in Business with a marketing emphasis from Central Michigan University. He is an Executive Director, Financial Advisor, Institutional Consultant, and U.S. Government Entity
Specialist.
He successfully completed the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) program in 2002.
During 2007, August also received the Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) designation, the standard of excellence in financial planning.
He has been a member for the last 6 years of the prestigious President’s Council at Morgan Stanley, and was a former Chairman’s and Director’s Council member with Smith Barney.
August also was recognized by Forbes as one of the Best-In-State Wealth Advisors in Michigan for 2019.
August was an 18-year member of Central Michigan University’s Investment Committee from 1998 – 2016, acting as Chair for 8 of those years.
High net worth individuals are his main area of focus along with advising corporate and governmental retirement plans.