UBS Hires Pair of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Advisors

UBS Wealth Management Americas announced on Thursday it hired a pair of New Jersey advisors from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

Richard Hausler and Lawrence Jay will join the UBS branch in Manasquan, N.J., where they will report to Matthew Wojcik, the branch’s manager. Hausler and Jay generated $1.5 million in fees and commissions over the trailing 12 months and managed $225 million in client assets.

Hausler worked at Citigroup Inc. for more than six years and remained at the company after it merged with Morgan Stanley. Jay worked at MSSB for six years.