PITTSBURGH – August 10, 2020 – Today, Baird, an employee-owned, international wealth management, asset management, investment banking/capital markets and private equity firm, announced that The Fischetti Barry Family Wealth Planning Group has joined the firm’s wealth management office in Cranberry Township, Penn. 

Formerly with Morgan Stanley, the team includes Steve Fischetti, Branch Manager, Director and Financial Advisor, C. Shannon Barry, Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor, CFP®, CRPS®, and Client Assistants Jill S. Frye and Alexander Fischetti. The team manages and consults on over $280 million in assets under management. 

Fischetti brings 37 years of industry experience to Baird. He earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon-Tepper School. Fischetti is the President of the George Benson Scholarship Fund, the Director of the Western Pennsylvania Race Club and the Director of the South Hills Country Club.

Barry brings 12 years of industry experience to Baird. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh and is currently working on his master’s in quantitative finance from Northeastern University. Barry is the Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the Special Olympics of Pennsylvania and the founder of the UNcathlon, a team-based decathlon to benefit Special Olympics. 

Baird’s Private Wealth Management business encompasses more than 1,300 financial advisors serving clients from over 160 locations in 33 states and has client assets of more than $215 billion. 

About Baird

Putting clients first since 1919, Baird is an employee-owned, international wealth management, asset management, investment banking/capital markets, and private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Baird has approximately 4,600 associates serving the needs of individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients and more than $305 billion in client assets as of December 31, 2019. Committed to being a great workplace, Baird ranked No. 13 on the 2020 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list. Baird is the marketing name of Baird Financial Group. Baird’s principal operating subsidiaries are Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated in the United States and Robert W. Baird Group Ltd. in Europe. Baird also has an operating subsidiary in Asia supporting Baird’s investment banking and private equity operations. For more information, please visit Baird’s website at www.rwbaird.com.

For additional information, contact:

Rachel Berkowitz, Baird Public Relations                
(414) 765-7250                                                 
publicrelations@rwbaird.com