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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)15 years in industry

BENJAMIN RUSH SEMMES

Advisor at MORGAN STANLEY

Mclean, VA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 29, 2011 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: MORGAN STANLEY
Current firm class: wirehousederived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: May 14, 2011earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 15derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: May 14, 2011
First registration: Jun 29, 2011
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 5870876

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jun 23, 2022	n/a	yes	Mclean, VA	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Aug 6, 2013	Jun 24, 2022	no	WASHINGTON, DC	Previous registration
VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 29, 2011	Jul 23, 2013	no	TYSONS CORNER, VA\|PHILADELPHIA, PA	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	MORGAN STANLEY	Jun 24, 2022	Jun 23, 2022	-1	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Jul 23, 2013	Aug 6, 2013	14	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 23, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 6, 2013 to Jun 24, 2022factForm ADV
→ VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 29, 2011 to Jul 23, 2013factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jun 24, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Benjamin Rush Semmes left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Morgan Stanley (registered 2022-06-23)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:7d315871-2165-e90e-a5b2-957b8ceb35e1
First observed: Jun 29, 2011
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 5 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

BENJAMIN RUSH SEMMES

Advisor at MORGAN STANLEY

Mclean, VA

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Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

MORGAN STANLEY

Wirehouse

Jun 23, 2022

n/a

yes

Mclean, VA

Current employment

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Aug 6, 2013

Jun 24, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC

Previous registration

VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.

Bd affiliated wealth

Jun 29, 2011

Jul 23, 2013

TYSONS CORNER, VA|PHILADELPHIA, PA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

MORGAN STANLEY

Jun 24, 2022

Jun 23, 2022

-1

Firm change

Wirehouse to wirehouse

VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Jul 23, 2013

Aug 6, 2013

Firm change

Other