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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner24 years in industry

CHRISTIAN I CHOI

Advisor at RELION ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC

RANCHO MIRAGE, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 5:35 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 19, 2008 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: RELION ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC
Current firm class: state registeredderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Mar 1, 2002earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 24derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Mar 1, 2002
First registration: Aug 19, 2008
Dual registered: no
Other names: CHRISTIAN CHOI|ILKYUNG CHOI|ILKYUNG CHOI|CHRISTIAN ILKYUNG CHOI
IAPD individual key: 2397382

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
RELION ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC	State registered	Jan 1, 2026	n/a	yes	RANCHO MIRAGE, CA	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Jan 10, 2013	Feb 2, 2016	no	PASADENA, CA\|TORRANCE, CA\|LONG BEACH, CA\|LONG BEACH, CA\|HARBOR CITY, CA\|HARBOR CITY, CA\|FULLERTON, CA	Previous registration
GOLD COAST SECURITIES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Aug 19, 2008	Dec 14, 2012	no	GOLD RIVER, CA\|DOWNEY, CA	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	RELION ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC	Feb 2, 2016	Jan 1, 2026	3,621	Firm change after gap	Wirehouse to state RIA
GOLD COAST SECURITIES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Dec 14, 2012	Jan 10, 2013	27	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ RELION ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 1, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 10, 2013 to Feb 2, 2016factForm ADV
→ GOLD COAST SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 19, 2008 to Dec 14, 2012factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:98ab6af8-9264-ce31-7ee8-c7ab794be7cf
First observed: Aug 19, 2008
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 6 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.

CHRISTIAN I CHOI

Advisor at RELION ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC

RANCHO MIRAGE, CA

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Search this name across graphsid dfx:ria:98ab6af8-9264-ce31-7ee8-c7ab794be7cf

Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 5:35 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

RELION ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC

State registered

Jan 1, 2026

n/a

yes

RANCHO MIRAGE, CA

Current employment

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Jan 10, 2013

Feb 2, 2016

Previous registration

GOLD COAST SECURITIES, INC.

Former SEC adviser

Aug 19, 2008

Dec 14, 2012

GOLD RIVER, CA|DOWNEY, CA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

RELION ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC

Feb 2, 2016

Jan 1, 2026

3,621

Firm change after gap

Wirehouse to state RIA

GOLD COAST SECURITIES, INC.

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Dec 14, 2012

Jan 10, 2013

Firm change

Other