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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner30 years in industry

BRENDAN THOMAS SMITH

Advisor at SAVANT WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Guilford, CT | ROCKFORD, IL

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 6:56 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 3, 2000 to Sep 15, 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: SAVANT WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jul 1, 1996earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 30derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: May 24, 1997
First registration: Jan 3, 2000
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 2861871

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
SAVANT WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Independent wealth	Apr 17, 2026	n/a	yes	ROCKFORD, IL\|Guilford, CT	Current employment
EXENCIAL WEALTH ADVISORS	Former SEC adviser	Jan 18, 2023	Apr 30, 2026	no	Guilford, CT\|OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	Previous registration
SHORELINE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jul 15, 2008	Mar 16, 2023	no	GUILFORD, CT	Previous registration
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Jan 3, 2000	Jun 17, 2008	no	GUILFORD, CT\|GUILFORD, CT	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
EXENCIAL WEALTH ADVISORS	SAVANT WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Apr 30, 2026	Apr 17, 2026	-13	Bulk transfer	RIA to RIA
SHORELINE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	EXENCIAL WEALTH ADVISORS	Mar 16, 2023	Jan 18, 2023	-57	Firm change after gap	RIA to RIA
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	SHORELINE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Jun 17, 2008	Jul 15, 2008	28	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
146040:130475:CT:2023-03-16	Mar 16, 2023	Jan 18, 2023	GUILFORD, CT	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ SAVANT WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 17, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
→ EXENCIAL WEALTH ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 18, 2023 to Apr 30, 2026factForm ADV
→ SHORELINE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 15, 2008 to Mar 16, 2023factForm ADV
→ RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 3, 2000 to Jun 17, 2008factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Mar 16, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Brendan Thomas Smith left Shoreline Financial Advisors, Llc for Exencial Wealth Advisors (registered 2023-01-18)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:e1081661-0be5-6129-7afd-285d2ba545c7
First observed: Jan 3, 2000
Last observed: Sep 15, 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.

BRENDAN THOMAS SMITH

Advisor at SAVANT WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Guilford, CT | ROCKFORD, IL

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 6:56 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

SAVANT WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Independent wealth

Apr 17, 2026

n/a

yes

ROCKFORD, IL|Guilford, CT

Current employment

EXENCIAL WEALTH ADVISORS

Former SEC adviser

Jan 18, 2023

Apr 30, 2026

Guilford, CT|OKLAHOMA CITY, OK

Previous registration

SHORELINE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

Former SEC adviser

Jul 15, 2008

Mar 16, 2023

GUILFORD, CT

Previous registration

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

n/a

Jan 3, 2000

Jun 17, 2008

GUILFORD, CT|GUILFORD, CT

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

EXENCIAL WEALTH ADVISORS

SAVANT WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Apr 30, 2026

Apr 17, 2026

-13

Bulk transfer

RIA to RIA

SHORELINE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

EXENCIAL WEALTH ADVISORS

Mar 16, 2023

Jan 18, 2023

-57

Firm change after gap

RIA to RIA

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

SHORELINE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

Jun 17, 2008

Jul 15, 2008

Firm change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

146040:130475:CT:2023-03-16

Mar 16, 2023

Jan 18, 2023

GUILFORD, CT

Firm change after gap