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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

Registered advisor

Laura Beninato

MML Investors Services, LLCBD affiliatedMorganville, Nj dual registrantIAPD 5588325

Feed of 09/15/2026

At current firm

0 y

since May 14, 2026

In the industry

12 y

since Feb 1, 2014 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S66

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

MML Investors Services, LLC BD affiliated current
since May 14, 2026 · Morganville, Nj
Esi Financial Advisors independent RIA
Jun 5, 2025 to Apr 24, 2026 · Red Bank, Nj
Morgan Stanley wirehouse
Sep 5, 2023 to Jun 13, 2025 · New York, Ny
E*Trade Capital Management, LLC former
Jun 28, 2018 to Sep 5, 2023 · Jersey City, Nj
Equitable Advisors, LLC national BD
Dec 21, 2016 to Jun 29, 2018 · New York, Ny

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Esi Financial Advisors to MML Investors Services, LLC
left Apr 24, 2026, registered May 14, 2026 (20 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
Morgan Stanley to Esi Financial Advisors
left Jun 13, 2025, registered Jun 5, 2025 (-8 days) · Wirehouse to independent RIA
E*Trade Capital Management, LLC to Morgan Stanley
left Sep 5, 2023, registered Sep 5, 2023 (0 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
Equitable Advisors, LLC to E*Trade Capital Management, LLC
left Jun 29, 2018, registered Jun 28, 2018 (-1 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA

Signals

Laura Beninato left Esi Financial Advisors for Mml Investors Services, Llc (registered 2026-05-14)
Apr 24, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Laura Beninato left Morgan Stanley for Esi Financial Advisors (registered 2025-06-05)
Jun 13, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact

Transition signals

Mobility scoring is not published yet. The observable conditions this page will draw on once the historical validation is done: tenure, the firm’s own departures and ownership changes, new state registrations, a new adviser entity with this person on Schedule A, and colleagues’ moves. Until precision and lead time are measured on known moves, no label is printed. Read the methodology.

Provenance

Source: IAPD individual compilation feedreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
Firm class: Broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Years in industry: 12derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address