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Registered advisor
Sophia Yu Liu
Certified Financial Planner
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as Yu Ju Liu
At current firm
2 y
since Aug 9, 2024
In the industry
11 y
since Jul 1, 2015 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
2
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
1
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S66, S63
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
1
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Benefit Financial Services Group independent RIA currentsince Aug 9, 2024 · Irvine, Ca
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseNov 8, 2018 to Sep 26, 2022 · Tustin, Ca
- Securian Financial Services, Inc. formerMay 5, 2017 to Sep 27, 2018 · Newport Beach, Ca
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Benefit Financial Services Groupleft Sep 26, 2022, registered Aug 9, 2024 (683 days) · Wirehouse to independent RIA
- Securian Financial Services, Inc. to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft Sep 27, 2018, registered Nov 8, 2018 (42 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to wirehouse
Signals
- Sophia Yu Liu left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Benefit Financial Services Group (registered 2024-08-09)Sep 26, 2022 · 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
- Independent wealth managerderived
- Years in industry
- 11derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address