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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
Nicholas Williams Smith
Feed of 09/15/2026
Also filed as Nicholas Smith
At current firm
0 y
since Jun 23, 2026
In the industry
12 y
since Jun 1, 2014 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
2
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
3
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S66
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
2
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Cresset Asset Management, LLC independent RIA currentsince Jun 23, 2026 · New York, Ny
- Lazard Asset Management LLC otherJun 17, 2024 to Jun 23, 2026 · New York, Ny
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseJan 31, 2023 to Jun 3, 2024 · New York, Ny
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Lazard Asset Management LLC to Cresset Asset Management, LLCleft Jun 23, 2026, registered Jun 23, 2026 (0 days) · Other
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Lazard Asset Management LLCleft Jun 3, 2024, registered Jun 17, 2024 (14 days) · Other
Signals
- Nicholas Williams Smith left Lazard Asset Management Llc for Cresset Asset Management, Llc (registered 2026-06-23)Jun 23, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Nicholas Williams Smith left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Lazard Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-06-17)Jun 3, 2024 · 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
- 12derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address