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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

Dillon Edward Smith

First Citizens Asset Management, IncBD affiliatedRaleigh, Nc dual registrantIAPD 7602212

Feed of 09/15/2026

Also filed as Dillon Edward Smith

At current firm

1 y

since Apr 17, 2025

In the industry

10 y

since Jul 1, 2016 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S63, S65

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

First Citizens Asset Management, Inc BD affiliated current
since Apr 17, 2025 · Raleigh, Nc
First Citizens Investor Services, Inc. BD affiliated current
since Apr 17, 2025 · Columbia, Sc
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse
Nov 13, 2024 to Apr 7, 2025 · Columbia, Sc
Equitable Advisors, LLC national BD
Jan 11, 2023 to Oct 23, 2024 · Columbia, Sc
Ae Wealth Management, LLC BD affiliated
Aug 24, 2022 to Oct 10, 2022 · Irmo, Sc

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to First Citizens Asset Management, Inc
left Apr 7, 2025, registered Apr 17, 2025 (10 days) · Wirehouse to independent RIA
Equitable Advisors, LLC to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
left Oct 23, 2024, registered Nov 13, 2024 (21 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to wirehouse
Ae Wealth Management, LLC to Equitable Advisors, LLC
left Oct 10, 2022, registered Jan 11, 2023 (93 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to another

Signals

Dillon Edward Smith left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for First Citizens Investor Services, Inc. (registered 2025-04-17)
Apr 7, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Dillon Edward Smith left Equitable Advisors, Llc for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2024-11-13)
Oct 23, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Dillon Edward Smith left Ae Wealth Management, Llc for Equitable Advisors, Llc (registered 2023-01-11)
Oct 10, 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: Broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Years in industry: 10derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address