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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.

Advisor teams

Teams that left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

A team is two or more advisors whose registrations through one firm ended within fourteen days of each other, from branches in the same state, and who all registered next through the same other firm. The rule reads registration dates on IAPD and nothing else: no press, no name matching, no judgment about why. When the cluster carried half or more of the firm it left, or the destination filed a succession naming it, it is typed firm absorbed rather than lift-out. When the two CRDs are one enterprise (the same business name, as with the two Wells Fargo Advisors channels, the same 75%+ owner on both Schedule As around the move, or one name the other with a word added) it is a channel change, listed only when asked for and never counted as a team in or out. Corporate re-registrations (hundreds of people moved to a new CRD in one month) are excluded before teams are formed.

Advisors	From	To	Branch	Type	Left
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	UBS Financial Services Inc. wirehouse	Bellevue, Wa	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Sep 14, 2026
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	RBC Capital Markets, LLC national BD	Newport Beach, Ca	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Sep 11, 2026
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse	Myrtle Beach, Sc	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Sep 3, 2026
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Pnc Wealth Management BD affiliated	Tyler, Tx +1	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Sep 1, 2026 over 9 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse	Kent, Wa +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Sep 1, 2026 over 1 d
3	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	New Edge Wealth BD affiliated	Savannah, Ga	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Aug 31, 2026
3	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Morgan Stanley wirehouse	Mount Laurel, Nj	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Aug 28, 2026
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. BD affiliated	Boston, Ma	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Aug 21, 2026 over 10 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Chicago, Il	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Aug 21, 2026
5	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Morgan Stanley wirehouse	Newcastle, Wa +3	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Aug 14, 2026 over 10 d
11	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Rockefeller Capital Management BD affiliated	Columbus, Oh +5	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Aug 10, 2026 over 2 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse	Brooklyn, Ny +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Aug 10, 2026 over 11 d
4	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Clayton, Mo +3	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Aug 6, 2026 over 19 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Key Investment Services LLC BD affiliated	New York, Ny +1	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Aug 5, 2026 over 9 d
4	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse	Austin, Tx +2	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Aug 3, 2026 over 3 d
7	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Visalia, Ca +6	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jul 29, 2026 over 23 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Fisher Investments independent RIA	New York, Ny	Wirehouse to independent RIA	Jul 27, 2026 over 7 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse	Hendersonville, Nc +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jul 22, 2026 over 6 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Savannah, Ga	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jul 21, 2026 over 14 d
4	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Morgan Stanley wirehouse	Birmingham, Al	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jul 20, 2026
3	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Raymond James & Associates, Inc. national BD	New York, Ny	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Jul 20, 2026 over 7 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. national BD	Torrance, Ca +1	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Jul 20, 2026 over 7 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Fort Lauderdale, Fl +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jul 20, 2026 over 7 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated	New York, Ny	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Jul 19, 2026 over 5 d
4	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse	Jupiter, Fl +3	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jul 17, 2026 over 14 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Columbia, Sc +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jul 16, 2026
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Fifth Third Securities, Inc. BD affiliated	Jacksonville, Fl +1	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Jul 15, 2026 over 5 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse	Chicago, Il	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jul 10, 2026 over 10 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Raymond James & Associates, Inc. national BD	Canfield, Oh +1	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Jul 8, 2026 over 1 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Morgan Stanley wirehouse	New York, Ny	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jul 1, 2026 over 5 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse	Estero, Fl +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jun 30, 2026 over 2 d
9	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Frisco, Tx +7	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jun 24, 2026 over 41 d
3	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	UBS Financial Services Inc. wirehouse	Nashville, Tn	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jun 23, 2026
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	UBS Financial Services Inc. wirehouse	New York, Ny	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jun 23, 2026 over 9 d
5	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Los Angeles, Ca +3	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jun 22, 2026 over 21 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Vanguard Advisers, Inc. BD affiliated	Tyler, Tx +1	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Jun 18, 2026 over 4 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Seattle, Wa +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jun 18, 2026 over 8 d
3	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Sanctuary Advisors, LLC BD affiliated	Westlake Village, Ca	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Jun 15, 2026 over 2 d
3	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse	San Pedro, Ca +2	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jun 10, 2026 over 27 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Vanguard Advisers, Inc. BD affiliated	New York, Ny	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Jun 10, 2026 over 13 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Insigneo Advisory Services, LLC mixed wealth	Miami, Fl	Wirehouse to independent RIA	Jun 10, 2026
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated	West Sacramento, Ca +1	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Jun 8, 2026 over 2 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated	New York, Ny	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	Jun 4, 2026 over 11 d
3	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse	New York, Ny	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jun 3, 2026 over 8 d
6	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Schaumburg, Il +3	Wirehouse to wirehouse	Jun 2, 2026 over 20 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Empower Advisory Group, LLC BD affiliated	New York, Ny	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	May 29, 2026 over 11 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Pennington, Nj +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	May 26, 2026 over 6 d
4	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Morgan Stanley wirehouse	New York, Ny +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	May 23, 2026 over 18 d
3	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Morgan Stanley wirehouse	Los Angeles, Ca +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	May 23, 2026 over 16 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated	Gilbert, Az +1	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	May 21, 2026 over 1 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse	Jacksonville, Fl +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	May 20, 2026 over 13 d
13	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	New York, Ny +4	Wirehouse to wirehouse	May 19, 2026 over 38 d
6	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Los Angeles, Ca +3	Wirehouse to wirehouse	May 19, 2026 over 17 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Chandler, Az +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	May 19, 2026 over 13 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Fisher Investments independent RIA	Chandler, Az	Wirehouse to independent RIA	May 19, 2026 over 3 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Empower Advisory Group, LLC BD affiliated	Jacksonville, Fl	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	May 19, 2026 over 4 d
5	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Houston, Tx +3	Wirehouse to wirehouse	May 18, 2026 over 14 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	Morgan Stanley wirehouse	Pooler, Ga +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	May 18, 2026
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse	Savannah, Ga +1	Wirehouse to wirehouse	May 15, 2026 over 3 d
2	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse	LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated	El Paso, Tx +1	Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank	May 14, 2026 over 9 d

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2,173 teams match.derived from registration dates