Nicolas A Stanley

Employer firm

Hightower Advisors, LLC CRD 145323

$199B regulatory AUM 500 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

• Financial planning
• Portfolio management (individuals)
• Portfolio management (pooled vehicles)
• Portfolio management (institutions)
• Pension consulting
• Selection of other advisers

From the firm’s Form ADV. Read the guides:

• Item 5F — Regulatory AUM
• Item 5G — Advisory services
• Full firm profile

Current Employers

Employment History

• 12/2015 → 04/2018
  Ubs
  Beverly Hills, CA
• 08/2018 → 03/2019
  Protege Wealth Planning
  Los Angeles, CA
• 12/2015 → 03/2019
  Tutorfin
  Beverly Hills, CA
• 04/2019 → 11/2020
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  New York, NY
• 08/2018 → 04/2019
  Santa Monica College
  Santa Monica, CA
• 01/2018 → 05/2018
  Ohlone College
  Fremont, CA
• 11/2020 → 07/2025
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Llc
  New York, NY
• 11/2022 → 07/2025
  Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A
  New York, NY
• 07/2025 → Present
  Hightower Advisors, Llc
  Newport Beach, CA

Previous Registrations

• 2020-11-06 → 2025-07-15
  Morgan Stanley
  New York, NY
  New York, NY
  New York, NY
• 2019-05-09 → 2020-11-09
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  New York, NY
• 2019-01-10 → 2019-03-14
  Protege Wp
  Beverly Hills, CA
• 2018-10-08 → 2018-12-31
  Protege Wp
  Beverly Hills, CA
• 2015-04-08 → 2018-04-13
  Ubs Financial Services Inc.
  Beverly Hills, CA

Exams

• S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  2015-04-08
• S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  2011-08-24

Designations

• Certified Financial Planner
• Chartered Financial Consultant

Other Names

• Nick Adam Stanley
• Nicolas Adam Stanley
• Nicolas A Smallwood
• Nicolas Stanley