Benjamin Patrick Anh Smits

Employer firm

Strategic Advisers LLC CRD 104555

$1.37T regulatory AUM 17,518 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

• Financial planning
• Portfolio management (individuals)
• Portfolio management (investment companies)
• Portfolio management (institutions)
• Selection of other advisers
• Educational seminars

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

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

Current Employers

Employment History

• 03/2017 → 10/2018
  Morgan Stanley
  Irvine, CA
• 08/2016 → 12/2016
  Independent Capital Management
  Newport Beach, CA
• 04/2018 → 10/2018
  Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A.
  New York, NY
• 11/2018 → 09/2021
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  La Mirada, CA
• 11/2018 → 09/2021
  Bank Of America, N.A.
  La Mirada, CA
• 01/2017 → 02/2017
  Unemployed
  Irvine, CA
• 09/2021 → Present
  Fidelity Investments
  Salt Lake City, UT
• 03/2025 → Present
  Fidelity Investments
  Boston, MA

Previous Registrations

• 2022-02-07 → 2025-03-31
  Fidelity Personal And Workplace Advisors
  La Crescenta, CA
• 2018-11-12 → 2021-09-23
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  La Mirada, CA
  La Mirada, CA
• 2017-05-27 → 2018-09-27
  Morgan Stanley
  Irvine, CA

Exams

• S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  2017-05-26
• S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  2016-10-17

Other Names

• Benjamin Smits
• Benjamin Patrick Anh Smits