Benjamin J Stern

Employer firm

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated CRD 7691

$1.78T regulatory AUM 16,844 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

• Portfolio management (individuals)
• Portfolio management (institutions)
• Pension consulting
• Selection of other advisers
• Educational seminars
• PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT REPORTS, ALLOCATION MODELING, IPS, RESEARCH REPORTS AND SERVICES, SEE SCHEDULE D

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

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

Current Employers

Employment History

• 12/2017 → 01/2018
  Td Ameritrade
  St. Louis, MT
• 07/2016 → 01/2019
  St. Theresa Of Avila
  Salem, IL
• 01/2019 → 01/2021
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services, Llc
  Saint Louis, MO
• 01/2021 → 09/2021
  Jp Morgan Chase Bank
  St. Louis, MO
• 01/2021 → 09/2021
  Jpmorgan Securities Llc
  St. Louis, MO
• 01/2019 → 01/2021
  Wells Fargo Advisors
  St. Louis, MO
• 09/2021 → Present
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  Frontenac, MO

Previous Registrations

• 2021-02-08 → 2021-09-20
  J.P. Morgan Securities Llc
  Saint Charles, MO
  Saint Charles, MO
  Saint Louis, MO
  Brentwood, MO
• 2019-02-04 → 2021-01-21
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services, Llc
  St. Louis, MO

Other Businesses

I*3025264, Entity Type: Entity For Profit, Name of OBA: E-Book Time, LLC, Address: Montgomery, Alabama, 36108, Investment Related: N, Position, Title, Association: Other, Employee State Date:10/27/2025, No Hours: 3 Weekly, No Hours during Trading: 0 Weekly, Duties: I would like to write a couple books concerning the Independent Sacramental Movement including theology of the movement and issues found within ISM communities.This is a book publishing LLC for authors who self-publish books I*3207267 Entity Type: Entity For Profit,Entity Publicly Traded Name of OBA: Kindle Direct Publishing Address: Seattle, Washington, 98109 Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: Other Employee Start Date: 11/28/2025 Number of Hours: 3, Weekly Number of Hours during trading: 0, Weekly Duties: Self-publishing book publisher I would like to write a couple of books concerning the Independent Sacramental movement including the theology of the movement and issues found within ISM communities

Exams

• S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
  2018-10-05
• S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  2018-09-07

Other Names

• Benjamin Joseph Stern
• Benjamin J. Stern