Benjamin Buchanan

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

• 06/2020 → 08/2020
  J.W. Cole Financial, Inc.
  Tampa, FL
• 05/2019 → 09/2022
  Brower Financial Group
  Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
• 07/2010 → 06/2020
  Student
  Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
• 10/2020 → 07/2022
  J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc.
  Tampa, FL
• 08/2020 → 10/2020
  J.W. Cole Financial, Inc.
  Tampa, FL
• 10/2022 → Present
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  Jacksonville, FL
• 12/2022 → Present
  Bank Of America, N.A.
  Jacksonville, FL

Previous Registrations

• 2021-01-08 → 2022-09-12
  J. W. Cole Advisors, Inc.
  Tampa, FL
  Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

Other Businesses

DBA - Brower Financial Group; investment related; start date 6/1/2020 - client relations manager; 250 A1A North Suite 100, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082; 160 hours per month, all during trading. I*2166282, Entity Type: Entity Charitable, Name of OBA: The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care, Address: Jacksonville, Florida, 32257, Investment Related: N, Position, Title, Association: Board Member, Employee State Date: 01/09/2025, No Hours: 100 Yearly, No Hours during Trading: 0 Yearly, Duties: Board Member

Exams

• S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  2020-12-14

Other Names

• Ben Buchanan
• Benjamin Conrad Augustus Buchanan