David Schaffer

$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

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One Bryant Park, New York, NY 10036 • United States

Current Registrations

Authority	Category	Status	Date
TX	RA	APPROVED	2025-11-17
NY	RA	APPROVED	2025-11-03

Branch Locations

No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.

Organization	City	State	From	To
Red Shift Recruting	Troy	NY	07/2017	10/2017
Unemployed	Schenectady	NY	05/2017	08/2017
Maximus	Albany	NY	03/2015	05/2017
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated	Clifton Park	NY	08/2025	Present
Goldman Sachs Ayco	Latham	NY	11/2017	08/2025

07/2017 → 10/2017

Red Shift Recruting

Troy, NY
05/2017 → 08/2017

Unemployed

Schenectady, NY
03/2015 → 05/2017

Maximus

Albany, NY
08/2025 → Present

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Clifton Park, NY
11/2017 → 08/2025

Goldman Sachs Ayco

Latham, NY

Code	Exam	Date
S65	Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination	2025-11-03
S63	Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination	2018-08-27

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