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RIA / WealthAdvisorChartered Financial Consultantdual registered (broker-dealer)19 years in industry

Byron L Barnes

Advisor at EDWARD JONES

NORFOLK, VA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 8, 2008 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: EDWARD JONES
Current firm class: national broker-dealer RIAderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Oct 1, 2006earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Chartered Financial Consultant
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Mar 7, 2008
First registration: Jul 8, 2008
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: BYRON L BARNES|BYRON LAMONT BARNES
IAPD individual key: 5475643

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	Mar 24, 2025	n/a	yes	NORFOLK, VA	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Dec 6, 2022	Nov 4, 2024	no	VIRGINIA BEACH, VA\|NORFOLK, VA	Previous registration
TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 13, 2017	Dec 13, 2022	no	HAMPTON, VA\|NORFOLK, VA\|HAMPTON, VA	Previous registration
PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 4, 2016	Jun 27, 2017	no	VIRGINIA BEACH, VA\|VIRGINIA BEACH, VA\|CHESAPEAKE, VA	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Oct 3, 2013	Jan 27, 2016	no	NORFOLK, VA\|PORTSMOUTH, VA\|CHESAPEAKE, VA	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Jul 8, 2008	Mar 29, 2012	no	NORFOLK, VA\|SUFFOLK, VA\|RICHMOND, VA	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	EDWARD JONES	Nov 4, 2024	Mar 24, 2025	140	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Dec 13, 2022	Dec 6, 2022	-7	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT	TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Jun 27, 2017	Jul 13, 2017	16	Firm change	Other
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Jan 27, 2016	Apr 4, 2016	68	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
283390:7691:VA:2022-12-02	Dec 13, 2022	Dec 6, 2022	HAMPTON, VA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 24, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 6, 2022 to Nov 4, 2024factForm ADV
→ TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 13, 2017 to Dec 13, 2022factForm ADV
→ PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 4, 2016 to Jun 27, 2017factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 3, 2013 to Jan 27, 2016factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Nov 4, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Byron L Barnes left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Edward Jones (registered 2025-03-24)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Dec 13, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Byron L Barnes left Truist Advisory Services, Inc. for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2022-12-06)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago