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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)24 years in industry

VIRGINIA PAUL JOHANSMEYER

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

WINTER PARK, FL

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Oct 31, 2001 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
Current firm class: wirehousederived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Oct 31, 2001earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 24derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 15derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Sep 3, 2002
First registration: Oct 31, 2001
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: VIRGINIA ARMATO|VIRGINIA P ARMATO|VIRGINIA P JOHANSMEYER
IAPD individual key: 1518730

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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Nov 12, 2010	n/a	yes	WINTER PARK, FL	Current employment
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jun 1, 2009	Jan 4, 2011	no	Winter Park, FL	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC	n/a	May 29, 2007	Jun 1, 2009	no	WINTER PARK, FL	Previous registration
SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Oct 31, 2001	Jun 22, 2007	no	WINTER PARK, FL\|WINTER PARK, FL	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
MORGAN STANLEY	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Jan 4, 2011	Nov 12, 2010	-53	Firm change after gap	Wirehouse to wirehouse
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC	MORGAN STANLEY	Jun 1, 2009	Jun 1, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other
SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC	Jun 22, 2007	May 29, 2007	-24	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 12, 2010 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 1, 2009 to Jan 4, 2011factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 29, 2007 to Jun 1, 2009factForm ADV
→ SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 31, 2001 to Jun 22, 2007factForm ADV

Dated events

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