DFX Intelligence

Data Factory

RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)32 years in industry

DAVID SYLVAN COOPER

Advisor at REALTA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC

BRENTWOOD, TN | WILMINGTON, DE

This is the graph view. The full profile, with its team, deals and sources, is on RIA / Wealth Management.Open the full profile →

Search this name across graphsid dfx:ria:16af204e-018a-9fdc-3ccc-6c89564b506f

Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 15, 2003 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: REALTA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jan 21, 1994earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 32derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 5derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Jan 21, 1994
First registration: Apr 15, 2003
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 2422262

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
REALTA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 10, 2020	n/a	yes	WILMINGTON, DE\|BRENTWOOD, TN	Current employment
TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 1, 2016	Nov 11, 2020	no	NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN	Previous registration
SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Nov 10, 2014	Dec 31, 2016	no	NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN\|NASHVILLE, TN	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Nov 30, 2007	Nov 13, 2014	no	BRENTWOOD, TN\|PASADENA, CA	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Apr 15, 2003	Dec 7, 2007	no	ENCINO, CA\|ENCINO, CA	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
TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	REALTA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC	Nov 11, 2020	Nov 10, 2020	-1	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Dec 31, 2016	Sep 1, 2016	-121	Bulk transfer	Other
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Nov 13, 2014	Nov 10, 2014	-3	Firm change	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Dec 7, 2007	Nov 30, 2007	-7	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ REALTA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 10, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
→ TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 1, 2016 to Nov 11, 2020factForm ADV
→ SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 10, 2014 to Dec 31, 2016factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 30, 2007 to Nov 13, 2014factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 15, 2003 to Dec 7, 2007factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.