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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)26 years in industry

MATTHEW JOSIAH BELDEN

Advisor at WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

LAGUNA BEACH, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:04 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 29, 2001 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: WELLS FARGO ADVISORS
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: Mar 3, 2000earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 26derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 11derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Mar 3, 2000
First registration: Mar 29, 2001
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: BELDEN JOSIAH MATTHEW
IAPD individual key: 4093023

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
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Jan 30, 2015	n/a	yes	LAGUNA BEACH, CA\|LAGUNA BEACH, CA	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	May 20, 2009	Feb 3, 2015	no	LAGUNA BEACH, CA\|SAN FRANCISCO, CA\|NEWPORT BEACH, CA\|NEWPORT BEACH, CA	Previous registration
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	Wirehouse	Oct 25, 2002	Jan 14, 2008	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA\|SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Previous registration
A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.	n/a	Mar 29, 2001	Nov 12, 2002	no	SAN FRANCISCO, 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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Feb 3, 2015	Jan 30, 2015	-4	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Jan 14, 2008	May 20, 2009	492	Firm change after gap	Wirehouse to wirehouse
A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.	UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	Nov 12, 2002	Oct 25, 2002	-18	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 30, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 20, 2009 to Feb 3, 2015factForm ADV
→ UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 25, 2002 to Jan 14, 2008factForm ADV
→ A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 29, 2001 to Nov 12, 2002factForm ADV

Dated events

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