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

MELANIE HUFF CHENAULT

Advisor at TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.

LYNCHBURG, VA

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Relationships: 8
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 14, 2002 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, 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: Jun 13, 2002earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 24derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 5derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 7
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Jun 13, 2002
First registration: Jun 14, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: MELANIE HUFF|MELANIE LEIGH HUFF|MELANIE HUFF DAVIS|MELANIE HUFF CHENAULT|Melanie Chenault
IAPD individual key: 2518036

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
TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Feb 17, 2021	n/a	yes	LYNCHBURG, VA	Current employment
BB&T SECURITIES, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Oct 24, 2019	Feb 17, 2021	no	BEDFORD, VA\|RICHMOND, VA	Previous registration
HSC WEALTH ADVISORS	Former SEC adviser	Jun 25, 2014	Aug 16, 2019	no	FOREST, VA	Previous registration
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERVICES,LLC	No RAUM reported	Apr 21, 2009	Mar 5, 2014	no	LYNCHBURG, VA	Previous registration
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Feb 21, 2006	Dec 16, 2008	no	LYNCHBURG, VA\|NEW YORK, NY\|LYNCHBURG, VA	Previous registration
LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER, INCORPORATED	n/a	May 10, 2005	Feb 21, 2006	no	LYNCHBURG, VA	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Nov 14, 2003	Apr 29, 2005	no	LYNCHBURG, VA	Previous registration
SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jun 14, 2002	Nov 19, 2003	no	LYNCHBURG, 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
BB&T SECURITIES, LLC	TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Feb 17, 2021	Feb 17, 2021	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
HSC WEALTH ADVISORS	BB&T SECURITIES, LLC	Aug 16, 2019	Oct 24, 2019	69	Firm change	RIA to ibd
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERVICES,LLC	HSC WEALTH ADVISORS	Mar 5, 2014	Jun 25, 2014	112	Firm change	Other
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERVICES,LLC	Dec 16, 2008	Apr 21, 2009	126	Firm change	Other
LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER, INCORPORATED	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Feb 21, 2006	Feb 21, 2006	0	Bulk transfer	Other
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER, INCORPORATED	Apr 29, 2005	May 10, 2005	11	Firm change	Other
SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Nov 19, 2003	Nov 14, 2003	-5	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (8)

→ TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Feb 17, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
→ BB&T SECURITIES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 24, 2019 to Feb 17, 2021factForm ADV
→ HSC WEALTH ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 25, 2014 to Aug 16, 2019factForm ADV
→ NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERVICES,LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 21, 2009 to Mar 5, 2014factForm ADV
→ CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 21, 2006 to Dec 16, 2008factForm ADV
→ LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER, INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 10, 2005 to Feb 21, 2006factForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 14, 2003 to Apr 29, 2005factForm ADV
→ SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 14, 2002 to Nov 19, 2003factForm ADV

Dated events

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