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

JANICE RACHAEL COPE

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

INDIANAPOLIS, IN

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 15, 2000 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: Jul 11, 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: S66
First exam: Jul 11, 2000
First registration: Nov 15, 2000
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: JANICE RACHAEL WILKENS|JANICE COPE|JANICE R COPE
IAPD individual key: 4056289

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	Jan 13, 2015	n/a	yes	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	Current employment
VESTOR CAPITAL, LLC	Independent wealth	Nov 13, 2012	Nov 12, 2014	no	CHICAGO, IL	Previous registration
VESTOR CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Apr 11, 2008	Oct 30, 2012	no	CHICAGO, IL	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Nov 15, 2000	Apr 2, 2008	no	CHICAGO, IL\|CHICAGO, IL	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
VESTOR CAPITAL, LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Nov 12, 2014	Jan 13, 2015	62	Firm change	Other
VESTOR CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC	VESTOR CAPITAL, LLC	Oct 30, 2012	Nov 13, 2012	14	Channel change	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	VESTOR CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC	Apr 2, 2008	Apr 11, 2008	9	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 15, 2000 to Apr 2, 2008factForm ADV
→ VESTOR CAPITAL, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 13, 2012 to Nov 12, 2014factForm ADV
→ VESTOR CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 11, 2008 to Oct 30, 2012factForm ADV

Dated events

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