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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)45 years in industry

DAVID KAY JOHNSTON

Advisor at KESTRA PRIVATE WEALTH SERVICES, LLC

AUSTIN, TX | American Fork, UT

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Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 31, 1993 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: KESTRA PRIVATE WEALTH SERVICES, LLC
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: Mar 2, 1981earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 45derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 9derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Mar 2, 1981
First registration: Jul 31, 1993
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 726847

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
KESTRA PRIVATE WEALTH SERVICES, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 14, 2017	n/a	yes	AUSTIN, TX\|American Fork, UT	Current employment
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jun 1, 2009	Aug 11, 2017	no	PROVO, UT\|PROVO, UT\|SALT LAKE CITY, UT	Previous registration
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 21, 2003	Jun 1, 2009	no	PROVO, UT	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	n/a	Apr 8, 2003	Apr 16, 2003	no	SALT LAKE CITY, UT	Previous registration
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 31, 1993	Apr 11, 2003	no	PROVO, UT	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	KESTRA PRIVATE WEALTH SERVICES, LLC	Aug 11, 2017	Aug 14, 2017	3	Firm change	Other
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	MORGAN STANLEY	Jun 1, 2009	Jun 1, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Apr 16, 2003	Apr 21, 2003	5	Firm change	Other
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	Apr 11, 2003	Apr 8, 2003	-3	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
149777:155193:UT:2017-08-11	Aug 11, 2017	Aug 14, 2017	SALT LAKE CITY, UT	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ KESTRA PRIVATE WEALTH SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Aug 14, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 1, 2009 to Aug 11, 2017factForm ADV
→ CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 21, 2003 to Jun 1, 2009factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 8, 2003 to Apr 16, 2003factForm ADV

Dated events

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