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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner10 years in industry

DEREK THOMPSON WILLIAMS

Advisor at VERATIS ADVISORS, INC.

CARY, NC

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 7:37 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 3, 2017 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: VERATIS ADVISORS, INC.
Current firm class: institutional managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Oct 1, 2015earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 10derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: May 9, 2016
First registration: May 3, 2017
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 6615541

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
VERATIS ADVISORS, INC.	Institutional manager	Jun 14, 2023	n/a	yes	CARY, NC	Current employment
COOK WEALTH, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jan 7, 2019	Jun 8, 2023	no	RALEIGH, NC	Previous registration
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Former SEC adviser	Jul 13, 2018	Jan 9, 2019	no	BOSTON, MA	Previous registration
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	National bd RIA	May 3, 2017	Jul 13, 2018	no	DURHAM, NC	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
COOK WEALTH, LLC	VERATIS ADVISORS, INC.	Jun 8, 2023	Jun 14, 2023	6	Firm change	Other
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	COOK WEALTH, LLC	Jan 9, 2019	Jan 7, 2019	-2	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Jul 13, 2018	Jul 13, 2018	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to new firm

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ VERATIS ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 14, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ COOK WEALTH, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 7, 2019 to Jun 8, 2023factForm ADV
→ FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 13, 2018 to Jan 9, 2019factForm ADV
→ STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 3, 2017 to Jul 13, 2018factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jun 8, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Derek Thompson Williams left Cook Wealth, Llc for Veratis Advisors, Inc. (registered 2023-06-14)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago