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RIA / WealthAdvisor21 years in industry

WILLIAM CLAYTON SMITH

Advisor at GUARANTY PRIVATE WEALTH

RIDGELAND, MS

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Relationships: 8
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 15, 2006 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: GUARANTY PRIVATE WEALTH
Current firm class: state registeredderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Nov 23, 2004earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 21derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 6derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 7
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 4
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Nov 23, 2004
First registration: Dec 15, 2006
Dual registered: no
Other names: WILLIAM CLAYTON SMITH|WILLIAM C SMITH
IAPD individual key: 4865759

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
GUARANTY PRIVATE WEALTH	State registered	Jun 29, 2020	n/a	yes	RIDGELAND, MS	Current employment
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 1, 2019	Apr 8, 2020	no	GREENVILLE, MS	Previous registration
KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	May 9, 2016	Apr 1, 2019	no	RIDGELAND, MS	Previous registration
NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC	Former SEC adviser	May 13, 2013	May 9, 2016	no	RIDGELAND, MS	Previous registration
CENTERPOINT ADVANTAGE, LLC	n/a	Aug 23, 2010	May 13, 2013	no	FLOWOOD, MS	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jun 1, 2009	Dec 17, 2009	no	RIDGELAND, MS	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC	n/a	May 27, 2008	Jun 1, 2009	no	RIDGELAND, MS	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Dec 15, 2006	May 19, 2008	no	RIDGELAND, MS	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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	GUARANTY PRIVATE WEALTH	Apr 8, 2020	Jun 29, 2020	82	Firm change	Ibd to state RIA
KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Apr 1, 2019	Apr 1, 2019	0	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC	KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	May 9, 2016	May 9, 2016	0	Firm change	Other
CENTERPOINT ADVANTAGE, LLC	NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC	May 13, 2013	May 13, 2013	0	Firm change	Other
MORGAN STANLEY	CENTERPOINT ADVANTAGE, LLC	Dec 17, 2009	Aug 23, 2010	249	Firm change	Other
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC	MORGAN STANLEY	Jun 1, 2009	Jun 1, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC	May 19, 2008	May 27, 2008	8	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
42046:283330:MS:2016-05-09	May 9, 2016	May 9, 2016	RIDGELAND, MS	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (8)

→ GUARANTY PRIVATE WEALTHRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 29, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 1, 2019 to Apr 8, 2020factForm ADV
→ KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 9, 2016 to Apr 1, 2019factForm ADV
→ NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 13, 2013 to May 9, 2016factForm ADV
→ CENTERPOINT ADVANTAGE, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 23, 2010 to May 13, 2013factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 1, 2009 to Dec 17, 2009factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 27, 2008 to Jun 1, 2009factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 15, 2006 to May 19, 2008factForm ADV

Dated events

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