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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)17 years in industry

VIRAL NAYAK

Advisor at MORGAN STANLEY

Chicago, IL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 6:57 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 24, 2008 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: MORGAN STANLEY
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: Nov 21, 2008earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 17derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Nov 21, 2008
First registration: Nov 24, 2008
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: VIRAL NAGAK|ROCKY NAYAK
IAPD individual key: 5077181

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
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Dec 13, 2024	n/a	yes	Chicago, IL	Current employment
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 29, 2016	Dec 17, 2024	no	CHICAGO, IL\|ORLAND PARK, IL\|Tinley Park, IL\|LOMBARD, IL\|Lombard, IL\|Chicago, IL\|Schaumburg, IL\|Miami, FL\|Chicago, IL\|Chicago, IL\|Schaumburg, IL\|New York, NY\|Orland Park, IL\|Chicago, IL	Previous registration
FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 22, 2009	May 2, 2016	no	NAPERVILLE, IL\|ROMEOVILLE, IL\|ST. CHARLES, IL\|NAPERVILLE, IL\|NAPERVILLE, IL\|ST. CHARLES, IL\|ST. CHARLES, IL\|BATAVIA, IL\|LOCKPORT, IL\|WEST CHICAGO, IL\|SHOREWOOD, IL\|NAPERVILLE, IL\|ROMEOVILLE, IL\|WARRENVILLE, IL\|ST. CHARLES, IL\|NEW LENOX, IL\|MOKENA, IL\|ORLAND PARK, IL\|ORLAND PARK, IL\|AURORA, IL\|NAPERVILLE, IL\|OSWEGO, IL\|ORLAND PARK, IL\|KANKAKEE, IL\|OSWEGO, IL	Previous registration
WADDELL & REED	Former SEC adviser	Nov 24, 2008	Jul 10, 2009	no	MOKENA, 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
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	MORGAN STANLEY	Dec 17, 2024	Dec 13, 2024	-4	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	May 2, 2016	Apr 29, 2016	-3	Firm change	Other
WADDELL & REED	FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.	Jul 10, 2009	Jul 22, 2009	12	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
7059:149777:IL:2024-12-17	Dec 17, 2024	Dec 13, 2024	CHICAGO, IL	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Dec 13, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 29, 2016 to Dec 17, 2024factForm ADV
→ FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 22, 2009 to May 2, 2016factForm ADV
→ WADDELL & REEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 24, 2008 to Jul 10, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Dec 17, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Viral Nayak left Citigroup Global Markets Inc. for Morgan Stanley (registered 2024-12-13)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:432e57ab-7a7d-1bb7-9e4b-d326148d8658
First observed: Nov 24, 2008
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 6 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

VIRAL NAYAK

Advisor at MORGAN STANLEY

Chicago, IL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 6:57 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

MORGAN STANLEY

Wirehouse

Dec 13, 2024

n/a

yes

Chicago, IL

Current employment

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

Bd affiliated wealth

Apr 29, 2016

Dec 17, 2024

Previous registration

FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.

Bd affiliated wealth

Jul 22, 2009

May 2, 2016

Previous registration

WADDELL & REED

Former SEC adviser

Nov 24, 2008

Jul 10, 2009

MOKENA, IL

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

MORGAN STANLEY

Dec 17, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

-4

Firm change

Ibd to wirehouse

FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

May 2, 2016

Apr 29, 2016

-3

Firm change

Other

WADDELL & REED

FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.

Jul 10, 2009

Jul 22, 2009

Firm change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

7059:149777:IL:2024-12-17

Dec 17, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

CHICAGO, IL

Firm change