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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)29 years in industry

JERRY BRADFORD GRIMES

Advisor at CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.

Lexington, NC

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Feb 10, 2004 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.
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: Jun 1, 1997earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 29derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 12derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Mar 24, 1998
First registration: Feb 10, 2004
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: BRAD GRIMES
IAPD individual key: 3039718

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
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 30, 2014	n/a	yes	Lexington, NC\|Lexington, NC	Current employment
IC ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jun 28, 2010	Jun 30, 2014	no	LEXINGTON, NC\|BEDMINSTER, NJ	Previous registration
NEXT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Feb 16, 2006	Jun 25, 2010	no	LEXINGTON, NC\|LEXINGTON, NC	Previous registration
SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	Former SEC adviser	Feb 10, 2004	Feb 7, 2006	no	LEXINGTON, 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
IC ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Jun 30, 2014	Jul 30, 2014	30	Firm change	Other
NEXT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	IC ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Jun 25, 2010	Jun 28, 2010	3	Firm change	Other
SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	NEXT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	Feb 7, 2006	Feb 16, 2006	9	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 30, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV
→ IC ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 28, 2010 to Jun 30, 2014factForm ADV
→ NEXT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 16, 2006 to Jun 25, 2010factForm ADV
→ SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 10, 2004 to Feb 7, 2006factForm ADV

Dated events

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