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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)27 years in industry

Cheryl Gunar Thompson

Advisor at ALLY INVEST ADVISORS

CHARLOTTE, NC

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 17, 2002 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: ALLY INVEST ADVISORS
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: May 28, 1999earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 27derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 6derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: May 28, 1999
First registration: Dec 17, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Cheryl GUNAR Thompson|CHERYL THOMPSON
IAPD individual key: 3179208

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
ALLY INVEST ADVISORS	Independent wealth	Jun 24, 2020	n/a	yes	CHARLOTTE, NC	Current employment
FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 15, 2017	Oct 7, 2019	no	CHARLOTTE, NC	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Oct 23, 2009	Apr 29, 2016	no	BOSTON, MA\|INDIAN TRAIL, NC\|CHARLOTTE, NC\|NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Aug 11, 2008	Oct 23, 2009	no	CHARLOTTE, NC\|INDIAN TRAIL, NC\|BOSTON, MA	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Dec 17, 2002	Apr 3, 2007	no	CHARLOTTE, NC\|INDIAN TRAIL, NC\|CHARLOTTE, NC\|BOSTON, MA\|CHARLOTTE, 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
FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.	ALLY INVEST ADVISORS	Oct 7, 2019	Jun 24, 2020	261	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.	Apr 29, 2016	Aug 15, 2017	473	Firm change after gap	Other
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 23, 2009	Oct 23, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ ALLY INVEST ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 24, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
→ FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 15, 2017 to Oct 7, 2019factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 23, 2009 to Apr 29, 2016factForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 11, 2008 to Oct 23, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

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