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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)21 years in industry

BENITO CANALES

Advisor at WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

MARIETTA, GA | CARTERSVILLE, GA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 3:30 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 6, 2013 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: WELLS FARGO ADVISORS
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: Jul 1, 2005earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 21derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Dec 13, 2012
First registration: Aug 6, 2013
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Benito JR Canales|BENITO CANALES|Benito Canales|BENITO CANALES|Benito J Canales|BENITO J CANALES
IAPD individual key: 6069942

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
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Oct 3, 2022	n/a	yes	MARIETTA, GA\|CARTERSVILLE, GA	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Oct 22, 2019	Sep 30, 2022	no	ALPHARETTA, GA	Previous registration
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Wirehouse	Nov 22, 2016	Oct 30, 2019	no	DECATUR, GA\|ATLANTA, GA\|ATLANTA, GA\|MCDONOUGH, GA\|NEWNAN, GA\|ATLANTA, GA\|ATLANTA, GA\|DOUGLASVILLE, GA\|JOHNS CREEK, GA\|ATLANTA, GA\|ROSWELL, GA\|DUNWOODY, GA\|Dunwoody, GA	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Sep 18, 2014	Dec 1, 2016	no	ALPHARETTA, GA\|ALPHARETTA, GA\|NORCROSS, GA\|ALPHARETTA, GA\|ROSWELL, GA\|ATLANTA, GA\|ATLANTA, GA	Previous registration
SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Aug 6, 2013	Sep 9, 2014	no	ATLANTA, GA	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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Sep 30, 2022	Oct 3, 2022	3	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 30, 2019	Oct 22, 2019	-8	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Dec 1, 2016	Nov 22, 2016	-9	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Sep 9, 2014	Sep 18, 2014	9	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 3, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 22, 2019 to Sep 30, 2022factForm ADV
→ J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 22, 2016 to Oct 30, 2019factForm ADV
→ SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 6, 2013 to Sep 9, 2014factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Sep 30, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Benito Canales left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Wells Fargo Advisors (registered 2022-10-03)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago