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

Ciara Corine Merriman

Advisor at EDWARD JONES

ST. LOUIS, MO | NOVI, MI

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 18, 2007 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: EDWARD JONES
Current firm class: national broker-dealer RIAderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Dec 23, 1998earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 27derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Dec 23, 1998
First registration: Apr 18, 2007
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: CIARA C BENSON|CIARA CORRINE BENSON|CIARA C MERRIMAN
IAPD individual key: 3141649

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
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	Apr 19, 2023	n/a	yes	ST. LOUIS, MO\|NOVI, MI	Current employment
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Former SEC adviser	Jul 13, 2018	Aug 9, 2022	no	BOSTON, MA\|NOVI, MI	Previous registration
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	National bd RIA	May 22, 2015	Jul 13, 2018	no	NOVI, MI	Previous registration
ALLSTATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 6, 2014	Apr 8, 2015	no	FERNDALE, MI	Previous registration
ADVICE AND PLANNING SERVICES	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 18, 2007	Oct 23, 2013	no	ANN ARBOR, MI	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
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	EDWARD JONES	Aug 9, 2022	Apr 19, 2023	253	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Jul 13, 2018	Jul 13, 2018	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to new firm
ALLSTATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	Apr 8, 2015	May 22, 2015	44	Firm change	Other
ADVICE AND PLANNING SERVICES	ALLSTATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Oct 23, 2013	Aug 6, 2014	287	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 19, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 13, 2018 to Aug 9, 2022factForm ADV
→ STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 22, 2015 to Jul 13, 2018factForm ADV
→ ALLSTATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 6, 2014 to Apr 8, 2015factForm ADV
→ ADVICE AND PLANNING SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 18, 2007 to Oct 23, 2013factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Aug 9, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Ciara Corine Merriman left Fidelity Personal And Workplace Advisors for Edward Jones (registered 2023-04-19)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago