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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)19 years in industry

RYAN MANNING ASHTON

Advisor at WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

CARLSBAD, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 12:57 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 12, 2007 to Sep 14, 2026

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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: Mar 9, 2007earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Mar 9, 2007
First registration: Mar 12, 2007
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 4785315

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	Apr 2, 2019	n/a	yes	CARLSBAD, CA	Current employment
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Nov 7, 2014	Apr 1, 2019	no	Carlsbad, CA\|La Jolla, CA\|Carlsbad, CA	Previous registration
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	Wirehouse	Jun 2, 2010	Nov 17, 2014	no	LA JOLLA, CA	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Apr 26, 2007	Jun 3, 2010	no	LA MESA, CA\|LA JOLLA, CA\|LA JOLLA, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA\|LOS ANGELES, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO INVESTMENTS, LLC	n/a	Mar 12, 2007	Apr 24, 2007	no	SOLANA BEACH, CA	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
MORGAN STANLEY	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Apr 1, 2019	Apr 2, 2019	1	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	MORGAN STANLEY	Nov 17, 2014	Nov 7, 2014	-10	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	Jun 3, 2010	Jun 2, 2010	-1	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
WELLS FARGO INVESTMENTS, LLC	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Apr 24, 2007	Apr 26, 2007	2	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
149777:19616:CA:2019-04-01	Apr 1, 2019	Apr 2, 2019	CARLSBAD, CA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 26, 2007 to Jun 3, 2010factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 7, 2014 to Apr 1, 2019factForm ADV
→ UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 2, 2010 to Nov 17, 2014factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO INVESTMENTS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 12, 2007 to Apr 24, 2007factForm ADV

Dated events

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