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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)11 years in industry

Christopher Hernandez

Advisor at ALLY INVEST ADVISORS

CHARLOTTE, NC

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Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 30, 2015 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: Sep 1, 2015earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 11derivedfrom 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: S66
First exam: Nov 25, 2015
First registration: Nov 30, 2015
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 5992700

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 29, 2023	n/a	yes	CHARLOTTE, NC	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Apr 3, 2020	Aug 9, 2021	no	Pembroke Pines, FL\|PEMBROKE PINES, FL\|NEW YORK, NY\|PEMBROKE PINES, FL	Previous registration
JACK PATTERSON & CO.	Former SEC adviser	Jan 23, 2020	Sep 29, 2020	no	DAVIE, FL	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Aug 28, 2017	Jul 18, 2019	no	MIAMI, FL\|CORAL GABLES, FL	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Nov 30, 2015	Jul 3, 2017	no	JACKSONVILLE, FL	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	ALLY INVEST ADVISORS	Aug 9, 2021	Jun 29, 2023	689	Firm change after gap	Wirehouse to RIA
JACK PATTERSON & CO.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Sep 29, 2020	Apr 3, 2020	-179	Firm change after gap	Other
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	JACK PATTERSON & CO.	Jul 18, 2019	Jan 23, 2020	189	Firm change	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Jul 3, 2017	Aug 28, 2017	56	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ ALLY INVEST ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 29, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 3, 2020 to Aug 9, 2021factForm ADV
→ JACK PATTERSON & CO.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 23, 2020 to Sep 29, 2020factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 28, 2017 to Jul 18, 2019factForm ADV

Dated events

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