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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)20 years in industry

RYAN CAREY

Advisor at STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC

ORLAND PARK, IL | MINOOKA, IL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 23, 2010 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC
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: Aug 7, 2006earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 20derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Aug 7, 2006
First registration: Aug 23, 2010
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: RYAN T CAREY
IAPD individual key: 5151889

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
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	National bd RIA	Mar 31, 2025	n/a	yes	MINOOKA, IL\|ORLAND PARK, IL	Current employment
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Former SEC adviser	May 4, 2021	Mar 31, 2025	no	ORLAND PARK, IL	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Apr 4, 2018	Apr 26, 2021	no	CHICAGO, IL	Previous registration
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 20, 2016	May 9, 2018	no	Channahon, IL	Previous registration
WORLD EQUITY GROUP, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 26, 2014	Jul 19, 2016	no	CHANNAHON, IL\|SCHAUMBURG, IL\|SCHAUMBURG, IL\|Channahon, IL	Previous registration
J. W. COLE ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 23, 2010	Dec 8, 2014	no	CHANNAHON, IL\|TAMPA, 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
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	Mar 31, 2025	Mar 31, 2025	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Apr 26, 2021	May 4, 2021	8	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	May 9, 2018	Apr 4, 2018	-35	Firm change after gap	RIA to wirehouse
WORLD EQUITY GROUP, INC.	INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS	Jul 19, 2016	Jul 20, 2016	1	Firm change	Other
J. W. COLE ADVISORS, INC.	WORLD EQUITY GROUP, INC.	Dec 8, 2014	Nov 26, 2014	-12	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 31, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 4, 2021 to Mar 31, 2025factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 4, 2018 to Apr 26, 2021factForm ADV
→ INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 20, 2016 to May 9, 2018factForm ADV
→ WORLD EQUITY GROUP, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 26, 2014 to Jul 19, 2016factForm ADV
→ J. W. COLE ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 23, 2010 to Dec 8, 2014factForm ADV

Dated events

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