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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)37 years in industry

Vance Albert Richard

Advisor at RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC

Lafayette, LA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 27, 2005 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Sep 18, 1989earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 37derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Sep 18, 1989
First registration: Sep 27, 2005
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 1986831

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
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	Bd affiliated wealth	May 21, 2026	n/a	yes	Lafayette, LA	Current employment
SMITH SHELLNUT WILSON	Other adviser	May 9, 2025	May 21, 2026	no	RIDGELAND, MS\|Lafayette, LA	Previous registration
FIRST HORIZON ADVISORS, INC	Former SEC adviser	Jan 22, 2021	Mar 31, 2025	no	Lafayette, LA	Previous registration
OSAIC INSTITUTIONS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 1, 2016	Jan 22, 2021	no	LAFAYETTE, LA\|LAKE CHARLES, LA	Previous registration
ESSEX NATIONAL SECURITIES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Nov 26, 2007	Jul 1, 2016	no	BATON ROUGE, LA\|LAFAYETTE, LA\|NAPA, CA\|LAFAYETTE, LA	Previous registration
CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP ADVISORS	Former SEC adviser	Sep 27, 2005	Nov 8, 2007	no	LAFAYETTE, LA\|LAFAYETTE, LA	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
SMITH SHELLNUT WILSON	RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	May 21, 2026	May 21, 2026	0	Firm change	Other
FIRST HORIZON ADVISORS, INC	SMITH SHELLNUT WILSON	Mar 31, 2025	May 9, 2025	39	Firm change	Other
OSAIC INSTITUTIONS, INC.	FIRST HORIZON ADVISORS, INC	Jan 22, 2021	Jan 22, 2021	0	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
ESSEX NATIONAL SECURITIES, INC.	OSAIC INSTITUTIONS, INC.	Jul 1, 2016	Jul 1, 2016	0	Bulk transfer	Other
CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP ADVISORS	ESSEX NATIONAL SECURITIES, INC.	Nov 8, 2007	Nov 26, 2007	18	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
35371:17117:LA:2021-01-22	Jan 22, 2021	Jan 22, 2021	LAKE CHARLES, LA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
May 21, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
→ SMITH SHELLNUT WILSONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 9, 2025 to May 21, 2026factForm ADV
→ FIRST HORIZON ADVISORS, INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 22, 2021 to Mar 31, 2025factForm ADV
→ OSAIC INSTITUTIONS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 1, 2016 to Jan 22, 2021factForm ADV
→ ESSEX NATIONAL SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 26, 2007 to Jul 1, 2016factForm ADV
→ CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 27, 2005 to Nov 8, 2007factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
May 21, 2026
Advisor changed firm
Vance Albert Richard left Smith Shellnut Wilson for Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc (registered 2026-05-21)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Mar 31, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Vance Albert Richard left First Horizon Advisors, Inc for Smith Shellnut Wilson (registered 2025-05-09)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago