This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Current firm

MORGAN STANLEY

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

May 24, 1996earliest registration or exam on IAPD

Years in industry

30derivedfrom the industry start date

Years at current firm

3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date

Prior firms

1

Current registrations

1

Registered states

1

Designations

Certified Financial Planner

Exams

S63

First exam

May 24, 1996

First registration

Nov 25, 1997

Dual registered

yes, broker-dealer

Other names

ANDY FRIEDMAN

IAPD individual key

2729880

• Occurred

  Oct 31, 2022
  Advisor changed firm

  Andrew Loren Friedman left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Morgan Stanley (registered 2022-10-31)

  Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Graph

RIA / Wealth Management

Canonical id

dfx:ria:69267993-4d09-97f0-3481-e75a5d699120

First observed

Nov 25, 1997

Last observed

Sep 14, 2026 6 days ago

Source families

Federal regulator filings

1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.

Resolution

Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.