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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)25 years in industry

DONALD WILLIAM STELLIN

Advisor at HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC

TRAVERSE CITY, MI

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 5, 2002 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC
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: Feb 2, 2001earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 25derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 14derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Feb 2, 2001
First registration: Aug 5, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 4298918

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
HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 21, 2011	n/a	yes	TRAVERSE CITY, MI	Current employment
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED	National bd RIA	Oct 16, 2009	Oct 10, 2011	no	TRAVERSE CITY, MI	Previous registration
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	Wirehouse	Jan 18, 2007	Oct 16, 2009	no	TRAVERSE CITY, MI\|TRAVERSE CITY, MI	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Aug 5, 2002	Jan 27, 2003	no	TRAVERSE CTIY, MI	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
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED	HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC	Oct 10, 2011	Nov 21, 2011	42	Firm change	Other
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED	Oct 16, 2009	Oct 16, 2009	0	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	Jan 27, 2003	Jan 18, 2007	1,452	Firm change after gap	Wirehouse to wirehouse

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 21, 2011 to presentfactForm ADV
→ STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 16, 2009 to Oct 10, 2011factForm ADV
→ UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 18, 2007 to Oct 16, 2009factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 5, 2002 to Jan 27, 2003factForm ADV

Dated events

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