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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)35 years in industry

JOHN B JOHNSTON

Advisor at MORGAN STANLEY

San Francisco, CA

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

Across DFX

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Facts

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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: Mar 6, 1991earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 35derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 17derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66|S63
First exam: Mar 6, 1991
First registration: Jun 14, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Jay Johnston|JOHN BUCKHOUT JOHNSTON|JOHN BUCKHOUT JOHNSTON JR|JOHN BUCKHOUT JOHNSTON|JOHN B JOHNSTON JR.
IAPD individual key: 1801726

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
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jun 1, 2009	n/a	yes	San Francisco, CA	Current employment
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	May 26, 2005	Jun 1, 2009	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA\|SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	n/a	Jan 27, 2003	May 25, 2005	no	SAN FRANCISC, CA	Previous registration
ROBERTSON STEPHENS, INC.	n/a	Jun 14, 2002	Aug 14, 2002	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	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
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	MORGAN STANLEY	Jun 1, 2009	Jun 1, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	May 25, 2005	May 26, 2005	1	Firm change	Other
ROBERTSON STEPHENS, INC.	MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	Aug 14, 2002	Jan 27, 2003	166	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 1, 2009 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 26, 2005 to Jun 1, 2009factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 27, 2003 to May 25, 2005factForm ADV
→ ROBERTSON STEPHENS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 14, 2002 to Aug 14, 2002factForm ADV

Dated events

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