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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)34 years in industry

Stanley PAUL Peterson

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

DOTHAN, AL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 2
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 29, 2005 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
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: Jul 2, 1992earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 34derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 5derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63
First exam: Jul 2, 1992
First registration: Apr 29, 2005
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 2214059

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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Nov 30, 2020	n/a	yes	DOTHAN, AL	Current employment
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Apr 29, 2005	Dec 8, 2020	no	ANDALUSIA, AL\|NEWTON, AL\|OPP, AL\|DOTHAN, AL\|DOTHAN, AL\|DOTHAN, AL\|OZARK, AL\|MIDLAND CITY, AL\|DOTHAN, AL\|DOTHAN, AL\|HEADLAND, AL\|DOTHAN, AL\|FLORALA, AL\|OZARK, AL\|DOTHAN, AL\|DOTHAN, AL\|ENTERPRISE, AL\|ELBA, AL\|ABBEVILLE, AL\|ENTERPRISE, AL\|DALEVILLE, AL\|BIRMINGHAM, AL\|DOTHAN, AL\|DOTHAN, AL\|BIRMINGHAM, AL\|COTTONWOOD, AL	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
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Dec 8, 2020	Nov 30, 2020	-8	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
19616:7691:AL:2020-12-08	Dec 8, 2020	Nov 30, 2020	COTTONWOOD, AL	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 30, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 29, 2005 to Dec 8, 2020factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:769f3eb9-e041-ae03-c8b1-e49c4929da66
First observed: Apr 29, 2005
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.

Stanley PAUL Peterson

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

DOTHAN, AL

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Search this name across graphsid dfx:ria:769f3eb9-e041-ae03-c8b1-e49c4929da66

Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Nov 30, 2020

n/a

yes

DOTHAN, AL

Current employment

WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

Wirehouse

Apr 29, 2005

Dec 8, 2020

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Dec 8, 2020

Nov 30, 2020

-8

Firm change

Wirehouse to wirehouse

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

19616:7691:AL:2020-12-08

Dec 8, 2020

Nov 30, 2020

COTTONWOOD, AL

Firm change