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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)24 years in industry

NICHOLAS JAMES WILKINS

Advisor at MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS

ALPHARETTA, GA | Chicago, IL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 6:44 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 7, 2001 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: MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS
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 26, 2001earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 24derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Sep 26, 2001
First registration: Nov 7, 2001
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: NICHOLAS J. WILKINS
IAPD individual key: 4440765

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
MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 14, 2025	n/a	yes	Chicago, IL\|ALPHARETTA, GA	Current employment
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	National bd RIA	Mar 2, 2012	Nov 17, 2025	no	WALTHAM, MA\|CHICAGO, IL\|Sarasota, FL	Previous registration
SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Dec 18, 2003	Mar 6, 2012	no	BANNOCKBURN, IL\|Deerfield, IL	Previous registration
NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES CORPORATION	Former SEC adviser	Nov 7, 2001	Dec 3, 2003	no	NORTHBROOK, IL	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
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Nov 17, 2025	Nov 14, 2025	-3	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	Mar 6, 2012	Mar 2, 2012	-4	Firm change	Other
NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES CORPORATION	SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Dec 3, 2003	Dec 18, 2003	15	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
8032:142457:FL:2025-11-17	Nov 17, 2025	Nov 14, 2025	SARASOTA, FL	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 14, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORKRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 2, 2012 to Nov 17, 2025factForm ADV
→ SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 18, 2003 to Mar 6, 2012factForm ADV
→ NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 7, 2001 to Dec 3, 2003factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Nov 17, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Nicholas James Wilkins left Commonwealth Financial Network for Merit Financial Advisors (registered 2025-11-14)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:7eefef21-63a4-3308-b15e-df7b08ad63b2
First observed: Nov 7, 2001
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 7 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.

NICHOLAS JAMES WILKINS

Advisor at MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS

ALPHARETTA, GA | Chicago, IL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 6:44 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS

Bd affiliated wealth

Nov 14, 2025

n/a

yes

Chicago, IL|ALPHARETTA, GA

Current employment

COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

National bd RIA

Mar 2, 2012

Nov 17, 2025

WALTHAM, MA|CHICAGO, IL|Sarasota, FL

Previous registration

SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

Former SEC adviser

Dec 18, 2003

Mar 6, 2012

BANNOCKBURN, IL|Deerfield, IL

Previous registration

NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES CORPORATION

Former SEC adviser

Nov 7, 2001

Dec 3, 2003

NORTHBROOK, IL

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS

Nov 17, 2025

Nov 14, 2025

-3

Firm change

Ibd to RIA

SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

Mar 6, 2012

Mar 2, 2012

-4

Firm change

Other

NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES CORPORATION

SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

Dec 3, 2003

Dec 18, 2003

Firm change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

8032:142457:FL:2025-11-17

Nov 17, 2025

Nov 14, 2025

SARASOTA, FL

Firm change