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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)31 years in industry

Scott McQuilken

Advisor at MORGAN STANLEY

Alpharetta, GA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 20, 2005 to Sep 14, 2026

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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: Aug 3, 1995earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 31derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Aug 3, 1995
First registration: Dec 20, 2005
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Scott Alan McQuilken
IAPD individual key: 2618322

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	Jul 30, 2025	n/a	yes	Alpharetta, GA	Current employment
BLUECHIP WEALTH ADVISORS LLC	Independent wealth	Dec 8, 2021	Jul 30, 2025	no	MILTON, GA	Previous registration
ARKADIOS WEALTH ADVISORS	Bd affiliated wealth	Feb 3, 2021	Dec 31, 2021	no	Alpharetta, GA	Previous registration
ACG WEALTH INC.	Former SEC adviser	Apr 5, 2017	Feb 23, 2021	no	ATLANTA, GA	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Nov 13, 2008	Apr 3, 2017	no	ALPHARETTA, GA\|ALPHARETTA, GA	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Dec 20, 2005	Nov 10, 2008	no	MILTON, GA\|MARIETTA, GA\|ROSWELL, GA\|ROSWELL, GA\|ATLANTA, GA	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
BLUECHIP WEALTH ADVISORS LLC	MORGAN STANLEY	Jul 30, 2025	Jul 30, 2025	0	Firm change	RIA to wirehouse
ARKADIOS WEALTH ADVISORS	BLUECHIP WEALTH ADVISORS LLC	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 8, 2021	-23	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
ACG WEALTH INC.	ARKADIOS WEALTH ADVISORS	Feb 23, 2021	Feb 3, 2021	-20	Firm change	RIA to RIA
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	ACG WEALTH INC.	Apr 3, 2017	Apr 5, 2017	2	Firm change	Other
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Nov 10, 2008	Nov 13, 2008	3	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
7691:150419:GA:2017-04-03	Apr 3, 2017	Apr 5, 2017	ALPHARETTA, GA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 30, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ BLUECHIP WEALTH ADVISORS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 8, 2021 to Jul 30, 2025factForm ADV
→ ARKADIOS WEALTH ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 3, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021factForm ADV
→ ACG WEALTH INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 5, 2017 to Feb 23, 2021factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 13, 2008 to Apr 3, 2017factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 20, 2005 to Nov 10, 2008factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jul 30, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Scott Mcquilken left Bluechip Wealth Advisors Llc for Morgan Stanley (registered 2025-07-30)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago