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

Christopher MICHAEL Wilkinson

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

CHARLOTTE, NC | NORFOLK, VA

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Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 2, 2003 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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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: May 15, 2001earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 25derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 9derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66|S63
First exam: May 15, 2001
First registration: Jan 2, 2003
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 2536007

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	Sep 23, 2016	n/a	yes	NORFOLK, VA\|CHARLOTTE, NC	Current employment
TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 12, 2016	Sep 16, 2016	no	NORFOLK, VA	Previous registration
SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jun 28, 2011	Sep 12, 2016	no	NORFOLK, VA\|NORFOLK, VA	Previous registration
BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	May 31, 2005	Jun 14, 2011	no	NORFOLK, VA\|CHARLOTTE, NC\|CHARLOTTE, NC	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Jan 2, 2003	May 12, 2005	no	NORFOLK, VA	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
TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Sep 16, 2016	Sep 23, 2016	7	Firm change	Other
SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Sep 12, 2016	Sep 12, 2016	0	Firm change	Other
BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Jun 14, 2011	Jun 28, 2011	14	Firm change	Other
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	May 12, 2005	May 31, 2005	19	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 23, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV
→ TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 12, 2016 to Sep 16, 2016factForm ADV
→ SUNTRUST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 28, 2011 to Sep 12, 2016factForm ADV
→ BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 31, 2005 to Jun 14, 2011factForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 2, 2003 to May 12, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

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