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RIA / WealthAdvisorChartered Financial Analyst22 years in industry

PAUL STEPHEN MERRICK

Advisor at RIVERPOINT WEALTH MANAGEMENT

CHICAGO, IL

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 17, 2004 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: RIVERPOINT WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: May 14, 2004earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 22derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 12derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Chartered Financial Analyst
Exams: S66
First exam: May 14, 2004
First registration: May 17, 2004
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 4769186

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
RIVERPOINT WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Independent wealth	Mar 3, 2014	n/a	yes	CHICAGO, IL	Current employment
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 31, 2007	Oct 30, 2015	no	CHICAGO, IL\|CHICAGO, IL\|BOSTON, MA	Previous registration
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERVICES,LLC	No RAUM reported	Dec 1, 2006	Aug 29, 2007	no	CHICAGO, IL	Previous registration
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	National bd RIA	May 17, 2004	Oct 14, 2005	no	LOMBARD, 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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	RIVERPOINT WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Oct 30, 2015	Mar 3, 2014	-606	Firm change after gap	Other
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERVICES,LLC	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Aug 29, 2007	Aug 31, 2007	2	Firm change	Other
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERVICES,LLC	Oct 14, 2005	Dec 1, 2006	413	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ RIVERPOINT WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 3, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 31, 2007 to Oct 30, 2015factForm ADV
→ NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERVICES,LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 1, 2006 to Aug 29, 2007factForm ADV
→ AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 17, 2004 to Oct 14, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

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