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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)19 years in industry

James Robert Hobson

Advisor at CAPTRUST

RALEIGH, NC

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 24, 2010 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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

Current firm: CAPTRUST
Current firm class: institutional managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Feb 1, 2007earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 6derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: May 19, 2010
First registration: May 24, 2010
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: James Hobson|JAMES R HOBSON|James Robert Hobson
IAPD individual key: 5109505

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
Captrust	Institutional manager	Aug 25, 2020	n/a	yes	RALEIGH, NC	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Mar 29, 2018	Jan 23, 2020	no	HUNT VALLEY, MD\|KNIGHTDALE, NC\|RALEIGH, NC\|CARY, NC	Previous registration
SCOTTRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT	Former SEC adviser	May 8, 2017	Mar 7, 2018	no	SAINT LOUIS, MO	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	May 24, 2010	Apr 25, 2017	no	JACKSONVILLE, FL\|JACKSONVILLE, FL\|NEW YORK, NY\|CHAPEL HILL, NC\|NEW YORK, NY\|JACKSONVILLE, FL\|JACKSONVILLE, FL\|JACKSONVILLE, FL	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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Captrust	Jan 23, 2020	Aug 25, 2020	215	Firm change	Other
SCOTTRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Mar 7, 2018	Mar 29, 2018	22	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	SCOTTRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT	Apr 25, 2017	May 8, 2017	13	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
169988:7691:MO:2018-03-07	Mar 7, 2018	Mar 29, 2018	SAINT LOUIS, MO	Firm change
7691:169988:FL:2017-04-17	Apr 25, 2017	May 8, 2017	JACKSONVILLE, FL	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ CAPTRUSTRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Aug 25, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 29, 2018 to Jan 23, 2020factForm ADV
→ SCOTTRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 8, 2017 to Mar 7, 2018factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:907b0e90-56a7-cf4e-03ad-fec0286bd0eb
First observed: May 24, 2010
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.

James Robert Hobson

Advisor at CAPTRUST

RALEIGH, NC

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

Captrust

Institutional manager

Aug 25, 2020

n/a

yes

RALEIGH, NC

Current employment

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Mar 29, 2018

Jan 23, 2020

HUNT VALLEY, MD|KNIGHTDALE, NC|RALEIGH, NC|CARY, NC

Previous registration

SCOTTRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Former SEC adviser

May 8, 2017

Mar 7, 2018

SAINT LOUIS, MO

Previous registration

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

May 24, 2010

Apr 25, 2017

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Captrust

Jan 23, 2020

Aug 25, 2020

215

Firm change

Other

SCOTTRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Mar 7, 2018

Mar 29, 2018

Firm change

Ibd to wirehouse

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

SCOTTRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Apr 25, 2017

May 8, 2017

Firm change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

169988:7691:MO:2018-03-07

Mar 7, 2018

Mar 29, 2018

SAINT LOUIS, MO

Firm change

7691:169988:FL:2017-04-17

Apr 25, 2017

May 8, 2017

JACKSONVILLE, FL

Firm change