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RIA / WealthAdvisor39 years in industry

ELLIOTT JOSEPH SILVER

Advisor at GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC

CHICAGO, IL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 3:45 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 16, 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: GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC
Current firm class: other adviserderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Apr 10, 1987earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 39derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Apr 10, 1987
First registration: Nov 16, 2001
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 1594446

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
GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC	Other adviser	Jan 9, 2026	n/a	yes	CHICAGO, IL	Current employment
WINTRUST INVESTMENTS	Former SEC adviser	May 23, 2005	Jan 28, 2025	no	BUFFALO GROVE, IL\|Tampa, FL\|DEERFIELD, IL\|CHICAGO, IL\|FRANKFORT, IL\|SKOKIE, IL\|VERNON HILLS, IL\|ANTIOCH, IL\|HOFFMANN ESTATES, IL\|PALATINE, IL\|ALGONQUIN, IL\|CHICAGO, IL\|WILMETTE, IL\|HINSDALE, IL\|LAKE FOREST, IL\|LAKE FOREST, IL\|BARRINGTON, IL\|LIBERTYVILLE, IL\|MCHENRY, IL\|ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL\|DELAFIELD, WI\|WILMETTE, IL\|WHEATON, IL\|HIGHLAND PARK, IL\|WESTERN SPRINGS, IL\|NORTHFIELD, IL\|ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL\|GLEN ELLYN, IL\|APPLETON, WI\|BLOOMINGDALE, IL\|CHICAGO, IL\|LAKE VILLA, IL\|DOWNERS GROVE, IL\|CHICAGO, IL\|GURNEE, IL\|HARTLAND, WI\|CHICAGO, IL\|CHICAGO, IL\|Chicago, IL\|Burr Ridge, IL	Previous registration
GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC	Other adviser	Nov 16, 2001	Dec 31, 2025	no	CHICAGO, 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
GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC	WINTRUST INVESTMENTS	Dec 31, 2025	May 23, 2005	-7,527	Firm change after gap	Other
WINTRUST INVESTMENTS	GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC	Jan 28, 2025	Jan 9, 2026	346	Channel change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
110757:875:IL:2025-12-31	Dec 31, 2025	May 23, 2005	CHICAGO, IL	Firm change after gap
875:110757:IL:2025-01-23	Jan 28, 2025	Jan 9, 2026	BURR RIDGE, IL	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 16, 2001 to Dec 31, 2025factForm ADV
→ WINTRUST INVESTMENTSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 23, 2005 to Jan 28, 2025factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Dec 31, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Elliott Joseph Silver left Great Lakes Advisors, Llc for Wintrust Investments (registered 2005-05-23)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:9b09c546-9bca-9a79-61ae-fa3aba37a8e9
First observed: Nov 16, 2001
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 5 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.

ELLIOTT JOSEPH SILVER

Advisor at GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC

CHICAGO, IL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 3:45 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC

Other adviser

Jan 9, 2026

n/a

yes

CHICAGO, IL

Current employment

WINTRUST INVESTMENTS

Former SEC adviser

May 23, 2005

Jan 28, 2025

Previous registration

GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC

Other adviser

Nov 16, 2001

Dec 31, 2025

CHICAGO, IL

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC

WINTRUST INVESTMENTS

Dec 31, 2025

May 23, 2005

-7,527

Firm change after gap

Other

WINTRUST INVESTMENTS

GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC

Jan 28, 2025

Jan 9, 2026

346

Channel change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

110757:875:IL:2025-12-31

Dec 31, 2025

May 23, 2005

CHICAGO, IL

Firm change after gap

875:110757:IL:2025-01-23

Jan 28, 2025

Jan 9, 2026

BURR RIDGE, IL

Firm change