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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)37 years in industry

William Dan Gotses

Advisor at COLORADO FINANCIAL SERVICE CORPORATION

LA JOLLA, CA | CENTENNIAL, CO

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Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 12, 1998 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: COLORADO FINANCIAL SERVICE CORPORATION
Current firm class: former SEC adviserderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jan 4, 1989earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 37derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 9derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 8
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Jan 4, 1989
First registration: May 12, 1998
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: BILL GOTSES
IAPD individual key: 1894852

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
COLORADO FINANCIAL SERVICE CORPORATION	Former SEC adviser	May 18, 2017	n/a	yes	CENTENNIAL, CO\|LA JOLLA, CA	Current employment
SILBER BENNETT FINANCIAL, INC.	n/a	Feb 24, 2017	May 24, 2017	no	La Jolla, CA\|ENCINO, CA	Previous registration
U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Nov 22, 2011	Dec 15, 2016	no	San Diego, CA\|LA JOLLA, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA\|San Diego, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Oct 23, 2009	Nov 28, 2011	no	ENCINITAS, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA\|ENCINITAS, CA\|CARLSBAD, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	May 12, 1998	Oct 23, 2009	no	ENCINITAS, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA\|ENCINITAS, CA	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
SILBER BENNETT FINANCIAL, INC.	COLORADO FINANCIAL SERVICE CORPORATION	May 24, 2017	May 18, 2017	-6	Firm change	Other
U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC.	SILBER BENNETT FINANCIAL, INC.	Dec 15, 2016	Feb 24, 2017	71	Firm change	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC.	Nov 28, 2011	Nov 22, 2011	-6	Firm change	Other
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 23, 2009	Oct 23, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ COLORADO FINANCIAL SERVICE CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
May 18, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
→ SILBER BENNETT FINANCIAL, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 24, 2017 to May 24, 2017factForm ADV
→ U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 22, 2011 to Dec 15, 2016factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 23, 2009 to Nov 28, 2011factForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 12, 1998 to Oct 23, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

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