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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)21 years in industry

MELISSA BORNE DUGAS

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

LAFAYETTE, LA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 7
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 15, 2009 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

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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 18, 2005earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 21derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66|S63
First exam: May 18, 2005
First registration: Dec 15, 2009
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: MELISSA FAYE BORNE|MELISSA BORNE DUGAS|MELISSA DUGAS
IAPD individual key: 4615355

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	Jul 18, 2024	n/a	yes	LAFAYETTE, LA	Current employment
NEWEDGE ADVISORS	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 9, 2021	Jun 21, 2024	no	Lake Charles, LA\|NEW ORLEANS, LA	Previous registration
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 18, 2021	Jul 27, 2022	no	LAKE CHARLES, LA	Previous registration
OSAIC WEALTH, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 30, 2020	Mar 30, 2021	no	LAFAYETTE, LA	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Jan 9, 2020	Mar 24, 2020	no	LAFAYETTE, LA	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	May 5, 2011	Jan 9, 2020	no	LAFAYETTE, LA\|OPELOUSAS, LA	Previous registration
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	Dec 15, 2009	Feb 8, 2010	no	ST LOUIS, MO\|SCOTT, LA	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
NEWEDGE ADVISORS	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Jun 21, 2024	Jul 18, 2024	27	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	NEWEDGE ADVISORS	Jul 27, 2022	Jul 9, 2021	-383	Firm change after gap	RIA to ibd
OSAIC WEALTH, INC.	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Mar 30, 2021	Jun 18, 2021	80	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	OSAIC WEALTH, INC.	Mar 24, 2020	Jun 30, 2020	98	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Jan 9, 2020	Jan 9, 2020	0	Channel change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
EDWARD JONES	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Feb 8, 2010	May 5, 2011	451	Firm change after gap	Ibd to wirehouse

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
19616:11025:LA:2020-01-02	Jan 9, 2020	Jan 9, 2020	OPELOUSAS, LA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (7)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 18, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ NEWEDGE ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 9, 2021 to Jun 21, 2024factForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 18, 2021 to Jul 27, 2022factForm ADV
→ OSAIC WEALTH, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 30, 2020 to Mar 30, 2021factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 9, 2020 to Mar 24, 2020factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 5, 2011 to Jan 9, 2020factForm ADV
→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 15, 2009 to Feb 8, 2010factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jun 21, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Melissa Borne Dugas left Newedge Advisors for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2024-07-18)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Jul 27, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Melissa Borne Dugas left Lpl Financial Llc for Newedge Advisors (registered 2021-07-09)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago