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RIA / WealthAdvisor45 years in industry

JOHN STEVEN PILAND

Advisor at AMERICANA PARTNERS, LLC

HOUSTON, TX | Austin, TX

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 9:42 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 7
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 31, 1993 to Sep 15, 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: AMERICANA PARTNERS, LLC
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 11, 1981earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 45derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: May 11, 1981
First registration: Jul 31, 1993
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 728448

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
AMERICANA PARTNERS, LLC	Independent wealth	Apr 25, 2022	n/a	yes	HOUSTON, TX\|Austin, TX	Current employment
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	National bd RIA	Oct 28, 2015	Aug 3, 2021	no	AUSTIN, TX	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jun 1, 2009	Jun 29, 2015	no	San Antonio, TX\|Dallas, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX\|Chicago, IL\|Deerfield, IL\|Rockport, TX\|SCOTTSDALE, AZ\|Scottsdale, AZ\|RIVERWOODS, IL\|San Antonio, TX\|Chicago, IL	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC	n/a	Feb 20, 2008	Jun 1, 2009	no	DALLAS, TX	Previous registration
Stephens	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 19, 2007	Feb 8, 2008	no	DALLAS, TX	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	n/a	Oct 7, 2002	Dec 8, 2006	no	BIRMINGHAM, AL\|DALLAS, TX\|DALLAS, TX	Previous registration
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 31, 1993	Oct 11, 2002	no	DALLAS, TX	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
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	AMERICANA PARTNERS, LLC	Aug 3, 2021	Apr 25, 2022	265	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
MORGAN STANLEY	AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	Jun 29, 2015	Oct 28, 2015	121	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC	MORGAN STANLEY	Jun 1, 2009	Jun 1, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other
Stephens	MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC	Feb 8, 2008	Feb 20, 2008	12	Firm change	Other
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	Stephens	Dec 8, 2006	Mar 19, 2007	101	Firm change	Other
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	Oct 11, 2002	Oct 7, 2002	-4	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (7)

→ AMERICANA PARTNERS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 25, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 28, 2015 to Aug 3, 2021factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 1, 2009 to Jun 29, 2015factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 20, 2008 to Jun 1, 2009factForm ADV
→ STEPHENSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 19, 2007 to Feb 8, 2008factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 7, 2002 to Dec 8, 2006factForm ADV
→ CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 31, 1993 to Oct 11, 2002factForm ADV

Dated events

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