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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)12 years in industry

ERIC CHIYAO CHANG

Advisor at SCHWAB WEALTH ADVISORY, INC.

Phoenix, AZ

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 2
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Oct 16, 2014 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: SCHWAB WEALTH ADVISORY, INC.
Current firm class: no raum reportedderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Aug 1, 2014earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 12derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Oct 15, 2014
First registration: Oct 16, 2014
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: ERIC CHANG|ERIC C CHANG|Eric Chyad Chang
IAPD individual key: 6380186

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
SCHWAB WEALTH ADVISORY, INC.	No RAUM reported	May 5, 2022	n/a	yes	Phoenix, AZ	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Oct 16, 2014	Apr 27, 2022	no	CHANDLER, AZ	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	SCHWAB WEALTH ADVISORY, INC.	Apr 27, 2022	May 5, 2022	8	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ SCHWAB WEALTH ADVISORY, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
May 5, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 16, 2014 to Apr 27, 2022factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Apr 27, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Eric Chiyao Chang left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. (registered 2022-05-05)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:ab3fb3d1-90dd-09dc-a863-ce64879e4eb9
First observed: Oct 16, 2014
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.

ERIC CHIYAO CHANG

Advisor at SCHWAB WEALTH ADVISORY, INC.

Phoenix, AZ

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Search this name across graphsid dfx:ria:ab3fb3d1-90dd-09dc-a863-ce64879e4eb9

Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

SCHWAB WEALTH ADVISORY, INC.

No RAUM reported

May 5, 2022

n/a

yes

Phoenix, AZ

Current employment

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Oct 16, 2014

Apr 27, 2022

CHANDLER, AZ

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

SCHWAB WEALTH ADVISORY, INC.

Apr 27, 2022

May 5, 2022

Firm change

Other