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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)22 years in industry

ARAYA MESFIN

Advisor at MORGAN STANLEY

Atlanta, GA | Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Oct 11, 2004 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: MORGAN STANLEY
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: Sep 10, 2004earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 22derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Sep 10, 2004
First registration: Oct 11, 2004
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 4828859

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
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jan 18, 2024	n/a	yes	Fort Lauderdale, FL\|Atlanta, GA	Current employment
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	Wirehouse	Jan 14, 2014	Feb 1, 2024	no	ATLANTA, GA\|ATLANTA, GA\|CHATTANOOGA, TN	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jun 1, 2009	Jan 22, 2014	no	ATLANTA, GA\|Atlanta, GA	Previous registration
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 26, 2005	Jun 1, 2009	no	ATLANTA, GA\|ATLANTA, GA	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	n/a	Oct 11, 2004	Aug 18, 2005	no	ALPHARETTA, GA	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
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	MORGAN STANLEY	Feb 1, 2024	Jan 18, 2024	-14	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
MORGAN STANLEY	UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	Jan 22, 2014	Jan 14, 2014	-8	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	MORGAN STANLEY	Jun 1, 2009	Jun 1, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Aug 18, 2005	Aug 26, 2005	8	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 1, 2009 to Jan 22, 2014factForm ADV
→ UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 14, 2014 to Feb 1, 2024factForm ADV
→ CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 26, 2005 to Jun 1, 2009factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 11, 2004 to Aug 18, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Feb 1, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Araya Mesfin left Ubs Financial Services Inc. for Morgan Stanley (registered 2024-01-18)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago