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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Analyst27 years in industry

DUDLEY LEE SIMMS

Advisor at BMSS WESSON WEALTH SOLUTIONS

Birmingham, AL

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Relationships: 7
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 24, 2002 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: BMSS WESSON WEALTH SOLUTIONS
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: Mar 16, 1999earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 27derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Analyst
Exams: S66
First exam: Mar 16, 1999
First registration: Sep 24, 2002
Dual registered: no
Other names: DUDLEY L (IV) SIMMS
IAPD individual key: 3183455

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
BMSS WESSON WEALTH SOLUTIONS	Independent wealth	Jul 11, 2025	n/a	yes	Birmingham, AL	Current employment
FISHER INVESTMENTS	Independent wealth	Mar 10, 2020	Jun 17, 2025	no	PLANO, TX\|PLANO, TX	Previous registration
CWM, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 18, 2019	Jan 2, 2020	no	Dallas, TX	Previous registration
CHESSMAN WEALTH STRATEGIES	Former SEC adviser	Feb 27, 2014	Jan 14, 2020	no	DALLAS, TX	Previous registration
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.	n/a	Sep 27, 2006	May 2, 2007	no	DALLAS, TX	Previous registration
BANC ONE SECURITIES CORPORATION	n/a	May 28, 2004	Sep 27, 2006	no	DALLAS, TX\|DALLAS, TX\|CHICAGO, IL	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH INVESTMENT MANAGERS LP	n/a	Sep 24, 2002	Jun 3, 2005	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
FISHER INVESTMENTS	BMSS WESSON WEALTH SOLUTIONS	Jun 17, 2025	Jul 11, 2025	24	Firm change	RIA to RIA
CHESSMAN WEALTH STRATEGIES	CWM, LLC	Jan 14, 2020	Apr 18, 2019	-271	Firm change after gap	RIA to RIA
CWM, LLC	FISHER INVESTMENTS	Jan 2, 2020	Mar 10, 2020	68	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.	CHESSMAN WEALTH STRATEGIES	May 2, 2007	Feb 27, 2014	2,493	Firm change after gap	Other
BANC ONE SECURITIES CORPORATION	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.	Sep 27, 2006	Sep 27, 2006	0	Bulk transfer	Other
MERRILL LYNCH INVESTMENT MANAGERS LP	BANC ONE SECURITIES CORPORATION	Jun 3, 2005	May 28, 2004	-371	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (7)

→ BMSS WESSON WEALTH SOLUTIONSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 11, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ FISHER INVESTMENTSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 10, 2020 to Jun 17, 2025factForm ADV
→ CHESSMAN WEALTH STRATEGIESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 27, 2014 to Jan 14, 2020factForm ADV
→ CWM, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 18, 2019 to Jan 2, 2020factForm ADV
→ J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 27, 2006 to May 2, 2007factForm ADV
→ BANC ONE SECURITIES CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 28, 2004 to Sep 27, 2006factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH INVESTMENT MANAGERS LPRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 24, 2002 to Jun 3, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jun 17, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Dudley Lee Simms left Fisher Investments for Bmss Wesson Wealth Solutions (registered 2025-07-11)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago