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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)14 years in industry

Ashley Renee Potts

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

AUSTIN, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 8:16 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Oct 19, 2011 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: 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: Oct 1, 2011earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 14derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Oct 1, 2011
First registration: Oct 19, 2011
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: ASHLEY R RODRIGUEZ|ASHLEY R RODRIGUEZ|ASHLEY R HANSEN|ASHLEY R. HANSEN|ASHLEY R. POTTS|Ashley Renee Rodriguez|Ashley Renee Hansen|Ashley Renee Potts|Ashley Hansen|Ashley Rodriguez|Ashley Potts
IAPD individual key: 5646511

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 14, 2023	n/a	yes	AUSTIN, TX	Current employment
PRIMERICA ADVISORS	National bd RIA	Apr 19, 2022	Jul 6, 2023	no	ODESSA, TX\|AUSTIN, TX	Previous registration
SAGE ADVISORY SERVICES LTD CO	Mixed wealth	Oct 15, 2018	Feb 23, 2022	no	AUSTIN, TX	Previous registration
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.	National bd RIA	Jun 14, 2013	Oct 10, 2018	no	AUSTIN, TX	Previous registration
RIVERSTONE WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Former SEC adviser	Oct 19, 2011	Jun 12, 2013	no	AUSTIN, 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
PRIMERICA ADVISORS	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Jul 6, 2023	Jul 14, 2023	8	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
SAGE ADVISORY SERVICES LTD CO	PRIMERICA ADVISORS	Feb 23, 2022	Apr 19, 2022	55	Firm change	Other
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.	SAGE ADVISORY SERVICES LTD CO	Oct 10, 2018	Oct 15, 2018	5	Firm change	Other
RIVERSTONE WEALTH MANAGEMENT	RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.	Jun 12, 2013	Jun 14, 2013	2	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 14, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ PRIMERICA ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 19, 2022 to Jul 6, 2023factForm ADV
→ SAGE ADVISORY SERVICES LTD CORegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 15, 2018 to Feb 23, 2022factForm ADV
→ RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 14, 2013 to Oct 10, 2018factForm ADV
→ RIVERSTONE WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 19, 2011 to Jun 12, 2013factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jul 6, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Ashley Renee Potts left Primerica Advisors for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2023-07-14)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Feb 23, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Ashley Renee Potts left Sage Advisory Services Ltd Co for Primerica Advisors (registered 2022-04-19)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago