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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)24 years in industry

MALCOLM SCOTT MCKAY

Advisor at J. W. COLE ADVISORS, INC.

TAMPA, FL | Lakewood Ranch, FL

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 10, 2004 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: J. W. COLE ADVISORS, INC.
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jun 25, 2002earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 24derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 16derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Jun 25, 2002
First registration: Mar 10, 2004
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 2605922

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
J. W. COLE ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 17, 2010	n/a	yes	TAMPA, FL\|Lakewood Ranch, FL	Current employment
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 21, 2009	Sep 1, 2010	no	ST. PETERSBURG, FL	Previous registration
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Apr 13, 2005	Oct 10, 2009	no	ST. PETERSBURG, FL\|Saint Petersburg, FL	Previous registration
WADDELL & REED	Former SEC adviser	Mar 10, 2004	Mar 8, 2005	no	ST PETERSBURG, FL	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
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	J. W. COLE ADVISORS, INC.	Sep 1, 2010	Sep 17, 2010	16	Firm change	Other
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	Oct 10, 2009	Apr 21, 2009	-172	Bulk transfer	Other
WADDELL & REED	RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Mar 8, 2005	Apr 13, 2005	36	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ J. W. COLE ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 17, 2010 to presentfactForm ADV
→ RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 21, 2009 to Sep 1, 2010factForm ADV
→ RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 13, 2005 to Oct 10, 2009factForm ADV
→ WADDELL & REEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 10, 2004 to Mar 8, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

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