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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner11 years in industry

Benjamin Gordon Bailey

Advisor at SMITH SALLEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT

GREENSBORO, NC

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 7:23 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 24, 2018 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: SMITH SALLEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT
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: Dec 1, 2014earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 11derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Sep 21, 2018
First registration: Sep 24, 2018
Dual registered: no
Other names: Benjamin Gordon Bailey|Benjamin Bailey|Ben Bailey
IAPD individual key: 6983175

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
SMITH SALLEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Independent wealth	Apr 30, 2024	n/a	yes	GREENSBORO, NC	Current employment
FUND DIRECT ADVISORS INC.	Institutional manager	Feb 4, 2022	Apr 22, 2024	no	GREENSBORO, NC	Previous registration
BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLC	Independent wealth	May 4, 2021	Jan 3, 2022	no	NEWPORT BEACH, CA\|Greensboro, NC	Previous registration
DMJ WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Oct 9, 2019	May 10, 2021	no	GREENSBORO, NC	Previous registration
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	Sep 24, 2018	Jun 13, 2019	no	Jamestown, NC\|ST LOUIS, MO\|JAMESTOWN, NC\|GREENSBORO, NC	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
FUND DIRECT ADVISORS INC.	SMITH SALLEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Apr 22, 2024	Apr 30, 2024	8	Firm change	Other
BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLC	FUND DIRECT ADVISORS INC.	Jan 3, 2022	Feb 4, 2022	32	Firm change	Other
DMJ WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLC	May 10, 2021	May 4, 2021	-6	Firm change	RIA to RIA
EDWARD JONES	DMJ WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	Jun 13, 2019	Oct 9, 2019	118	Firm change	Ibd to RIA

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
301042:119290:NC:2021-05-10	May 10, 2021	May 4, 2021	GREENSBORO, NC	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ SMITH SALLEY WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 30, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ FUND DIRECT ADVISORS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 4, 2022 to Apr 22, 2024factForm ADV
→ BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 4, 2021 to Jan 3, 2022factForm ADV
→ DMJ WEALTH ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 9, 2019 to May 10, 2021factForm ADV
→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 24, 2018 to Jun 13, 2019factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Apr 22, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Benjamin Gordon Bailey left Fund Direct Advisors Inc. for Smith Salley Wealth Management (registered 2024-04-30)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jan 3, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Benjamin Gordon Bailey left Beacon Pointe Advisors, Llc for Fund Direct Advisors Inc. (registered 2022-02-04)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago