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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)12 years in industry

Brian Adams

Advisor at FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.

AURORA, OH | MACEDONIA, OH | TWINSBURG, OH

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 25, 2014 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

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Current firm: FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, 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: Aug 25, 2014earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 12derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Aug 25, 2014
First registration: Aug 25, 2014
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: BRIAN S ADAMS
IAPD individual key: 6136808

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
FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 22, 2024	n/a	yes	MACEDONIA, OH\|AURORA, OH\|TWINSBURG, OH	Current employment
PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 10, 2022	Jan 19, 2024	no	CHAGRIN FALLS, OH\|RAVENNA, OH\|SOLON, OH\|CHARDON, OH	Previous registration
FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Dec 12, 2019	Jun 9, 2022	no	CLEVELAND, OH\|CLEVELAND, OH\|EUCLID, OH\|CLEVELAND, OH\|CLEVELAND, OH\|CLEVELAND, OH\|CLEVELAND, OH\|EASTLAKE, OH\|SOUTH EUCLID, OH\|CLEVELAND HTS., OH	Previous registration
HUNTINGTON FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Bd affiliated wealth	May 12, 2016	Dec 11, 2019	no	CLEVELAND, OH\|RICHMOND HEIGHTS, OH\|CLEVELAND, OH	Previous registration
PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 25, 2014	Apr 20, 2016	no	CLEVELAND, OH\|CLEVELAND, OH	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
PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT	FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.	Jan 19, 2024	Jan 22, 2024	3	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.	PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Jun 9, 2022	Jun 10, 2022	1	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
HUNTINGTON FINANCIAL ADVISORS	FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.	Dec 11, 2019	Dec 12, 2019	1	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT	HUNTINGTON FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Apr 20, 2016	May 12, 2016	22	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 12, 2019 to Jun 9, 2022factForm ADV
→ PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 10, 2022 to Jan 19, 2024factForm ADV
→ HUNTINGTON FINANCIAL ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 12, 2016 to Dec 11, 2019factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jan 19, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Brian Adams left Pnc Wealth Management for Fifth Third Securities, Inc. (registered 2024-01-22)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jun 9, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Brian Adams left Fifth Third Securities, Inc. for Pnc Wealth Management (registered 2022-06-10)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago