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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)22 years in industry

JOHN MICHAEL FLOWERS

Advisor at STERLING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

CHARLOTTE, NC

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 1:59 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 21, 2004 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: STERLING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
Current firm class: other adviserderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jul 8, 2004earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 22derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 12derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Jul 8, 2004
First registration: Jul 21, 2004
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: MICHAEL FLOWERS|JOHN MICHAEL FLOWERS
IAPD individual key: 3034672

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
STERLING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	Other adviser	Aug 6, 2014	n/a	yes	CHARLOTTE, NC	Current employment
CAPRIN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jul 15, 2009	Jul 16, 2014	no	HENRICO, VA	Previous registration
SOVEREIGN ADVISERS	n/a	Jan 25, 2007	Jul 27, 2009	no	CHARLOTTE, NC	Previous registration
BOFA ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Apr 4, 2005	Nov 21, 2006	no	CHARLOTTE, NC	Previous registration
COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT ADVISORS, INC.	n/a	Jul 21, 2004	Apr 4, 2005	no	BOSTON, MA	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
CAPRIN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC	STERLING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	Jul 16, 2014	Aug 6, 2014	21	Firm change	Other
SOVEREIGN ADVISERS	CAPRIN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC	Jul 27, 2009	Jul 15, 2009	-12	Firm change	Other
BOFA ADVISORS, LLC	SOVEREIGN ADVISERS	Nov 21, 2006	Jan 25, 2007	65	Firm change	Other
COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT ADVISORS, INC.	BOFA ADVISORS, LLC	Apr 4, 2005	Apr 4, 2005	0	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ STERLING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Aug 6, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CAPRIN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 15, 2009 to Jul 16, 2014factForm ADV
→ SOVEREIGN ADVISERSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 25, 2007 to Jul 27, 2009factForm ADV
→ BOFA ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 4, 2005 to Nov 21, 2006factForm ADV
→ COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 21, 2004 to Apr 4, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

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