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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)13 years in industry

STEPHEN CLARK VAUGHN

Advisor at AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS PRIVATE CLIENT GROUP, INC.

LEAWOOD, KS | Overland Park, KS | Kansas City, MO

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 11:21 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 6, 2021 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS PRIVATE CLIENT GROUP, 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: Nov 1, 2012earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 13derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Exams: S66
First exam: Apr 3, 2021
First registration: Apr 6, 2021
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 7007401

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
AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS PRIVATE CLIENT GROUP, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 21, 2025	n/a	yes	Kansas City, MO\|Overland Park, KS\|LEAWOOD, KS	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Sep 22, 2022	Oct 7, 2024	no	TULSA, OK\|LITTLE ROCK, AR\|LITTLE ROCK, AR\|NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR\|LITTLE ROCK, AR	Previous registration
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 7, 2021	Aug 29, 2022	no	LITTLE ROCK, AR	Previous registration
FIRST HORIZON ADVISORS, INC	Former SEC adviser	Apr 6, 2021	May 26, 2021	no	Little Rock, AR	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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS PRIVATE CLIENT GROUP, INC.	Oct 7, 2024	Jan 21, 2025	106	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Aug 29, 2022	Sep 22, 2022	24	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
FIRST HORIZON ADVISORS, INC	CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	May 26, 2021	Jun 7, 2021	12	Firm change	RIA to ibd

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS PRIVATE CLIENT GROUP, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 21, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 22, 2022 to Oct 7, 2024factForm ADV
→ CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 7, 2021 to Aug 29, 2022factForm ADV
→ FIRST HORIZON ADVISORS, INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 6, 2021 to May 26, 2021factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Oct 7, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Stephen Clark Vaughn left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc. (registered 2025-01-21)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Aug 29, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Stephen Clark Vaughn left Cetera Investment Advisers Llc for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2022-09-22)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago