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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)38 years in industry

SETH JOHN BUCKLEY

Advisor at VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.

Hingham, MA

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 18, 2004 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: VALMARK ADVISERS, 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 6, 1987earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 38derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 8derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 4
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Nov 6, 1987
First registration: Aug 18, 2004
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Seth John Buckley
IAPD individual key: 1743411

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
VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Oct 16, 2017	n/a	yes	Hingham, MA	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Nov 6, 2009	Nov 13, 2009	no	BOSTON, MA\|CAMBRIDGE, MA	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Oct 20, 2004	Oct 23, 2009	no	MIAMI, FL\|BOSTON, MA\|CHARLOTTE, NC\|CAMBRIDGE, MA	Previous registration
QUICK & REILLY, INC.	n/a	Aug 18, 2004	Oct 20, 2004	no	CAMBRIDGE, 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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.	Nov 13, 2009	Oct 16, 2017	2,894	Firm change after gap	Other
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 23, 2009	Nov 6, 2009	14	Bulk transfer	Other
QUICK & REILLY, INC.	BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Oct 20, 2004	Oct 20, 2004	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 16, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 6, 2009 to Nov 13, 2009factForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 20, 2004 to Oct 23, 2009factForm ADV
→ QUICK & REILLY, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 18, 2004 to Oct 20, 2004factForm ADV

Dated events

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