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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)35 years in industry

CARL JOSEPH TORCHIA

Advisor at TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.

PALM CITY, FL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 9:28 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Oct 1, 2000 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, 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: Dec 26, 1990earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 35derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 9derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Dec 26, 1990
First registration: Oct 1, 2000
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: CARL TORCHIA
IAPD individual key: 1645821

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
TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 28, 2017	n/a	yes	PALM CITY, FL	Current employment
BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Oct 13, 2014	Dec 22, 2016	no	CHARLOTTE, NC\|PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Aug 31, 2010	Oct 13, 2014	no	STUART, FL\|CHARLOTTE, NC\|NEW YORK, NY\|ATLANTA, GA\|MIAMI, FL\|PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL\|MERRITT ISLAND, FL	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Sep 29, 2009	Jun 1, 2010	no	STUART, FL	Previous registration
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	Jun 19, 2009	Aug 27, 2009	no	ST LOUIS, MO	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Oct 1, 2000	Feb 3, 2005	no	STUART, FL	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
BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Dec 22, 2016	Mar 28, 2017	96	Firm change	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Oct 13, 2014	Oct 13, 2014	0	Firm change	Wirehouse to new firm
EDWARD JONES	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Aug 27, 2009	Sep 29, 2009	33	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	EDWARD JONES	Feb 3, 2005	Jun 19, 2009	1,597	Firm change after gap	Wirehouse to ibd

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 28, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
→ BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 13, 2014 to Dec 22, 2016factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 31, 2010 to Oct 13, 2014factForm ADV
→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 19, 2009 to Aug 27, 2009factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 1, 2000 to Feb 3, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

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