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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)25 years in industry

CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL PONDS

Advisor at TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.

LEESBURG, FL

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 22, 2000 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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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 22, 2000earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 25derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 10derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Jan 12, 2001
First registration: Dec 22, 2000
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 4296912

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	Sep 9, 2016	n/a	yes	LEESBURG, FL	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Oct 23, 2009	Apr 5, 2010	no	LEESBURG, FL\|THE VILLAGES, FL\|ORLANDO, FL	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Aug 25, 2006	Oct 23, 2009	no	LEESBURG, FL	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	n/a	Dec 22, 2000	Aug 28, 2006	no	PORT RICHEY, FL\|PORT RICHEY, FL\|WEEKI WACHEE, 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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Apr 5, 2010	Sep 9, 2016	2,349	Firm change after gap	Wirehouse to new firm
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 23, 2009	Oct 23, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Aug 28, 2006	Aug 25, 2006	-3	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 9, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 23, 2009 to Apr 5, 2010factForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 25, 2006 to Oct 23, 2009factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 22, 2000 to Aug 28, 2006factForm ADV

Dated events

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