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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)19 years in industry

HOWARD FRENCH DAUGHERTY

Advisor at SYNOVUS SECURITIES, INC.

NEWNAN, GA | ROME, GA | CALHOUN, GA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 11:53 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 5, 2007 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: SYNOVUS SECURITIES, 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: Apr 2, 2007earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 11
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Apr 2, 2007
First registration: Apr 5, 2007
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: WARD DAUGHERTY|HOWARD FRENCH DAUGHERTY
IAPD individual key: 5265086

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
SYNOVUS SECURITIES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 1, 2018	n/a	yes	ROME, GA\|CALHOUN, GA\|NEWNAN, GA	Current employment
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Feb 14, 2018	Nov 8, 2018	no	ROME, GA\|ADAIRSVILLE, GA\|SUMMERVILLE, GA\|DOUGLASVILLE, GA\|CARROLLTON, GA\|CARTERSVILLE, GA\|TRION, GA	Previous registration
INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION	Former SEC adviser	Aug 10, 2009	Feb 14, 2018	no	ROME, GA\|ADAIRSVILLE, GA\|SUMMERVILLE, GA\|TRION, GA\|APPLETON, WI\|CARTERSVILLE, GA\|DOUGLASVILLE, GA\|CARROLLTON, GA\|APPLETON, WI	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Jan 1, 2008	Dec 12, 2008	no	ROME, GA	Previous registration
A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.	n/a	Apr 5, 2007	Jan 1, 2008	no	ROME, GA\|ST. LOUIS, MO	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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	SYNOVUS SECURITIES, INC.	Nov 8, 2018	Nov 1, 2018	-7	Firm change	RIA to ibd
INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Feb 14, 2018	Feb 14, 2018	0	Bulk transfer	Other
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION	Dec 12, 2008	Aug 10, 2009	241	Firm change	Other
A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Jan 1, 2008	Jan 1, 2008	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ SYNOVUS SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 1, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 14, 2018 to Nov 8, 2018factForm ADV
→ INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 10, 2009 to Feb 14, 2018factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 1, 2008 to Dec 12, 2008factForm ADV
→ A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 5, 2007 to Jan 1, 2008factForm ADV

Dated events

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