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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)16 years in industry

MICHAEL RAY WILLIAMS

Advisor at EDWARD JONES

ST. LOUIS, MO

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 4:54 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 2, 2010 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: EDWARD JONES
Current firm class: national broker-dealer RIAderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Apr 1, 2010earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 16derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Jul 1, 2010
First registration: Jul 2, 2010
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Michael Williams|MICHAEL R WILLIAMS|Michael Ray Williams
IAPD individual key: 5780036

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
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	Apr 20, 2023	n/a	yes	ST. LOUIS, MO	Current employment
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Former SEC adviser	Mar 3, 2022	Mar 16, 2023	no	CHESTERFIELD, MO	Previous registration
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	Wirehouse	Aug 28, 2017	Feb 15, 2022	no	LEAWOOD, KS\|WICHITA, KS\|St Louis, MO	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Jul 2, 2010	Jul 31, 2017	no	DALLAS, TX\|FORT WORTH, TX\|DALLAS, TX\|CLAYTON, MO\|DALLAS, TX\|DALLAS, TX\|DALLAS, TX\|CLAYTON, 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
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	EDWARD JONES	Mar 16, 2023	Apr 20, 2023	35	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Feb 15, 2022	Mar 3, 2022	16	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	Jul 31, 2017	Aug 28, 2017	28	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 20, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 3, 2022 to Mar 16, 2023factForm ADV
→ UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 28, 2017 to Feb 15, 2022factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 2, 2010 to Jul 31, 2017factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Mar 16, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Michael Ray Williams left Fidelity Personal And Workplace Advisors for Edward Jones (registered 2023-04-20)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Feb 15, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Michael Ray Williams left Ubs Financial Services Inc. for Fidelity Personal And Workplace Advisors (registered 2022-03-03)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago