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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)43 years in industry

JAMES ALLEN BOWEN

Advisor at FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP

WHEATON, IL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 6:37 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 1
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 2
Observed: May 26, 1983 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

same identity by shared identifier, citation, or a bridge measured by hand

Private Equityidentity

James Allen Bowen

same person, same CRD on Schedule A · confidence 95% · family precision 100%

Venture Capitalidentity

James Allen Bowen

same person, same CRD on Schedule A · confidence 95% · family precision 100%

Facts

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Current firm: FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP
Current firm class: asset managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: May 26, 1983earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 43derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 26derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63
First exam: May 26, 1983
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 1123316

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
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP	Asset manager	May 6, 2000	n/a	yes	WHEATON, IL	Current employment

Relationships

Registered with (1)

→ FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LPRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
May 6, 2000 to presentfactForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:df5baee2-2580-9ec2-11d5-7c3fd6c75dc7
First observed: May 26, 1983
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 7 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

JAMES ALLEN BOWEN

Advisor at FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP

WHEATON, IL

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Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP

Asset manager

May 6, 2000

n/a

yes

WHEATON, IL

Current employment