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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)15 years in industry

Alexander William Hansen

Advisor at MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS

ALPHARETTA, GA | Worcester, MA

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 1
Observed: Feb 10, 2014 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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

Private Equityidentity

Alexander William Hansen

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

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS
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: Jul 1, 2011earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 15derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Nov 6, 2013
First registration: Feb 10, 2014
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: ALEX HANSEN
IAPD individual key: 5972126

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
MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 26, 2025	n/a	yes	Worcester, MA\|ALPHARETTA, GA	Current employment
COMMONWEALTH CONTINUUM ADVISORS	Former SEC adviser	Apr 8, 2025	Nov 7, 2025	no	Waltham, MA	Previous registration
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	National bd RIA	Nov 9, 2021	Nov 7, 2025	no	WALTHAM, MA\|Worcester, MA	Previous registration
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	Bd affiliated wealth	Feb 10, 2014	Jan 17, 2017	no	ST. PETERSBURG, 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
COMMONWEALTH CONTINUUM ADVISORS	MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Nov 7, 2025	Nov 26, 2025	19	Firm change	Other
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	COMMONWEALTH CONTINUUM ADVISORS	Nov 7, 2025	Apr 8, 2025	-213	Firm change after gap	Other
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	Jan 17, 2017	Nov 9, 2021	1,757	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 26, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ COMMONWEALTH CONTINUUM ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 8, 2025 to Nov 7, 2025factForm ADV
→ COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORKRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 9, 2021 to Nov 7, 2025factForm ADV
→ RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 10, 2014 to Jan 17, 2017factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Nov 7, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Alexander William Hansen left Commonwealth Continuum Advisors for Merit Financial Advisors (registered 2025-11-26)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Nov 7, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Alexander William Hansen left Commonwealth Financial Network for Commonwealth Continuum Advisors (registered 2025-04-08)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:e1045114-0d4f-8875-7dcd-aeed3d133800
First observed: Feb 10, 2014
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.

Alexander William Hansen

Advisor at MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS

ALPHARETTA, GA | Worcester, MA

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