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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)13 years in industry

Jason Thomas Buford

Advisor at RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC

Overland Park, KS | Kansas City, MO

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 7:51 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 9, 2017 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, 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: Jun 1, 2013earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 13derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Mar 6, 2017
First registration: Mar 9, 2017
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 5514579

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
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	Bd affiliated wealth	May 12, 2025	n/a	yes	Overland Park, KS\|Kansas City, MO	Current employment
UMB FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Independent wealth	Jan 23, 2024	May 6, 2025	no	KANSAS CITY, MO\|Kansas City, MO	Previous registration
CONVERGENCE FINANCIAL	Independent wealth	Dec 9, 2022	Jan 17, 2024	no	Kansas City, MO\|COLUMBIA, MO	Previous registration
UMB FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Independent wealth	Mar 9, 2017	Nov 30, 2022	no	KANSAS CITY, MO\|OVERLAND PARK, KS\|Leawood, KS\|KANSAS CITY, 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
UMB FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	May 6, 2025	May 12, 2025	6	Firm change	RIA to ibd
CONVERGENCE FINANCIAL	UMB FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Jan 17, 2024	Jan 23, 2024	6	Firm change	RIA to ibd
UMB FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	CONVERGENCE FINANCIAL	Nov 30, 2022	Dec 9, 2022	9	Firm change	Ibd to RIA

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
May 12, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ UMB FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 23, 2024 to May 6, 2025factForm ADV
→ CONVERGENCE FINANCIALRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 9, 2022 to Jan 17, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
May 6, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Jason Thomas Buford left Umb Financial Services, Inc. for Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc (registered 2025-05-12)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Jan 17, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Jason Thomas Buford left Convergence Financial for Umb Financial Services, Inc. (registered 2024-01-23)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Nov 30, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Jason Thomas Buford left Umb Financial Services, Inc. for Convergence Financial (registered 2022-12-09)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago