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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)40 years in industry

JOHN W MESSERSMITH

Advisor at LPL FINANCIAL LLC

MEDIA, PA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 5:13 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 2, 2007 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: LPL FINANCIAL LLC
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: Aug 1, 1986earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 40derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Jun 22, 2002
First registration: May 2, 2007
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 4535066

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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 10, 2025	n/a	yes	MEDIA, PA	Current employment
NEXT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jan 2, 2015	Jul 10, 2025	no	Media, PA\|WEST CHESTER, PA	Previous registration
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	National bd RIA	Aug 18, 2010	Dec 31, 2014	no	Malvern, PA	Previous registration
WOODBURY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	May 2, 2007	Mar 18, 2009	no	Hockessin, DE\|PAOLI, PA	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
NEXT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Jul 10, 2025	Jul 10, 2025	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	NEXT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	Dec 31, 2014	Jan 2, 2015	2	Firm change	Other
WOODBURY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	Mar 18, 2009	Aug 18, 2010	518	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 10, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ NEXT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 2, 2015 to Jul 10, 2025factForm ADV
→ COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORKRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 18, 2010 to Dec 31, 2014factForm ADV
→ WOODBURY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 2, 2007 to Mar 18, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

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