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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)26 years in industry

JOHN MATTHEW SIMON

Advisor at PACIFIC CAPITAL ASSOCIATES

SAN DIEGO, CA

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Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 20, 2000 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: PACIFIC CAPITAL ASSOCIATES
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Feb 25, 2000earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 26derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 14derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Feb 25, 2000
First registration: Mar 20, 2000
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 4100566

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
PACIFIC CAPITAL ASSOCIATES	Independent wealth	Mar 15, 2012	n/a	yes	SAN DIEGO, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA	Current employment
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	Former SEC adviser	Nov 1, 2017	Nov 13, 2017	no	SAN DIEGO, CA	Previous registration
AMERICAN MONEY MANAGEMENT, LLC	Independent wealth	Aug 11, 2005	Oct 24, 2005	no	RANCHO SANTA FE, CA	Previous registration
GIRARD SECURITIES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Dec 13, 2004	Nov 1, 2017	no	SAN DIEGO, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA	Previous registration
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 20, 2000	Oct 7, 2003	no	SAN DIEGO, CA	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
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	n/a	Nov 13, 2017	n/a	n/a	Departure no registered destination	Departure
GIRARD SECURITIES, INC.	AMERICAN MONEY MANAGEMENT, LLC	Nov 1, 2017	Aug 11, 2005	-4,465	Firm change after gap	Other
AMERICAN MONEY MANAGEMENT, LLC	PACIFIC CAPITAL ASSOCIATES	Oct 24, 2005	Mar 15, 2012	2,334	Firm change after gap	Other
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	GIRARD SECURITIES, INC.	Oct 7, 2003	Dec 13, 2004	433	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ PACIFIC CAPITAL ASSOCIATESRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 15, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 1, 2017 to Nov 13, 2017factForm ADV
→ GIRARD SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 13, 2004 to Nov 1, 2017factForm ADV
→ AMERICAN MONEY MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 11, 2005 to Oct 24, 2005factForm ADV
→ MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 20, 2000 to Oct 7, 2003factForm ADV

Dated events

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