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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)42 years in industry

RUNE MEDHUS

Advisor at STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED

HOUSTON, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Feb 13, 2006 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
Current firm class: national broker-dealer RIAderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: May 3, 1984earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 42derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66|S63
First exam: May 3, 1984
First registration: Feb 13, 2006
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 1258887

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
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED	National bd RIA	Apr 4, 2025	n/a	yes	HOUSTON, TX	Current employment
B. RILEY WEALTH ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 26, 2022	Apr 8, 2025	no	Houston, TX	Previous registration
B RILEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Former SEC adviser	Dec 17, 2012	Dec 31, 2022	no	Houston, TX	Previous registration
SANDERS MORRIS LLC	Independent wealth	Jun 26, 2006	Dec 14, 2012	no	HOUSTON, TX\|HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration
SMH CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC	Institutional manager	Feb 13, 2006	Dec 31, 2006	no	FORT WORTH, TX	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
B. RILEY WEALTH ADVISORS, INC.	STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED	Apr 8, 2025	Apr 4, 2025	-4	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
B RILEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT	B. RILEY WEALTH ADVISORS, INC.	Dec 31, 2022	Aug 26, 2022	-127	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
SANDERS MORRIS LLC	B RILEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Dec 14, 2012	Dec 17, 2012	3	Firm change	Other
SMH CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC	SANDERS MORRIS LLC	Dec 31, 2006	Jun 26, 2006	-188	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 4, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ B. RILEY WEALTH ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 26, 2022 to Apr 8, 2025factForm ADV
→ B RILEY WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 17, 2012 to Dec 31, 2022factForm ADV
→ SANDERS MORRIS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 26, 2006 to Dec 14, 2012factForm ADV
→ SMH CAPITAL ADVISORS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 13, 2006 to Dec 31, 2006factForm ADV

Dated events

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