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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)25 years in industry

CHRISTOPHER SHAWN SMULSKI

Advisor at TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.

CHICAGO, IL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 6:54 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 17, 2002 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, 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: May 9, 2001earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 25derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: May 9, 2001
First registration: Jul 17, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: CHRISTOPHER S SMULSKI
IAPD individual key: 4277352

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
TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	May 3, 2022	n/a	yes	CHICAGO, IL	Current employment
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Jun 21, 2011	May 4, 2022	no	MINNEAPOLIS, MN\|CHICAGO, IL\|CHARLOTTE, NC\|MINNEAPOLIS, MN\|TARPON SPRINGS, FL	Previous registration
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Wirehouse	Jan 22, 2009	Mar 25, 2011	no	HIGHLAND PARK, IL	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Jan 27, 2005	Sep 10, 2007	no	CHICAGO, IL\|CHICAGO, IL	Previous registration
BANC ONE SECURITIES CORPORATION	n/a	Jul 17, 2002	Sep 18, 2003	no	CHICAGO, IL	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
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	May 4, 2022	May 3, 2022	-1	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Mar 25, 2011	Jun 21, 2011	88	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Sep 10, 2007	Jan 22, 2009	500	Firm change after gap	Other
BANC ONE SECURITIES CORPORATION	BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Sep 18, 2003	Jan 27, 2005	497	Firm change after gap	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
19616:283390:FL:2022-05-02	May 4, 2022	May 3, 2022	TARPON SPRINGS, FL	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ TRUIST ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
May 3, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 21, 2011 to May 4, 2022factForm ADV
→ J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 22, 2009 to Mar 25, 2011factForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 27, 2005 to Sep 10, 2007factForm ADV
→ BANC ONE SECURITIES CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 17, 2002 to Sep 18, 2003factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
May 4, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Christopher Shawn Smulski left Wells Fargo Advisors for Truist Advisory Services, Inc. (registered 2022-05-03)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago