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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)34 years in industry

CHRISTOPHER JOHN MCCARTHY

Advisor at WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

BOURNE, MA | HYANNIS, MA

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Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 19, 2005 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: WELLS FARGO ADVISORS
Current firm class: wirehousederived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Mar 2, 1992earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 34derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 14derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Mar 2, 1992
First registration: Jul 19, 2005
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 2209629

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
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Oct 7, 2011	n/a	yes	HYANNIS, MA\|BOURNE, MA	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Oct 28, 2009	Oct 12, 2011	no	HYANNIS, MA\|FALMOUTH, MA	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Sep 30, 2008	Oct 23, 2009	no	FALMOUTH, MA\|HYANNIS, MA\|YARMOUTH PORT, MA\|HINGHAM, MA	Previous registration
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED	National bd RIA	Jun 5, 2007	Sep 23, 2008	no	HYANNIS, MA\|HAMDEN, CT	Previous registration
RYAN BECK & CO.	n/a	Jul 19, 2005	Jun 5, 2007	no	OSTERVILLE, MA\|OSTERVILLE, MA	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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Oct 12, 2011	Oct 7, 2011	-5	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 23, 2009	Oct 28, 2009	5	Bulk transfer	Other
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED	BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Sep 23, 2008	Sep 30, 2008	7	Firm change	Other
RYAN BECK & CO.	STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED	Jun 5, 2007	Jun 5, 2007	0	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 7, 2011 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 28, 2009 to Oct 12, 2011factForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 30, 2008 to Oct 23, 2009factForm ADV
→ STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 5, 2007 to Sep 23, 2008factForm ADV
→ RYAN BECK & CO.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 19, 2005 to Jun 5, 2007factForm ADV

Dated events

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