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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)36 years in industry

MICHAEL ANTHONY RUSSO

Advisor at WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

STATEN ISLAND, NY

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 25, 2002 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 9, 1990earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 36derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 9derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Mar 9, 1990
First registration: Nov 25, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 2014677

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	Nov 10, 2016	n/a	yes	STATEN ISLAND, NY	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Oct 23, 2009	Nov 14, 2016	no	NEW YORK, NY\|NEW YORK, NY\|NEW YORK, NY\|STATEN ISLAND, NY\|NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Oct 20, 2004	Oct 23, 2009	no	NEW YORK, NY\|NEW YORK, NY\|NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration
QUICK & REILLY, INC.	n/a	Nov 25, 2002	Oct 20, 2004	no	BROOKLYN, NY	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	Nov 14, 2016	Nov 10, 2016	-4	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 23, 2009	Oct 23, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other
QUICK & REILLY, INC.	BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Oct 20, 2004	Oct 20, 2004	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 10, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 23, 2009 to Nov 14, 2016factForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 20, 2004 to Oct 23, 2009factForm ADV
→ QUICK & REILLY, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 25, 2002 to Oct 20, 2004factForm ADV

Dated events

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