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RIA / WealthAdvisor35 years in industry

WILLIAM CHESLEY SOWELL

Advisor at SOWELL MANAGEMENT

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 26, 1995 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: SOWELL MANAGEMENT
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: Mar 27, 1991earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 35derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 16derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66|S63
First exam: Mar 27, 1991
First registration: Jul 26, 1995
Dual registered: no
Other names: (IV) WILLIAM CHESLEY SOWELL
IAPD individual key: 2131557

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
SOWELL MANAGEMENT	Independent wealth	Jan 22, 2010	n/a	yes	NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR	Current employment
FIRST ALLIED ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jan 3, 2007	Feb 6, 2007	no	CHESTERFIELD, MO	Previous registration
SOWELL MANAGEMENT	Independent wealth	Jun 17, 2004	Mar 1, 2005	no	LITTLE ROCK, AR	Previous registration
FFP ADVISORY SERVICES INC	n/a	Jul 26, 1995	Jan 5, 2007	no	NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR	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
FIRST ALLIED ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	SOWELL MANAGEMENT	Feb 6, 2007	Jan 22, 2010	1,081	Firm change after gap	Other
FFP ADVISORY SERVICES INC	SOWELL MANAGEMENT	Jan 5, 2007	Jun 17, 2004	-932	Firm change after gap	Other
SOWELL MANAGEMENT	FIRST ALLIED ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Mar 1, 2005	Jan 3, 2007	673	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ SOWELL MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 17, 2004 to Mar 1, 2005factForm ADV
→ FIRST ALLIED ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 3, 2007 to Feb 6, 2007factForm ADV
→ FFP ADVISORY SERVICES INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 26, 1995 to Jan 5, 2007factForm ADV

Dated events

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