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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.
Registered advisor
John James Forster
Feed of 09/15/2026
At current firm
1 y
since Jul 18, 2025
In the industry
41 y
since Sep 28, 1984 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
3
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
1
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S63, S65
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
1
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Sb Advisory, LLC independent RIA currentsince Jul 18, 2025 · Washington, Dc
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseOct 22, 2012 to Dec 3, 2024 · Washington, Dc
- Morgan Stanley wirehouseJun 1, 2009 to Nov 6, 2012 · Washington, Dc
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc. BD affiliatedJan 21, 1994 to Jun 1, 2009 · Washington, Dc
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Sb Advisory, LLCleft Dec 3, 2024, registered Jul 18, 2025 (227 days) · Wirehouse to independent RIA
- Morgan Stanley to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft Nov 6, 2012, registered Oct 22, 2012 (-15 days) · Wirehouse to wirehouse
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc. to Morgan Stanleyleft Jun 1, 2009, registered Jun 1, 2009 (0 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
Signals
- John James Forster left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Sb Advisory, Llc (registered 2025-07-18)Dec 3, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Transition signals
Mobility scoring is not published yet. The observable conditions this page will draw on once the historical validation is done: tenure, the firm’s own departures and ownership changes, new state registrations, a new adviser entity with this person on Schedule A, and colleagues’ moves. Until precision and lead time are measured on known moves, no label is printed. Read the methodology.
Provenance
- Source
- IAPD individual compilation feedreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Firm class
- Independent wealth managerderived
- Years in industry
- 41derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address