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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

Michael Louis Darby

Wells Fargo AdvisorswirehouseSt. Louis, Mo dual registrantIAPD 1498245

Feed of 09/15/2026

Also filed as Mike Darby

At current firm

0 y

since Jul 6, 2026

In the industry

40 y

since Jul 1, 1986 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S63, S66

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse current
since Jul 6, 2026 · St. Louis, Mo
LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated
Jun 28, 2019 to Jul 22, 2026 · Hattiesburg, Ms
Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse
Jul 26, 2017 to Jul 8, 2019 · Hattiesburg, Ms
Investment Professionals, Inc. former
Mar 18, 2009 to Jul 26, 2017 · Biloxi, Ms
Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse
Jan 1, 2008 to Nov 5, 2008 · Hattiesburg, Ms
A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. unclassified
Jan 19, 2004 to Jan 1, 2008 · Hattiesburg, Ms

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

LPL Financial LLC to Wells Fargo Advisors
left Jul 22, 2026, registered Jul 6, 2026 (-16 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to wirehouse · moved with a team
Wells Fargo Advisors to LPL Financial LLC
left Jul 8, 2019, registered Jun 28, 2019 (-10 days) · Wirehouse to independent RIA · moved with a team
Investment Professionals, Inc. to Wells Fargo Advisors
left Jul 26, 2017, registered Jul 26, 2017 (0 days) · Other
Wells Fargo Advisors to Investment Professionals, Inc.
left Nov 5, 2008, registered Mar 18, 2009 (133 days) · Other
A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. to Wells Fargo Advisors
left Jan 1, 2008, registered Jan 1, 2008 (0 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move

Signals

Michael Louis Darby left Lpl Financial Llc for Wells Fargo Advisors (registered 2026-07-06)
Jul 22, 2026 · 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: Wirehousederived
Years in industry: 40derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address