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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

Clarence Edmund Blanton

LPL Enterprise, LLCBD affiliatedMount Pleasant, Scdual registrantIAPD 1511177

Certified Financial Planner

Feed of 09/14/2026

Also filed as Ed Blanton

At current firm

0 y

since Mar 2, 2026

In the industry

39 y

since Oct 21, 1986 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S65, S63

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

LPL Enterprise, LLC BD affiliated current
since Mar 2, 2026 · Mount Pleasant, Sc
Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC former
Jan 13, 2026 to Mar 3, 2026 · Rome, Ga
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. BD affiliated
Dec 1, 2025 to Mar 5, 2026 · Mount Pleasant, Sc
Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC former
Dec 11, 2017 to Dec 31, 2025 · Mt Pleasant, Sc
Invest Financial Corporation former
Sep 7, 2016 to Dec 12, 2017 · Mt. Pleasant, Sc
Kovack Advisors, Inc. BD affiliated
Jan 9, 2015 to Sep 1, 2016 · Mt. Pleasant, Sc
Resource Horizons Investment Advisory, Inc. former
Mar 28, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014 · Mount Pleasant, Sc
Advisory Services Network independent RIA
Apr 27, 2012 to Mar 3, 2014 · Mt Pleasant, Sc
Resource Horizons Investment Advisory, Inc. former
Nov 21, 2011 to Apr 24, 2012 · Mt Pleasant, Sc
Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. BD affiliated
Aug 7, 2008 to Nov 29, 2011 · Stuart, Fl
Thrivent Investment Management Inc. BD affiliated
Jun 19, 2002 to Jul 23, 2008 · Howey In The Hills, Fl

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. to Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC
left Mar 5, 2026, registered Jan 13, 2026 (-51 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA · moved with a team
Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC to LPL Enterprise, LLC
left Mar 3, 2026, registered Mar 2, 2026 (-1 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank · moved with a team
Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC to Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.
left Dec 31, 2025, registered Dec 1, 2025 (-30 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
Invest Financial Corporation to Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC
left Dec 12, 2017, registered Dec 11, 2017 (-1 days) · Other
Kovack Advisors, Inc. to Invest Financial Corporation
left Sep 1, 2016, registered Sep 7, 2016 (6 days) · Other
Resource Horizons Investment Advisory, Inc. to Kovack Advisors, Inc.
left Dec 31, 2014, registered Jan 9, 2015 (9 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
Advisory Services Network to Resource Horizons Investment Advisory, Inc.
left Mar 3, 2014, registered Mar 28, 2014 (25 days) · Other
Resource Horizons Investment Advisory, Inc. to Advisory Services Network
left Apr 24, 2012, registered Apr 27, 2012 (3 days) · Other
Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. to Resource Horizons Investment Advisory, Inc.
left Nov 29, 2011, registered Nov 21, 2011 (-8 days) · Other
Thrivent Investment Management Inc. to Voya Financial Advisors, Inc.
left Jul 23, 2008, registered Aug 7, 2008 (15 days) · Other

Signals

Clarence Edmund Blanton left Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. for Dempsey Lord Smith, Llc (registered 2026-01-13)
Mar 5, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Clarence Edmund Blanton left Dempsey Lord Smith, Llc for Lpl Enterprise, Llc (registered 2026-03-02)
Mar 3, 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: Broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Years in industry: 39derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address