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RIA Intelligence

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

Bradford Merton Sawyer

D.A. Davidson & Co.independent RIASalt Lake City, Utdual registrantIAPD 1910853

Feed of 09/14/2026

Also filed as Brad Sawyer

At current firm

0 y

since Oct 1, 2025

In the industry

37 y

since Jan 24, 1989 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S65, S66, S63

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

D.A. Davidson & Co. independent RIA current
since Oct 1, 2025 · Salt Lake City, Ut
Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC national BD
Apr 25, 2025 to Oct 6, 2025 · Clearfield, Ut
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse
Sep 30, 2021 to Dec 18, 2024 · Ogden, Ut
American Century Advisory Services, Inc. former
Apr 27, 2006 to Dec 3, 2008 · Kansas City, Mo
Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. former
Jun 29, 2004 to Apr 12, 2005 · Boston, Ma
Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc. unclassified
Dec 4, 2002 to Jun 1, 2004 · Houston, Tx

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC to D.A. Davidson & Co.
left Oct 6, 2025, registered Oct 1, 2025 (-5 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC
left Dec 18, 2024, registered Apr 25, 2025 (128 days) · Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
American Century Advisory Services, Inc. to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
left Dec 3, 2008, registered Sep 30, 2021 (4684 days) · Other
Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. to American Century Advisory Services, Inc.
left Apr 12, 2005, registered Apr 27, 2006 (380 days) · Other
Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc. to Amundi Asset Management US, Inc.
left Jun 1, 2004, registered Jun 29, 2004 (28 days) · Other

Signals

Bradford Merton Sawyer left Ameriprise Financial Services, Llc for D.A. Davidson & Co. (registered 2025-10-01)
Oct 6, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Bradford Merton Sawyer left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Ameriprise Financial Services, Llc (registered 2025-04-25)
Dec 18, 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: 37derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address