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Registered advisor
John Coleman Dawson
Feed of 09/15/2026
Also filed as Cole Dawson
At current firm
7 y
since Dec 6, 2018
In the industry
35 y
since Oct 25, 1990 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
4
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
0
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Hightower Advisors, LLC BD affiliated currentsince Dec 6, 2018 · Chicago, Il
- Hightower Private Client formerAug 10, 2017 to Dec 31, 2018 · Houston, Tx
- Salient Capital Advisors, LLC formerJun 28, 2010 to Oct 10, 2017 · Houston, Tx
- Telemus Investment Management, LLC formerNov 5, 2008 to Jul 1, 2010 · Southfield, Mi
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseJul 30, 1997 to May 7, 2007 · Houston, Tx
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Hightower Private Client to Hightower Advisors, LLCleft Dec 31, 2018, registered Dec 6, 2018 (-25 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank · moved with a team
- Salient Capital Advisors, LLC to Hightower Private Clientleft Oct 10, 2017, registered Aug 10, 2017 (-61 days) · Other · moved with a team
- Telemus Investment Management, LLC to Salient Capital Advisors, LLCleft Jul 1, 2010, registered Jun 28, 2010 (-3 days) · Other
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Telemus Investment Management, LLCleft May 7, 2007, registered Nov 5, 2008 (548 days) · Other
Signals
No dated event on this person.
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
- 35derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address