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Registered advisor
Richard Scott Tesh
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedwirehouseGreensboro, Nc dual registrantIAPD 2789229
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as Rick Tesh
At current firm
3 y
since Mar 10, 2023
In the industry
30 y
since Sep 3, 1996 (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
S66, S63
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
1
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse currentsince Mar 10, 2023 · Greensboro, Nc
- Suntrust Investment Services, Inc. formerOct 31, 2016 to Dec 31, 2016 · Greensboro, Nc
- Truist Advisory Services, Inc. BD affiliatedOct 31, 2016 to Dec 2, 2022 · Greensboro, Nc
- Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouseJun 18, 2013 to Oct 19, 2016 · Minneapolis, Mn
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Truist Advisory Services, Inc. to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft Dec 2, 2022, registered Mar 10, 2023 (98 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to wirehouse
- Suntrust Investment Services, Inc. to Truist Advisory Services, Inc.left Dec 31, 2016, registered Oct 31, 2016 (-61 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
- Wells Fargo Advisors to Suntrust Investment Services, Inc.left Oct 19, 2016, registered Oct 31, 2016 (12 days) · Other
Signals
- Richard Scott Tesh left Truist Advisory Services, Inc. for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2023-03-10)Dec 2, 2022 · 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
- 30derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address