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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

Virginia Brake

Morgan StanleywirehouseCharlotte, Ncdual registrantIAPD 3208939

Feed of 09/14/2026

Also filed as Virginia Pleasants Brake

At current firm

1 y

since Sep 1, 2025

In the industry

25 y

since Sep 30, 2000 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S63, S66, S65

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

Morgan Stanley wirehouse current
since Sep 1, 2025 · Charlotte, Nc
Captrust institutional
Mar 5, 2025 to Aug 21, 2025 · Charlotte, Nc
Carolinas Wealth Consulting LLC former
Jan 30, 2023 to Apr 28, 2025 · Charlotte, Nc
Truist Advisory Services, Inc. BD affiliated
Feb 17, 2021 to Apr 30, 2021 · Atlanta, Ga
Bb&T Securities, LLC former
May 16, 2018 to Feb 17, 2021 · Charlotte, Nc
Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse
May 26, 2017 to Jan 5, 2018 · Charlotte, Nc
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse
Jun 25, 2008 to Oct 8, 2010 · Charlotte, Nc
A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. unclassified
Jan 26, 2005 to Jul 18, 2006 · Charlotte, Nc

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Captrust to Morgan Stanley
left Aug 21, 2025, registered Sep 1, 2025 (11 days) · Other
Carolinas Wealth Consulting LLC to Captrust
left Apr 28, 2025, registered Mar 5, 2025 (-54 days) · Other
Truist Advisory Services, Inc. to Carolinas Wealth Consulting LLC
left Apr 30, 2021, registered Jan 30, 2023 (640 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
Bb&T Securities, LLC to Truist Advisory Services, Inc.
left Feb 17, 2021, registered Feb 17, 2021 (0 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
Wells Fargo Advisors to Bb&T Securities, LLC
left Jan 5, 2018, registered May 16, 2018 (131 days) · Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Wells Fargo Advisors
left Oct 8, 2010, registered May 26, 2017 (2422 days) · Wirehouse to wirehouse
A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
left Jul 18, 2006, registered Jun 25, 2008 (708 days) · Other

Signals

Virginia Brake left Captrust for Morgan Stanley (registered 2025-09-01)
Aug 21, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Virginia Brake left Carolinas Wealth Consulting Llc for Captrust (registered 2025-03-05)
Apr 28, 2025 · 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: 25derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address