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Registered advisor
Benjamin L Covar
Chartered Financial Analyst
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as Benjamin Covar
At current firm
1 y
since Jan 16, 2025
In the industry
20 y
since Jul 20, 2006 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
3
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
2
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S65, 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
- Perigon Wealth Management, LLC independent RIA currentsince Jan 16, 2025 · West Columbia, Sc
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseMay 25, 2012 to Dec 17, 2024 · Columbia, Sc
- Morgan Stanley wirehouseJun 1, 2009 to Jul 22, 2010 · Augusta, Ga
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc. BD affiliatedJan 26, 2009 to Jun 1, 2009 · Augusta, Ga
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Perigon Wealth Management, LLCleft Dec 17, 2024, registered Jan 16, 2025 (30 days) · Wirehouse to independent RIA
- Morgan Stanley to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft Jul 22, 2010, registered May 25, 2012 (673 days) · Wirehouse to wirehouse
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc. to Morgan Stanleyleft Jun 1, 2009, registered Jun 1, 2009 (0 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
Signals
- Benjamin L Covar left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Perigon Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2025-01-16)Dec 17, 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
- 20derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address