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Registered advisor
James Brennan
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as James Andrew Brennan
At current firm
1 y
since Sep 30, 2024
In the industry
18 y
since Jan 23, 2008 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
5
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
1
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S66, S65
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
2
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Nationwide Investment Advisors, LLC BD affiliated currentsince Sep 30, 2024 · Columbus, Oh
- Morgan Stanley wirehouseMar 11, 2022 to Sep 24, 2024 · Washington, Dc
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseJul 30, 2018 to Mar 7, 2022 · Bethesda, Md
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseSep 30, 2011 to Aug 17, 2012 · Alexandria, Va
- Nfp Advisor Services, LLC formerJan 5, 2009 to Mar 30, 2010 · Vienna, Va
- Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouseJan 31, 2008 to Jan 2, 2009 · Washington, Dc
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Morgan Stanley to Nationwide Investment Advisors, LLCleft Sep 24, 2024, registered Sep 30, 2024 (6 days) · Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Morgan Stanleyleft Mar 7, 2022, registered Mar 11, 2022 (4 days) · Wirehouse to wirehouse
- Nfp Advisor Services, LLC to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft Mar 30, 2010, registered Sep 30, 2011 (549 days) · Other
- Wells Fargo Advisors to Nfp Advisor Services, LLCleft Jan 2, 2009, registered Jan 5, 2009 (3 days) · Other
Signals
- James Brennan left Morgan Stanley for Nationwide Investment Advisors, Llc (registered 2024-09-30)Sep 24, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- James Brennan left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Morgan Stanley (registered 2022-03-11)Mar 7, 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
- Broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
- Years in industry
- 18derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address