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Registered advisor
Tara Dempsey Carlson
Certified Financial Planner
Feed of 09/15/2026
Also filed as Tara Elizabeth Dempsey
At current firm
1 y
since Feb 27, 2025
In the industry
15 y
since Jul 19, 2011 (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
S63, S66
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
1
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Kestra Advisory Services, LLC BD affiliated currentsince Feb 27, 2025 · Franklin, Tn
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseSep 10, 2018 to Mar 3, 2025 · Brentwood, Tn
- Waddell & Associates, LLC formerMay 25, 2016 to Sep 7, 2018 · Memphis, Tn
- Waddell & Associates Inc formerMar 16, 2016 to May 25, 2016 · Brentwood, Tn
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Kestra Advisory Services, LLCleft Mar 3, 2025, registered Feb 27, 2025 (-4 days) · Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
- Waddell & Associates, LLC to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft Sep 7, 2018, registered Sep 10, 2018 (3 days) · RIA to wirehouse
- Waddell & Associates Inc to Waddell & Associates, LLCleft May 25, 2016, registered May 25, 2016 (0 days) · channel change inside one enterprise, not a move · moved with a team
Signals
- Tara Dempsey Carlson left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Kestra Advisory Services, Llc (registered 2025-02-27)Mar 3, 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
- Broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
- Years in industry
- 15derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address