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Registered advisor
James Byron Merchant
Certified Financial Planner · Chartered Financial Consultant
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as James Byron Merchant
At current firm
3 y
since Jun 22, 2023
In the industry
13 y
since Jul 1, 2013 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
2
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
1
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
- Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC. independent RIA currentsince Jun 22, 2023 · Gainesville, Fl
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseDec 6, 2022 to Jan 13, 2023 · New York, Ny
- Nationwide Investment Advisors, LLC BD affiliatedSep 12, 2013 to Aug 26, 2021 · Columbus, Oh
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC.left Jan 13, 2023, registered Jun 22, 2023 (160 days) · Wirehouse to independent RIA
- Nationwide Investment Advisors, LLC to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft Aug 26, 2021, registered Dec 6, 2022 (467 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to wirehouse
Signals
- James Byron Merchant left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Koss-Olinger Consulting, Llc. (registered 2023-06-22)Jan 13, 2023 · 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
- 13derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address