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Registered advisor
William Patrick Breen
Feed of 09/15/2026
Also filed as Bill Breen
At current firm
1 y
since Jul 18, 2025
In the industry
12 y
since May 1, 2014 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
4
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
3
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S66
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
2
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Raymond James & Associates, Inc. national BD currentsince Jul 18, 2025 · Annapolis, Md
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseSep 13, 2023 to Jul 21, 2025 · Reston, Va
- Proshare Advisors LLC asset managerMar 30, 2021 to Jul 31, 2023 · Bethesda, Md
- John Hancock Investment Management LLC asset managerMay 29, 2019 to Mar 10, 2021 · Boston, Ma
- Morgan Stanley wirehouseNov 21, 2018 to Apr 4, 2019 · Wellesley, Ma
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Raymond James & Associates, Inc.left Jul 21, 2025, registered Jul 18, 2025 (-3 days) · Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
- Proshare Advisors LLC to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft Jul 31, 2023, registered Sep 13, 2023 (44 days) · Other
- John Hancock Investment Management LLC to Proshare Advisors LLCleft Mar 10, 2021, registered Mar 30, 2021 (20 days) · Other
- Morgan Stanley to John Hancock Investment Management LLCleft Apr 4, 2019, registered May 29, 2019 (55 days) · Other
Signals
- William Patrick Breen left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (registered 2025-07-18)Jul 21, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- William Patrick Breen left Proshare Advisors Llc for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2023-09-13)Jul 31, 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
- National broker-dealer RIAderived
- Years in industry
- 12derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address