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Registered advisor
Stephen Clark Vaughn
American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc.BD affiliatedLeawood, Ks dual registrantIAPD 7007401
Feed of 09/15/2026
At current firm
1 y
since Jan 21, 2025
In the industry
13 y
since Nov 1, 2012 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
3
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
- American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc. BD affiliated currentsince Jan 21, 2025 · Kansas City, Mo
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseSep 22, 2022 to Oct 7, 2024 · Tulsa, Ok
- Cetera Investment Advisers LLC BD affiliatedJun 7, 2021 to Aug 29, 2022 · Little Rock, Ar
- First Horizon Advisors, Inc formerApr 6, 2021 to May 26, 2021 · Little Rock, Ar
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc.left Oct 7, 2024, registered Jan 21, 2025 (106 days) · Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
- Cetera Investment Advisers LLC to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft Aug 29, 2022, registered Sep 22, 2022 (24 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to wirehouse
- First Horizon Advisors, Inc to Cetera Investment Advisers LLCleft May 26, 2021, registered Jun 7, 2021 (12 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
Signals
- Stephen Clark Vaughn left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc. (registered 2025-01-21)Oct 7, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Stephen Clark Vaughn left Cetera Investment Advisers Llc for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2022-09-22)Aug 29, 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
- 13derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address