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Registered advisor
Douglas James Watts
Certified Financial Planner · Chartered Financial Consultant
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as Doug Watts
At current firm
3 y
since Dec 19, 2022
In the industry
10 y
since Aug 1, 2016 (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
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
- Mercer Global Advisors Inc. independent RIA currentsince Dec 19, 2022 · Denver, Co
- Vintage Financial Services LLC formerMay 25, 2022 to Feb 23, 2023 · Ann Arbor, Mi
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseApr 7, 2020 to Jul 23, 2021 · New York, Ny
- MML Investors Services, LLC BD affiliatedMay 9, 2019 to Feb 14, 2020 · Southfield, Mi
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Vintage Financial Services LLC to Mercer Global Advisors Inc.left Feb 23, 2023, registered Dec 19, 2022 (-66 days) · RIA to RIA · moved with a team
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Vintage Financial Services LLCleft Jul 23, 2021, registered May 25, 2022 (306 days) · Wirehouse to independent RIA
- MML Investors Services, LLC to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft Feb 14, 2020, registered Apr 7, 2020 (53 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to wirehouse
Signals
- Douglas James Watts left Vintage Financial Services Llc for Mercer Global Advisors Inc. (registered 2022-12-19)Feb 23, 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
- 10derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address