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Registered advisor
Justin Jinhyun Tak
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as Justin Tak
At current firm
0 y
since Sep 9, 2026
In the industry
12 y
since Aug 1, 2014 (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, S65
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
3
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Vanguard Advisers, Inc. BD affiliated currentsince Sep 9, 2026 · Plano, Tx
- Ally Invest Advisors independent RIAOct 9, 2025 to Aug 5, 2026 · Lewisville, Tx
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseMay 7, 2024 to Apr 4, 2025 · Frisco, Tx
- Equitable Advisors, LLC national BDSep 19, 2023 to Oct 11, 2023 · Dallas, Tx
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Ally Invest Advisors to Vanguard Advisers, Inc.left Aug 5, 2026, registered Sep 9, 2026 (35 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Ally Invest Advisorsleft Apr 4, 2025, registered Oct 9, 2025 (188 days) · Wirehouse to independent RIA
- Equitable Advisors, LLC to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft Oct 11, 2023, registered May 7, 2024 (209 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to wirehouse
Signals
- Justin Jinhyun Tak left Ally Invest Advisors for Vanguard Advisers, Inc. (registered 2026-09-09)Aug 5, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Justin Jinhyun Tak left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Ally Invest Advisors (registered 2025-10-09)Apr 4, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Justin Jinhyun Tak left Equitable Advisors, Llc for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2024-05-07)Oct 11, 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
- Broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
- Years in industry
- 12derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address