Wells Fargo listed for 20 of 200 first adviser registrations

John Francis’s first adviser registration is dated October 6, 2026, and his current source-listed affiliation is Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC. The full-period count is 200 first adviser registrations dated that day. Wells Fargo Clearing Services was the listed current firm for 20 people in the cohort. A first adviser registration does not establish a hiring date or first industry job, and a listed current firm is not necessarily where someone first registered.

The other named Wells Fargo example, Richard S. Ruckart, also has a first adviser registration dated October 6, 2026. Two named J.P. Morgan Securities examples, Austin McClendon and Cionte L. Prater, carry the same first-registration date. Their current source-listed affiliation is J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, which was listed for 12 people in the cohort.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated was the listed current firm for 11 people, and Vanguard Advisers, Inc. for 10. The combined “All other firms” category accounts for 147 people. These figures describe the listed-firm distribution of the full-period cohort, not job moves or a broader industry total.

The reported branch locations for John Francis and Richard S. Ruckart were Charlotte, North Carolina. Those branch locations were observed on October 7, 2026, separately from their October 6 first-registration dates; a reported branch does not establish residence or a sole workplace.

First adviser registrations

The advisers below account for all 200 source-reported first adviser registrations on 10/06/2026. Firms and branches reflect affiliations currently reported for each adviser, which may differ from those at first registration. These dates do not establish hires or career starts, and branches do not establish residence or exclusive workplaces.