William Lucas Nichols

CRD 2535691 · Morgan Stanley · Alpharetta, GA

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Bill Nichols

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (9): Series 65Series 63Series 53Series 27Series 4Series 24SIESeries 3Series 7
Registered states (38): Alabama · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Years in the industry (source record): 32
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

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Current firm

From the firm record

Firm: Morgan Stanley
Firm CRD: 149777
SEC number: 801-70103
Assets under management: $2.0T as of Jun 30, 2026
Website: www.morganstanley.com ↗
Phone: 914-225-5510
Firm location: Purchase, NY, 10577-2530

Employment history (10)

From the source registration record · current first

Morgan StanleyCurrent
Alpharetta, GA · IA capacity

Aug 21, 2013 → present
Gv Financial Advisors, Inc.
IA capacity

Mar 10, 2005 → Aug 26, 2013
Securian Financial Services, Inc.
IA capacity

Aug 1, 2007 → Aug 19, 2013
Securian Financial Services, Inc.
BD capacity

Feb 8, 2005 → Aug 19, 2013
Gv Financial Advisors, Inc.
IA capacity

Mar 10, 2005 → Dec 5, 2011
Tradewinds Financial Group Incorporated
BD capacity

Nov 2, 2004 → Jan 3, 2005
Valubond Securities, Inc.
BD capacity

May 2, 2000 → Dec 31, 2004
Bond Express, Inc.
BD capacity

Sep 5, 2001 → May 24, 2004
Fidelity National Capital Investors, Inc.
BD capacity

Oct 20, 1999 → Apr 24, 2000
Southwick Investments, Inc.
BD capacity

Sep 21, 1994 → Oct 1, 1999

Source & corrections

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