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Cara Michelle Paynter

Morgan Stanley

Laguna Niguel, CA

CRD 4687406

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Employer firm

Morgan Stanley CRD 149777

$1.96T regulatory AUM 416,984 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

  • Financial planning
  • Portfolio management (individuals)
  • Portfolio management (investment companies)
  • Portfolio management (institutions)
  • Pension consulting
  • Selection of other advisers

From the firm’s Form ADV. Read the guides:

Current Employers
Morgan Stanley

2000 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, NY 10577-2530 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
TX RA APPROVED_RES 2026-07-06
CA RA APPROVED 2022-10-10
  • TX RA
    APPROVED_RES
    Since 2026-07-06
  • CA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2022-10-10

Branch Locations

28202 Cabot Road Suite 500, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 • United States

Disclosures

1 disclosure category reported Yes on this SEC record. Read each Yes below, then review the firm’s Form ADV Item 11 guide for how disclosure questions work.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint Yes
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Wells Fargo Advisors Llc Newport Beach CA 01/2011 11/2016
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, Llc Newport Beach CA 11/2016 10/2022
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Llc Laguna Niguel CA 10/2022 Present
Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A New York NY 11/2022 Present
  • 01/2011 → 11/2016
    Wells Fargo Advisors Llc
    Newport Beach, CA
  • 11/2016 → 10/2022
    Newport Beach, CA
  • 10/2022 → Present
    Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Llc
    Laguna Niguel, CA
  • 11/2022 → Present
    Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A
    New York, NY
Previous Registrations
  • 2011-01-03 → 2022-10-13
    Irvine, CA
    Corona Del Mar, CA
    Newport Beach, CA
    Newport Beach, CA
    Lake Forest, CA
    Irvine, CA
    Mission Viejo, CA
  • 2010-04-14 → 2011-01-03
    Wells Fargo Investments, Llc
    Newport Beach, CA
    Corona Del Mar, CA
    Newport Beach, CA
  • 2004-08-04 → 2006-05-05
    Wells Fargo Investments, Llc
    Newport Beach, CA
  • 2004-05-04 → 2004-06-24
    Banc Of America Investment Services, Inc.
    Riverside, CA
Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2004-05-03
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2004-05-03
Other Names
  • Cara M. Paynter

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