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Merit Financial Advisors

2400 Lakeview Parkway Suite 550, Alpharetta, GA 30009 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
MI RA APPROVED 2026-08-14
  • MI RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2026-08-14

Branch Locations

2400 Lakeview Parkway Suite 550, Alpharetta, GA 30009 • United States

1070 Commerce Dr, Marquette, MI 49855 • United States

Disclosures

No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Bell Financial Services Ishepeming MI 01/2001 07/2026
Commonwealth Financial Network Waltham MA 06/2011 07/2026
Merit Financial Advisors Alpharetta GA 07/2026 Present
Previous Registrations
Other Businesses

Grow & Lead; Not investment-related; Marquette, MI; serve as finance committee member; committee member; 2013-12-15; 1 hour monthly and 1 hour during securities trading hours BLINC, LLC; Not investment-related; 1070 Commerce Drive, Marquette, MI 49855; LLC that owns and operate commercial office building; Member; 2018-12-31;2 hours monthly; 2 hours during securities trading hours Northern Michigan University Foundation; Investment-related; 1401 Presque Isle Ave, Marquette, MI 49855; Serve as board member for university foundation; President; 2021-12-01; 8 hours monthly; 8 hours during securities trading hours; The organization oversees the assets of the Foundation, which are managed on a discretionary basis by a third-party advisor unaffiliated with Merit or Commonwealth. Commercial Pilot operated as sole prop; Not investment-related; 800 Spruce Street, Marquette, MI 49855; Fly airplanes and give flight instruction for compensation; Proprietor; 2022-10-18; 10 hours monthly; 5 hours during securities trading hours Yulista; Not investment-related; 8600 Advanced Gateway SW, Huntsville, AL 35808; W-2 employee as Senior Pilot; Senior Pilot; 2026-02-26; 12 hours monthly; 8 hours during securities trading hours Agent for Sue Bell; Investment-related; 800 Spruce Street, Marquette, MI 49855; Serve as agent under my father's POA; Agent; 2014-07-10; To my knowledge, all of my mother's investments are held with Commonwealth and will transfer to Merit Agent for Dennis Bell; Investment-related; 1020 N. Front Street, Marquette, MI 49855; Serve as agent under my mother's POA; Agent; 2014-07-10; To my knowledge, all of my father's investment accounts are held with me currently and will be moving to Merit. I've never actually utilized the POA. Bell Financial; Investment-related; 1070 Commerce Drive, Suite A, Marquette, MI 49855; Entity created for securities business; President; 2011-05-03; This entity will have no revenue after the transition to Merit, but will still exist until it is wound down. Bell Financial; Investment-related; 1070 Commerce Drive, Suite A, Marquette, MI 49855; Fixed Insurance Sales; President; 2011-05-03; 1 hour monthly; 1 hour during securities trading hours Great Lakes Aero Marine, LLC; Not investment-related; 1070 Commerce Drive, Suite A, Marquette, MI 49855; asset holding company; Manager; 2026-08-14

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 2005-04-11
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 1999-06-18
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    2005-04-11
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    1999-06-18
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