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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)25 years in industry

RIKIN KAUSHIK PATEL

Advisor at EMERSON EQUITY LLC

SAN MATEO, CA | Fairfield, NJ

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 25, 2015 to Sep 15, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: EMERSON EQUITY LLC
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jan 1, 2001earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 25derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Aug 15, 2013
First registration: Aug 25, 2015
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 4669036

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
EMERSON EQUITY LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 27, 2025	n/a	yes	SAN MATEO, CA\|Fairfield, NJ\|SAN MATEO, CA	Current employment
KINGSWOOD WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 5, 2022	Mar 25, 2025	no	Fairfield, NJ\|SAN DIEGO, CA	Previous registration
BENCHMARK ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	No RAUM reported	May 22, 2020	Jan 3, 2022	no	SAN DIEGO, CA\|Fairfield, NJ	Previous registration
STONEX ADVISORS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 30, 2016	May 22, 2020	no	Fairfield, NJ\|BIRMINGHAM, AL	Previous registration
STERNE AGEE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Aug 25, 2015	Jun 30, 2016	no	FAIRFIELD, NJ	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
KINGSWOOD WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	EMERSON EQUITY LLC	Mar 25, 2025	Mar 27, 2025	2	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
BENCHMARK ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	KINGSWOOD WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	Jan 3, 2022	Jan 5, 2022	2	Firm change	RIA to RIA
STONEX ADVISORS INC.	BENCHMARK ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	May 22, 2020	May 22, 2020	0	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
STERNE AGEE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.	STONEX ADVISORS INC.	Jun 30, 2016	Jun 30, 2016	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
288792:130032:CA:2025-03-19	Mar 25, 2025	Mar 27, 2025	SAN DIEGO, CA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ EMERSON EQUITY LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 27, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ KINGSWOOD WEALTH ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 5, 2022 to Mar 25, 2025factForm ADV
→ BENCHMARK ADVISORY SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 22, 2020 to Jan 3, 2022factForm ADV
→ STONEX ADVISORS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 30, 2016 to May 22, 2020factForm ADV
→ STERNE AGEE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 25, 2015 to Jun 30, 2016factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Mar 25, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Rikin Kaushik Patel left Kingswood Wealth Advisors, Llc for Emerson Equity Llc (registered 2025-03-27)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jan 3, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Rikin Kaushik Patel left Benchmark Advisory Services, Llc for Kingswood Wealth Advisors, Llc (registered 2022-01-05)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago