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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)27 years in industry

MICHAEL SCOTT CHU

Advisor at LPL FINANCIAL LLC

CHESAPEAKE, VA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 4:40 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 19, 2000 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: LPL FINANCIAL 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: Aug 13, 1999earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 27derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Aug 13, 1999
First registration: Sep 19, 2000
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 3213754

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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 26, 2019	n/a	yes	CHESAPEAKE, VA	Current employment
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	National bd RIA	Aug 7, 2009	Jul 31, 2019	no	Chesapeake, VA	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jun 1, 2009	Aug 31, 2009	no	Newport News, VA	Previous registration
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Feb 21, 2006	Jun 1, 2009	no	VIRGINIA BEACH, VA\|NEWPORT NEWS, VA\|NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration
LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER, INCORPORATED	n/a	Sep 19, 2000	Feb 21, 2006	no	VIRGINIA BEACH, VA	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
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Jul 31, 2019	Jul 26, 2019	-5	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
MORGAN STANLEY	AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	Aug 31, 2009	Aug 7, 2009	-24	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	MORGAN STANLEY	Jun 1, 2009	Jun 1, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other
LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER, INCORPORATED	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Feb 21, 2006	Feb 21, 2006	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
6363:6413:VA:2019-07-31	Jul 31, 2019	Jul 26, 2019	CHESAPEAKE, VA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 26, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
→ AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 7, 2009 to Jul 31, 2019factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 1, 2009 to Aug 31, 2009factForm ADV
→ CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 21, 2006 to Jun 1, 2009factForm ADV
→ LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER, INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 19, 2000 to Feb 21, 2006factForm ADV

Dated events

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