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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner17 years in industry

DANIEL T HOUCHENS

Advisor at VALEO FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

CARMEL, IN

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Oct 22, 2008 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: VALEO FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Oct 21, 2008earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 17derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 12derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Oct 21, 2008
First registration: Oct 22, 2008
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 5575907

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
VALEO FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Independent wealth	Apr 16, 2014	n/a	yes	CARMEL, IN	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Jun 3, 2011	Sep 5, 2012	no	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jun 1, 2009	Jun 8, 2011	no	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC	n/a	Oct 22, 2008	Jun 1, 2009	no	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	VALEO FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Sep 5, 2012	Apr 16, 2014	588	Firm change after gap	Other
MORGAN STANLEY	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Jun 8, 2011	Jun 3, 2011	-5	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC	MORGAN STANLEY	Jun 1, 2009	Jun 1, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ VALEO FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 16, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 3, 2011 to Sep 5, 2012factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 1, 2009 to Jun 8, 2011factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 22, 2008 to Jun 1, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

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