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RIA / WealthAdvisor17 years in industry

BRIAN THOMAS BURKHART

Advisor at WEALTH EFFECTS

Glenview, IL | BOSTON, MA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 9, 2010 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: WEALTH EFFECTS
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: Dec 1, 2008earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 17derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Mar 15, 2017
First registration: Mar 9, 2010
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 2037581

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
WEALTH EFFECTS	Independent wealth	Feb 26, 2024	n/a	yes	BOSTON, MA\|Glenview, IL	Current employment
AVENIR PRIVATE ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Nov 7, 2018	Jan 17, 2020	no	New York, NY\|MIAMI, FL	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Mar 29, 2017	Sep 10, 2018	no	NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration
MANAGED ACCOUNT ADVISORS LLC	Independent wealth	Mar 9, 2010	Nov 10, 2016	no	JERSEY CITY, 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
AVENIR PRIVATE ADVISORS, LLC	WEALTH EFFECTS	Jan 17, 2020	Feb 26, 2024	1,501	Firm change after gap	RIA to RIA
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	AVENIR PRIVATE ADVISORS, LLC	Sep 10, 2018	Nov 7, 2018	58	Firm change	Wirehouse to new firm
MANAGED ACCOUNT ADVISORS LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Nov 10, 2016	Mar 29, 2017	139	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ WEALTH EFFECTSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Feb 26, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ AVENIR PRIVATE ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 7, 2018 to Jan 17, 2020factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 29, 2017 to Sep 10, 2018factForm ADV
→ MANAGED ACCOUNT ADVISORS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 9, 2010 to Nov 10, 2016factForm ADV

Dated events

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