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RIA / WealthAdvisor20 years in industry

CHRISTOPHER ROBERT DAVIDSON

Advisor at EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES

NOVI, MI

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 22, 2006 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES
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: Sep 21, 2006earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 20derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66|S63
First exam: Sep 21, 2006
First registration: Sep 22, 2006
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 5122928

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
EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES	Independent wealth	Nov 1, 2018	n/a	yes	NOVI, MI	Current employment
EDELMAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	Former SEC adviser	May 2, 2014	Nov 1, 2018	no	NOVI, MI\|GLENVIEW, IL\|FAIRFAX, VA	Previous registration
CLA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jun 2, 2011	Apr 21, 2014	no	NORTHBROOK, IL	Previous registration
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	National bd RIA	Sep 22, 2006	Mar 30, 2011	no	CHICAGO, IL\|DOWNERS GROVE, IL	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
EDELMAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES	Nov 1, 2018	Nov 1, 2018	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to RIA
CLA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	EDELMAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	Apr 21, 2014	May 2, 2014	11	Firm change	Other
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	CLA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Mar 30, 2011	Jun 2, 2011	64	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINESRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 1, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
→ EDELMAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 2, 2014 to Nov 1, 2018factForm ADV
→ CLA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 2, 2011 to Apr 21, 2014factForm ADV
→ AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 22, 2006 to Mar 30, 2011factForm ADV

Dated events

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