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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserformer SEC advisernot on rosterRAUM 10b 100b

ADVANCED RESEARCH INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC

CRD 169582

LOS ANGELES, CA

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Relationships: 12
Dated events: 7
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 5, 2013 to Mar 28, 2024
20 observations

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

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Firm class: former SEC adviserderivedabsent from the latest SEC roster
Regulatory AUM: $13BItem 5.F on the latest filing (2024-03-28); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $0
Private client RAUM: $0derivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 0%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 0
Employees: 7
Advisory employees: 3
Offices: 0Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 139
SEC number: 801-78934
CRD: 169582
Filings on the tape: 20
First filed: Dec 5, 2013
Latest filed: Mar 28, 2024
Organised: Limited Liability Company, Delaware

Private funds

Schedule D 7.B(1); gross asset value as reported, never fund size; reporting ends 2024-12-31

Fund	Type	Reported GAV	As of	Owners	First reported	Status	Form D file
ADVANCED RESEARCH ALPHA FUND, L.P.	Other Private Fund	$353M	Mar 29, 2023	149	Sep 1, 2015	reported	021-247337
ADVANCED RESEARCH ALPHA FUND, LTD.	Other Private Fund	$208M	Mar 29, 2023	53	Sep 1, 2015	reported	021-247336

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B as filed; ownership codes are the form's bands (NA under 5%, A 5 to 10%, B 10 to 25%, C 25 to 50%, D 50 to 75%, E over 75%); people are listed as filed and never merged by name

Owner	Title	Ownership code	Control person	Acquired	First seen	Last seen
EVOKE HOLDINGS, LLC	MANAGING MEMBER; DIRECT OWNER	E	yes	05/2020	Jun 23, 2020	Mar 28, 2024
HOU, DAVID, CHIH	Member	C	yes	05/2019	Jun 23, 2020	Mar 28, 2024
SHAHIDI, ALEX, NMN	MANAGING PARTNER	Na	yes	11/2014	Nov 14, 2014	Mar 28, 2024
WATERS, BRIAN, HANCOCK	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER & GENERAL COUNSEL	Na	yes	02/2024	Mar 28, 2024	Mar 28, 2024
BISSERIER, DAMIEN, ADAM	MANAGING PARTNER	Na	no	11/2014	Nov 14, 2014	Mar 28, 2024

Affiliates (Item 7.A)

as filed on Item 7.A; a related person with a CRD on the graph links to its own page

Related person	Type	Class on the graph	Its RAUM	Control	Common control	State
EVOKE WEALTH, LLC	n/a	Independent wealth	$17B	N	yes	n/a
EVOKE GP, LLC	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a

Regulatory AUM by fiscal year

annual amendments (and the roster's annual snapshot) as filed; where a year was amended twice the later filing draws the line

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2023	Mar 28, 2024	$13B	$0	7	3	0	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 29, 2023	$15B	$297M	7	3	0	2	$561M
2021	Mar 31, 2022	$15B	$329M	7	5	0	2	$498M
2020	Mar 31, 2021	$13B	$554M	7	5	0	2	$443M
2019	Apr 1, 2020	$12B	$451M	7	5	0	2	$410M
2018	Mar 30, 2019	$11B	$368M	7	6	0	2	$357M
2017	Mar 29, 2018	$11B	$270M	6	4	0	2	$269M
2016	Mar 24, 2017	$9.9B	$232M	6	4	n/a	2	$236M
2015	Mar 9, 2016	$9.1B	$180M	5	4	n/a	2	$180M
2014	Jan 15, 2015	$8.4B	$0	5	2	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Mar 26, 2014	n/a	n/a	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a

Growth

derived from consecutive annual filings; RAUM as reported

Latest fiscal year	RAUM	A year earlier	1y change	Three years earlier	3y CAGR	Employees	A year earlier	Offices	A year earlier
2023	$13B	$15B	-12.6%	$13B	0.3%	7	7	0	0

Relationships

Affiliated with (2)

→ EVOKE ADVISORSRegistered adviserother investment adviser, pooled vehicle sponsor, common control
factForm ADV
← INBALANCE ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserother investment adviser, common control
factForm ADV

Controls (4)

← HOU, DAVID, CHIHOwnerMEMBER, ownership code C, individual
Jun 23, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
← SHAHIDI, ALEX, NMNOwnerMANAGING PARTNER, ownership code NA, individual
Nov 14, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV
← WATERS, BRIAN, HANCOCKOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER & GENERAL COUNSEL, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 28, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
← EVOKE HOLDINGS, LLCOwnerMANAGING MEMBER; DIRECT OWNER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Jun 23, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV

Owns (1)

← BISSERIER, DAMIEN, ADAMOwnerMANAGING PARTNER, ownership code NA, individual
Nov 14, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV

Advises (2)

→ ADVANCED RESEARCH ALPHA FUND, L.P.Private fundOther Private Fund, IA
Sep 1, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV
→ ADVANCED RESEARCH ALPHA FUND, LTD.Private fundOther Private Fund, IA
Sep 1, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV

Registered with (3)

← ALEX NMN SHAHIDIAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 14, 2014 to Jul 15, 2024factForm ADV
← DAMIEN ADAM BISSERIERAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 14, 2014 to Jul 15, 2024factForm ADV
← Daniel James MavraidesAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 9, 2019 to Feb 27, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jul 15, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Damien Adam Bisserier left Advanced Research Investment Solutions, Llc for Evoke Advisors (registered 2023-07-10)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jul 15, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Alex Nmn Shahidi left Advanced Research Investment Solutions, Llc for Inbalance Advisors, Llc (registered 2022-06-10)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Mar 28, 2024
Control person joined
Hancock Brian Waters (Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel) appeared on Schedule A of Advanced Research Investment Solutions, Llc
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Mar 28, 2024
Control person left
Arlin Daniel Kelso (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Advanced Research Investment Solutions, Llc (listed 2023-03-29, absent 2024-03-28)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Mar 31, 2021
Control person joined
Arlin Daniel Kelso (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Advanced Research Investment Solutions, Llc
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jun 23, 2020
Control person joined
Chih David Hou (Member) appeared on Schedule A of Advanced Research Investment Solutions, Llc
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Dec 5, 2013
First Form ADV filing
Kristy Advisors, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:17132bd4-cbdd-c90c-a5b8-baa07d36e95d
First observed: Dec 5, 2013
Last observed: Mar 28, 2024 30 months ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
3 registered feeds stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

ADVANCED RESEARCH INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC

CRD 169582

LOS ANGELES, CA

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Data as of Mar 28, 2024 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Fund

Type

Reported GAV

As of

Owners

First reported

Status

Form D file

ADVANCED RESEARCH ALPHA FUND, L.P.

Other Private Fund

$353M

Mar 29, 2023

149

Sep 1, 2015

reported

021-247337

ADVANCED RESEARCH ALPHA FUND, LTD.

Other Private Fund

$208M

Mar 29, 2023

Sep 1, 2015

reported

021-247336

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

EVOKE HOLDINGS, LLC

MANAGING MEMBER; DIRECT OWNER

yes

05/2020

Jun 23, 2020

Mar 28, 2024

HOU, DAVID, CHIH

Member

yes

05/2019

Jun 23, 2020

Mar 28, 2024

SHAHIDI, ALEX, NMN

MANAGING PARTNER

yes

11/2014

Nov 14, 2014

Mar 28, 2024

WATERS, BRIAN, HANCOCK

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER & GENERAL COUNSEL

yes

02/2024

Mar 28, 2024

BISSERIER, DAMIEN, ADAM

MANAGING PARTNER

11/2014

Nov 14, 2014

Mar 28, 2024

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

EVOKE WEALTH, LLC

n/a

Independent wealth

$17B

yes

n/a

EVOKE GP, LLC

n/a

yes

n/a

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2023

Mar 28, 2024

$13B

n/a

2022

Mar 29, 2023

$15B

$297M

$561M

2021

Mar 31, 2022

$15B

$329M

$498M

2020

Mar 31, 2021

$13B

$554M

$443M

2019

Apr 1, 2020

$12B

$451M

$410M

2018

Mar 30, 2019

$11B

$368M

$357M

2017

Mar 29, 2018

$11B

$270M

$269M

2016

Mar 24, 2017

$9.9B

$232M

n/a

$236M

2015

Mar 9, 2016

$9.1B

$180M

n/a

$180M

2014

Jan 15, 2015

$8.4B

n/a

2013

Mar 26, 2014

n/a

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2023

$13B

$15B

-12.6%

$13B

0.3%