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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)22 years in industry

Christopher James Connelly

Advisor at COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

West Newbury, 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, 9:33 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 6, 2006 to Sep 14, 2026

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

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK
Current firm class: national broker-dealer RIAderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Apr 16, 2004earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 22derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Apr 16, 2004
First registration: Nov 6, 2006
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: CHRISTOPHER JAMES CONNELLY
IAPD individual key: 4170804

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
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	National bd RIA	Jul 21, 2022	n/a	yes	West Newbury, MA	Current employment
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jun 9, 2021	Jul 25, 2022	no	BRAINTREE, MA\|West Newbury, MA	Previous registration
VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 30, 2019	Jun 9, 2021	no	BRAINTREE, MA\|West Newbury, MA	Previous registration
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 6, 2006	Jan 25, 2017	no	WALTHAM, MA\|DES MOINES, IA\|WALTHAM, MA\|WALTHAM, MA	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
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	Jul 25, 2022	Jul 21, 2022	-4	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.	CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	Jun 9, 2021	Jun 9, 2021	0	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.	VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.	Jan 25, 2017	Apr 30, 2019	825	Firm change after gap	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
13572:8032:MA:2022-07-25	Jul 25, 2022	Jul 21, 2022	WEST NEWBURY, MA	Firm change
2882:13572:MA:2021-06-09	Jun 9, 2021	Jun 9, 2021	WEST NEWBURY, MA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORKRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 21, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 9, 2021 to Jul 25, 2022factForm ADV
→ VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 30, 2019 to Jun 9, 2021factForm ADV
→ PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 6, 2006 to Jan 25, 2017factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jul 25, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Christopher James Connelly left Cetera Advisor Networks Llc for Commonwealth Financial Network (registered 2022-07-21)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:1824a4c0-4914-207e-4945-d8a78064604a
First observed: Nov 6, 2006
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 7 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed 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.

Christopher James Connelly

Advisor at COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

West Newbury, 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, 9:33 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

National bd RIA

Jul 21, 2022

n/a

yes

West Newbury, MA

Current employment

CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC

Former SEC adviser

Jun 9, 2021

Jul 25, 2022

BRAINTREE, MA|West Newbury, MA

Previous registration

VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.

Bd affiliated wealth

Apr 30, 2019

Jun 9, 2021

BRAINTREE, MA|West Newbury, MA

Previous registration

PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.

Bd affiliated wealth

Nov 6, 2006

Jan 25, 2017

WALTHAM, MA|DES MOINES, IA|WALTHAM, MA|WALTHAM, MA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC

COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

Jul 25, 2022

Jul 21, 2022

-4

Firm change

Ibd to ibd

VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.

CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC

Jun 9, 2021

Firm change

Ibd to ibd

PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.

VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.

Jan 25, 2017

Apr 30, 2019

825

Firm change after gap

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

13572:8032:MA:2022-07-25

Jul 25, 2022

Jul 21, 2022

WEST NEWBURY, MA

Firm change

2882:13572:MA:2021-06-09

Jun 9, 2021

WEST NEWBURY, MA

Firm change