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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)30 years in industry

Christopher Warren Wessels

Advisor at CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.

Clear Lake, IA

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 24, 2016 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Feb 27, 1996earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 30derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Feb 27, 1996
First registration: Aug 24, 2016
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: CHRIS WESSELS|CHRISTOPHER W WESSELS
IAPD individual key: 2696227

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
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Oct 20, 2018	n/a	yes	Clear Lake, IA	Current employment
INVESTMENT ADVISORS CORP	Former SEC adviser	Jan 2, 2018	Oct 20, 2018	no	MASON CITY, IA\|WEST DES MOINES, IA	Previous registration
SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 7, 2016	Jan 5, 2018	no	MASON CITY, IA	Previous registration
VSR ADVISORY SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Aug 24, 2016	Sep 1, 2016	no	MASON CITY, IA\|DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX\|MASON CITY, IA\|OVERLAND PARK, KS\|OVERLAND PARK, KS	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
INVESTMENT ADVISORS CORP	CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Oct 20, 2018	Oct 20, 2018	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	INVESTMENT ADVISORS CORP	Jan 5, 2018	Jan 2, 2018	-3	Firm change	Other
VSR ADVISORY SERVICES	SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	Sep 1, 2016	Sep 7, 2016	6	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 20, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
→ INVESTMENT ADVISORS CORPRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 2, 2018 to Oct 20, 2018factForm ADV
→ SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 7, 2016 to Jan 5, 2018factForm ADV
→ VSR ADVISORY SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 24, 2016 to Sep 1, 2016factForm ADV

Dated events

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