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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)27 years in industry

BRETT SHANE BERNSTEIN

Advisor at XML FINANCIAL GROUP

Bethany Beach, DE | Rockville, MD | University Park, FL | BETHESDA, MD

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 20, 1998 to Sep 15, 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: XML FINANCIAL GROUP
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: Nov 4, 1998earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 27derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 9derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 5
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Nov 4, 1998
First registration: Nov 20, 1998
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: BRETT S BERNSTEIN
IAPD individual key: 3103034

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
XML FINANCIAL GROUP	Independent wealth	Oct 1, 2016	n/a	yes	BETHESDA, MD\|Rockville, MD\|Bethany Beach, DE\|University Park, FL	Current employment
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Oct 22, 2004	Oct 13, 2016	no	ROCKVILLE, MD\|ROCKVILLE, MD	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Nov 20, 1998	Oct 26, 2004	no	ROCKVILLE, MD	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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	XML FINANCIAL GROUP	Oct 13, 2016	Oct 1, 2016	-12	Firm change	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Oct 26, 2004	Oct 22, 2004	-4	Firm change	Other

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
6413:284987:MD:2016-10-13	Oct 13, 2016	Oct 1, 2016	ROCKVILLE, MD	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ XML FINANCIAL GROUPRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 1, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 22, 2004 to Oct 13, 2016factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 20, 1998 to Oct 26, 2004factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:22c7d265-bd44-c5b6-c918-e8a572a99a76
First observed: Nov 20, 1998
Last observed: Sep 15, 2026 6 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.

BRETT SHANE BERNSTEIN

Advisor at XML FINANCIAL GROUP

Bethany Beach, DE | Rockville, MD | University Park, FL | BETHESDA, MD

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

XML FINANCIAL GROUP

Independent wealth

Oct 1, 2016

n/a

yes

BETHESDA, MD|Rockville, MD|Bethany Beach, DE|University Park, FL

Current employment

LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Oct 22, 2004

Oct 13, 2016

ROCKVILLE, MD|ROCKVILLE, MD

Previous registration

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Nov 20, 1998

Oct 26, 2004

ROCKVILLE, MD

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

LPL FINANCIAL LLC

XML FINANCIAL GROUP

Oct 13, 2016

Oct 1, 2016

-12

Firm change

Other

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Oct 26, 2004

Oct 22, 2004

-4

Firm change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

6413:284987:MD:2016-10-13

Oct 13, 2016

Oct 1, 2016

ROCKVILLE, MD

Firm change