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RIA / WealthAdvisor28 years in industry

SCOTT DENNIS BUSSY

Advisor at BEARING FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

AUSTIN, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 9:56 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 19, 1997 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: BEARING FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC
Current firm class: state registeredderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Dec 12, 1997earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 28derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Dec 12, 1997
First registration: Dec 19, 1997
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 724174

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
BEARING FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	State registered	Sep 6, 2019	n/a	yes	AUSTIN, TX	Current employment
CALTON & ASSOCIATES, INC.	Independent wealth	Aug 1, 2016	Sep 4, 2019	no	AUSTIN, TX\|TAMPA, FL\|TAMPA, FL	Previous registration
VSR ADVISORY SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Feb 7, 2003	Aug 2, 2016	no	AUSTIN, TX\|OVERLAND PARK, KS\|WORDEN, IL\|AUSTIN, TX\|OVERLAND PARK, KS	Previous registration
THE MASTERS, INC.	n/a	Sep 3, 2002	Feb 7, 2003	no	AUSTIN, TX	Previous registration
EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC	National bd RIA	Dec 19, 1997	Oct 2, 2002	no	AUSTIN, TX	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
CALTON & ASSOCIATES, INC.	BEARING FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Sep 4, 2019	Sep 6, 2019	2	Firm change	RIA to state RIA
VSR ADVISORY SERVICES	CALTON & ASSOCIATES, INC.	Aug 2, 2016	Aug 1, 2016	-1	Firm change	Other
THE MASTERS, INC.	VSR ADVISORY SERVICES	Feb 7, 2003	Feb 7, 2003	0	Bulk transfer	Other
EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC	THE MASTERS, INC.	Oct 2, 2002	Sep 3, 2002	-29	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ BEARING FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 6, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CALTON & ASSOCIATES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 1, 2016 to Sep 4, 2019factForm ADV
→ VSR ADVISORY SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 7, 2003 to Aug 2, 2016factForm ADV
→ THE MASTERS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 3, 2002 to Feb 7, 2003factForm ADV
→ EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 19, 1997 to Oct 2, 2002factForm ADV

Dated events

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