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RIA / WealthAdvisorChartered Financial Analystdual registered (broker-dealer)11 years in industry

Darren Robert Chappell

Advisor at MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC

Newport Beach, CA | NEWPORT BEACH, CA

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 11:53 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 2
Observed: Nov 17, 2023 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

same identity by shared identifier, citation, or a bridge measured by hand

Private Equityidentity

Darren Robert Chappell

same person, same CRD on Schedule A · confidence 95% · family precision 100%

Venture Capitalidentity

Darren Robert Chappell

same person, same CRD on Schedule A · confidence 95% · family precision 100%

Facts

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

Current firm: MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC
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: Mar 1, 2015earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 11derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Chartered Financial Analyst
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Jul 17, 2020
First registration: Nov 17, 2023
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 7252295

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
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Dec 8, 2025	n/a	yes	Newport Beach, CA\|NEWPORT BEACH, CA	Current employment
PROVENIO CAPITAL	Independent wealth	Nov 4, 2024	Jul 8, 2025	no	NEWPORT BEACH, CA	Previous registration
PROVENIO CAPITAL	Former SEC adviser	Nov 17, 2023	Dec 16, 2024	no	NEWPORT BEACH, CA	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
PROVENIO CAPITAL	MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	Jul 8, 2025	Dec 8, 2025	153	Firm change	RIA to ibd
PROVENIO CAPITAL	PROVENIO CAPITAL	Dec 16, 2024	Nov 4, 2024	-42	Channel change	RIA to RIA

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
284541:333009:CA:2024-12-16	Dec 16, 2024	Nov 4, 2024	NEWPORT BEACH, CA	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Dec 8, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ PROVENIO CAPITALRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 4, 2024 to Jul 8, 2025factForm ADV
→ PROVENIO CAPITALRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 17, 2023 to Dec 16, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jul 8, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Darren Robert Chappell left Provenio Capital for Mml Investors Services, Llc (registered 2025-12-08)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:377810b3-06c3-a309-53fb-62fb0d914cfe
First observed: Nov 17, 2023
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.

Darren Robert Chappell

Advisor at MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC

Newport Beach, CA | NEWPORT BEACH, CA

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Search this name across graphsid dfx:ria:377810b3-06c3-a309-53fb-62fb0d914cfe

Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 11:53 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Dec 8, 2025

n/a

yes

Newport Beach, CA|NEWPORT BEACH, CA

Current employment

PROVENIO CAPITAL

Independent wealth

Nov 4, 2024

Jul 8, 2025

NEWPORT BEACH, CA

Previous registration

PROVENIO CAPITAL

Former SEC adviser

Nov 17, 2023

Dec 16, 2024

NEWPORT BEACH, CA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

PROVENIO CAPITAL

MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC

Jul 8, 2025

Dec 8, 2025

153

Firm change

RIA to ibd

PROVENIO CAPITAL

Dec 16, 2024

Nov 4, 2024

-42

Channel change

RIA to RIA

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

284541:333009:CA:2024-12-16

Dec 16, 2024

Nov 4, 2024

NEWPORT BEACH, CA

Firm change after gap