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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner32 years in industry

RAYMOND LEE HOBSON

Advisor at HF ADVISORY GROUP, LLC

ANNAPOLIS, MD

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Relationships: 6
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 8, 2002 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: HF ADVISORY GROUP, LLC
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: Jun 15, 1994earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 32derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 5derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66|S63|S65
First exam: Jun 15, 1994
First registration: Mar 8, 2002
Dual registered: no
Other names: RAY HOBSON
IAPD individual key: 2454746

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
HF ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Independent wealth	Apr 22, 2021	n/a	yes	ANNAPOLIS, MD	Current employment
THE INSTITUTE	Independent wealth	May 10, 2019	Oct 7, 2020	no	Annapolis, MD\|DENVER, CO	Previous registration
INSTITUTE FOR WEALTH ADVISORS, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jan 27, 2017	Apr 30, 2019	no	Annapolis, MD\|DENVER, CO	Previous registration
INVESTMENT ADVISORS CORP	Former SEC adviser	Nov 25, 2009	Apr 3, 2017	no	OWINGS MILLS, MD\|ANNAPOLIS, MD\|ANNAPOLIS, MD	Previous registration
SAGEPOINT FINANCIAL, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Oct 31, 2008	Nov 27, 2009	no	ANNAPOLIS, MD	Previous registration
AMERICAN GENERAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED	n/a	Mar 8, 2002	Oct 31, 2008	no	HOUSTON, TX\|ANNAPOLIS, MD\|ANNAPOLIS, MD\|WESTMINISTER, MD\|WESTMINSTER, 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
THE INSTITUTE	HF ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Oct 7, 2020	Apr 22, 2021	197	Firm change	RIA to RIA
INSTITUTE FOR WEALTH ADVISORS, INC.	THE INSTITUTE	Apr 30, 2019	May 10, 2019	10	Firm change	RIA to RIA
INVESTMENT ADVISORS CORP	INSTITUTE FOR WEALTH ADVISORS, INC.	Apr 3, 2017	Jan 27, 2017	-66	Firm change after gap	Other
SAGEPOINT FINANCIAL, INC.	INVESTMENT ADVISORS CORP	Nov 27, 2009	Nov 25, 2009	-2	Firm change	Other
AMERICAN GENERAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED	SAGEPOINT FINANCIAL, INC.	Oct 31, 2008	Oct 31, 2008	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
149347:127207:CO:2019-04-26	Apr 30, 2019	May 10, 2019	DENVER, CO	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ HF ADVISORY GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 22, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
→ THE INSTITUTERegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 10, 2019 to Oct 7, 2020factForm ADV
→ INSTITUTE FOR WEALTH ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 27, 2017 to Apr 30, 2019factForm ADV
→ INVESTMENT ADVISORS CORPRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 25, 2009 to Apr 3, 2017factForm ADV
→ SAGEPOINT FINANCIAL, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 31, 2008 to Nov 27, 2009factForm ADV
→ AMERICAN GENERAL SECURITIES INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 8, 2002 to Oct 31, 2008factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.