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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner32 years in industry

Kevin Michael Gaines

Advisor at PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLC

MORRISTOWN, NJ | Berwyn, PA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 11, 2011 to Sep 14, 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: PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, 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: Apr 12, 1994earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 32derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S65|S63|S66
First exam: Apr 12, 1994
First registration: Jan 11, 2011
Dual registered: no
Other names: KEVIN MICHAEL GAINES
IAPD individual key: 2472521

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
PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 2, 2019	n/a	yes	Berwyn, PA\|MORRISTOWN, NJ	Current employment
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 3, 2013	May 5, 2014	no	BERWYN, PA	Previous registration
AMERICAN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GROUP, LTD.	Former SEC adviser	Jan 12, 2011	Dec 31, 2018	no	BERWYN, PA	Previous registration
WALNUT STREET SECURITIES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jan 11, 2011	Sep 3, 2013	no	BERWYN, PA\|BERWYN, PA	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
AMERICAN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GROUP, LTD.	CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	Dec 31, 2018	Sep 3, 2013	-1,945	Firm change after gap	Other
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLC	May 5, 2014	Jan 2, 2019	1,703	Firm change after gap	Other
WALNUT STREET SECURITIES, INC.	AMERICAN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GROUP, LTD.	Sep 3, 2013	Jan 12, 2011	-965	Firm change after gap	Other

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
119449:13572:PA:2018-12-31	Dec 31, 2018	Sep 3, 2013	BERWYN, PA	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 2, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
→ AMERICAN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GROUP, LTD.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 12, 2011 to Dec 31, 2018factForm ADV
→ CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 3, 2013 to May 5, 2014factForm ADV
→ WALNUT STREET SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 11, 2011 to Sep 3, 2013factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:4b0efd98-fbc4-176d-8bfe-d1bc7120feb5
First observed: Jan 11, 2011
Last observed: Sep 14, 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.

Kevin Michael Gaines

Advisor at PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLC

MORRISTOWN, NJ | Berwyn, PA

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Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Jan 2, 2019

n/a

yes

Berwyn, PA|MORRISTOWN, NJ

Current employment

CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC

Former SEC adviser

Sep 3, 2013

May 5, 2014

BERWYN, PA

Previous registration

AMERICAN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GROUP, LTD.

Former SEC adviser

Jan 12, 2011

Dec 31, 2018

BERWYN, PA

Previous registration

WALNUT STREET SECURITIES, INC.

Former SEC adviser

Jan 11, 2011

Sep 3, 2013

BERWYN, PA|BERWYN, PA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

AMERICAN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GROUP, LTD.

CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC

Dec 31, 2018

Sep 3, 2013

-1,945

Firm change after gap

Other

CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC

PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLC

May 5, 2014

Jan 2, 2019

1,703

Firm change after gap

Other

WALNUT STREET SECURITIES, INC.

AMERICAN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GROUP, LTD.

Sep 3, 2013

Jan 12, 2011

-965

Firm change after gap

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

119449:13572:PA:2018-12-31

Dec 31, 2018

Sep 3, 2013

BERWYN, PA

Firm change after gap