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RIA / WealthAdvisor12 years in industry

Brett James Thomas

Advisor at MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC.

DENVER, CO | Dallas, TX

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 7:37 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 13, 2020 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC.
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: Aug 1, 2014earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 12derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Oct 24, 2018
First registration: Jan 13, 2020
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 7217555

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
MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC.	Independent wealth	Dec 12, 2023	n/a	yes	Dallas, TX\|DENVER, CO	Current employment
MARINER INDEPENDENT	Independent wealth	May 5, 2022	Sep 29, 2023	no	Los Angeles, CA	Previous registration
Mariner	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 15, 2022	Sep 29, 2023	no	Los Angeles, CA	Previous registration
ADVICEPERIOD, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Feb 23, 2021	Mar 30, 2022	no	LOS ANGELES, CA	Previous registration
THE PACIFIC GROUP	Former SEC adviser	Jan 13, 2020	Apr 17, 2020	no	LOS ANGELES, 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
Mariner	MARINER INDEPENDENT	Sep 29, 2023	May 5, 2022	-512	Firm change after gap	Ibd to RIA
MARINER INDEPENDENT	MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC.	Sep 29, 2023	Dec 12, 2023	74	Firm change	RIA to RIA
ADVICEPERIOD, LLC	Mariner	Mar 30, 2022	Mar 15, 2022	-15	Firm change	RIA to ibd
THE PACIFIC GROUP	ADVICEPERIOD, LLC	Apr 17, 2020	Feb 23, 2021	312	Firm 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
169828:140195:CA:2022-03-30	Mar 30, 2022	Mar 15, 2022	LOS ANGELES, CA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Dec 12, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MARINERRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 15, 2022 to Sep 29, 2023factForm ADV
→ MARINER INDEPENDENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 5, 2022 to Sep 29, 2023factForm ADV
→ ADVICEPERIOD, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 23, 2021 to Mar 30, 2022factForm ADV
→ THE PACIFIC GROUPRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 13, 2020 to Apr 17, 2020factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Sep 29, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Brett James Thomas left Mariner Independent for Mercer Global Advisors Inc. (registered 2023-12-12)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Sep 29, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Brett James Thomas left Mariner for Mariner Independent (registered 2022-05-05)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Mar 30, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Brett James Thomas left Adviceperiod, Llc for Mariner (registered 2022-03-15)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago