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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner13 years in industry

BRADFORD WILLIAM HESS

Advisor at STEEL TOWER INVESTMENTS

PITTSBURGH, 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, 6:29 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 16, 2013 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: STEEL TOWER INVESTMENTS
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: Jan 16, 2013earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 13derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Jul 29, 2016
First registration: Jan 16, 2013
Dual registered: no
Other names: BRADFORD HESS
IAPD individual key: 5936696

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
STEEL TOWER INVESTMENTS	Independent wealth	Sep 20, 2023	n/a	yes	PITTSBURGH, PA	Current employment
LEVY WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP	Former SEC adviser	Nov 23, 2021	Sep 5, 2023	no	PHILADELPHIA, PA	Previous registration
UNITED CAPITAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Independent wealth	Jul 29, 2016	Aug 25, 2021	no	LANGHORNE, PA	Previous registration
VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 16, 2013	Nov 5, 2013	no	PHILADELPHIA, 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
LEVY WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP	STEEL TOWER INVESTMENTS	Sep 5, 2023	Sep 20, 2023	15	Firm change	RIA to RIA
UNITED CAPITAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS	LEVY WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP	Aug 25, 2021	Nov 23, 2021	90	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.	UNITED CAPITAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Nov 5, 2013	Jul 29, 2016	997	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ STEEL TOWER INVESTMENTSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 20, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ LEVY WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 23, 2021 to Sep 5, 2023factForm ADV
→ UNITED CAPITAL FINANCIAL ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 29, 2016 to Aug 25, 2021factForm ADV
→ VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 16, 2013 to Nov 5, 2013factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Sep 5, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Bradford William Hess left Levy Wealth Management Group for Steel Tower Investments (registered 2023-09-20)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago