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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)10 years in industry

Yingqi Linghu

Advisor at IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC

CHARLOTTE, NC | Irvine, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 24, 2018 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: IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES 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: Nov 1, 2015earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 10derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 5derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Aug 8, 2017
First registration: Apr 24, 2018
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 6814433

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
IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC	Independent wealth	Feb 9, 2021	n/a	yes	Irvine, CA\|CHARLOTTE, NC	Current employment
CASTLE GROUP INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.	State registered	Jul 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2020	no	ARCADIA, CA	Previous registration
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 24, 2018	Aug 2, 2018	no	IRVINE, 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
CASTLE GROUP INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.	IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC	Dec 31, 2020	Feb 9, 2021	40	Firm change	Other
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	CASTLE GROUP INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.	Aug 2, 2018	Jul 31, 2020	729	Firm change after gap	Ibd to state RIA

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Feb 9, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CASTLE GROUP INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 31, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020factForm ADV
→ TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 24, 2018 to Aug 2, 2018factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:565c65bb-c3d8-0c24-60fa-bc5f50b15567
First observed: Apr 24, 2018
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.

Yingqi Linghu

Advisor at IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC

CHARLOTTE, NC | Irvine, CA

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Search this name across graphsid dfx:ria:565c65bb-c3d8-0c24-60fa-bc5f50b15567

Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC

Independent wealth

Feb 9, 2021

n/a

yes

Irvine, CA|CHARLOTTE, NC

Current employment

CASTLE GROUP INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.

State registered

Jul 31, 2020

Dec 31, 2020

ARCADIA, CA

Previous registration

TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Apr 24, 2018

Aug 2, 2018

IRVINE, CA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

CASTLE GROUP INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.

IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC

Dec 31, 2020

Feb 9, 2021

Firm change

Other

TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

CASTLE GROUP INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.

Aug 2, 2018

Jul 31, 2020

729

Firm change after gap

Ibd to state RIA