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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner19 years in industry

WILLIAM ACKER SIMPSON

Advisor at EP WEALTH ADVISORS

TORRANCE, CA | Portsmouth, NH

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 3, 2006 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: EP WEALTH ADVISORS
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 3, 2006earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 5
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
First registration: Nov 3, 2006
Dual registered: no
Other names: WILLIAM A SIMPSON
IAPD individual key: 5038165

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
EP WEALTH ADVISORS	Independent wealth	Mar 23, 2023	n/a	yes	TORRANCE, CA\|Portsmouth, NH	Current employment
RESOLUTE FINANCIAL, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Apr 29, 2016	Mar 28, 2023	no	Dover, NH\|NEWBURYPORT, MA\|Portsmouth, NH	Previous registration
AZIMUTH FINANCIAL PLANNING, LLC	n/a	Mar 31, 2008	Dec 31, 2016	no	26 PALM DRIVE, NH	Previous registration
THE HARBOR GROUP, INC.	Independent wealth	Nov 3, 2006	Dec 17, 2007	no	BEDFORD, NH	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
RESOLUTE FINANCIAL, LLC	EP WEALTH ADVISORS	Mar 28, 2023	Mar 23, 2023	-5	Firm change	RIA to RIA
AZIMUTH FINANCIAL PLANNING, LLC	RESOLUTE FINANCIAL, LLC	Dec 31, 2016	Apr 29, 2016	-246	Firm change after gap	Other
THE HARBOR GROUP, INC.	AZIMUTH FINANCIAL PLANNING, LLC	Dec 17, 2007	Mar 31, 2008	105	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ EP WEALTH ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 23, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ RESOLUTE FINANCIAL, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 29, 2016 to Mar 28, 2023factForm ADV
→ AZIMUTH FINANCIAL PLANNING, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 31, 2008 to Dec 31, 2016factForm ADV
→ THE HARBOR GROUP, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 3, 2006 to Dec 17, 2007factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Mar 28, 2023
Advisor changed firm
William Acker Simpson left Resolute Financial, Llc for Ep Wealth Advisors (registered 2023-03-23)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago