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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)23 years in industry

MICHAEL SHAWN HADDIGAN

Advisor at KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.

Inverness, FL | FT. LAUDERDALE, FL

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 8:31 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 19, 2007 to Sep 15, 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

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Current firm: KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.
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: Aug 1, 2003earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 23derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 8derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Jun 7, 2007
First registration: Jun 19, 2007
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 4814523

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
KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 28, 2017	n/a	yes	Inverness, FL\|FT. LAUDERDALE, FL	Current employment
INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION	Former SEC adviser	Mar 27, 2009	Nov 17, 2017	no	INVERNESS, FL	Previous registration
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 19, 2007	Mar 30, 2009	no	ST. PETERSBURG, FL\|INVERNESS, FL\|WESLEY CHAPEL, FL\|CLEARWATER, FL\|HOMOSASSA, FL	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
INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION	KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.	Nov 17, 2017	Nov 28, 2017	11	Firm change	Other
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION	Mar 30, 2009	Mar 27, 2009	-3	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 28, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
→ INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 27, 2009 to Nov 17, 2017factForm ADV
→ TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 19, 2007 to Mar 30, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:658d1cf4-3c8c-59d4-7b58-c6db6aa16230
First observed: Jun 19, 2007
Last observed: Sep 15, 2026 5 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.

MICHAEL SHAWN HADDIGAN

Advisor at KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.

Inverness, FL | FT. LAUDERDALE, FL

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Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.

Bd affiliated wealth

Nov 28, 2017

n/a

yes

Inverness, FL|FT. LAUDERDALE, FL

Current employment

INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Former SEC adviser

Mar 27, 2009

Nov 17, 2017

INVERNESS, FL

Previous registration

TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Jun 19, 2007

Mar 30, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG, FL|INVERNESS, FL|WESLEY CHAPEL, FL|CLEARWATER, FL|HOMOSASSA, FL

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION

KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.

Nov 17, 2017

Nov 28, 2017

Firm change

Other

TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Mar 30, 2009

Mar 27, 2009

-3

Firm change

Other