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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner17 years in industry

CHRIS ALAN BETTENCOURT

Advisor at BETHESDA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

BETHESDA, MD

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 7:52 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 8, 2009 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: BETHESDA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC
Current firm class: state registeredderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Sep 1, 2009earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 17derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 12derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 6
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
First registration: Sep 8, 2009
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 5710899

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
BETHESDA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	State registered	May 14, 2014	n/a	yes	BETHESDA, MD	Current employment
REGAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 22, 2013	May 14, 2014	no	BETHESDA, MD\|KENTWOOD, MI	Previous registration
ONYX WEALTH ADVISORS, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Aug 17, 2011	Dec 31, 2013	no	BETHESDA, MD\|BETHESDA, MD	Previous registration
ARK FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 8, 2009	Aug 23, 2011	no	BETHESDA, MD	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
REGAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC	BETHESDA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	May 14, 2014	May 14, 2014	0	Firm change	Other
ONYX WEALTH ADVISORS, INC.	REGAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC	Dec 31, 2013	Nov 22, 2013	-39	Firm change after gap	Other
ARK FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	ONYX WEALTH ADVISORS, INC.	Aug 23, 2011	Aug 17, 2011	-6	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ BETHESDA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
May 14, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV
→ REGAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 22, 2013 to May 14, 2014factForm ADV
→ ONYX WEALTH ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 17, 2011 to Dec 31, 2013factForm ADV
→ ARK FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 8, 2009 to Aug 23, 2011factForm ADV

Dated events

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