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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultantdual registered (broker-dealer)21 years in industry

Barry Steven Bass

Advisor at NORTHWEST FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC

HERNDON, VA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 4:36 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 20, 2006 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: NORTHWEST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 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 10, 2004earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 21derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultant
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Nov 10, 2004
First registration: Nov 20, 2006
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: BARRY STEVEN BASS
IAPD individual key: 4503355

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
NORTHWEST FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC	Independent wealth	Nov 26, 2025	n/a	yes	HERNDON, VA	Current employment
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 23, 2015	Nov 24, 2025	no	HAGERSTOWN, MD\|Hagerstown, MD	Previous registration
M&T SECURITIES, INC.	n/a	Nov 20, 2006	Jul 10, 2015	no	ROCKVILLE, MD\|BETHESDA, MD\|ROCKVILLE, MD\|GAITHERSBURG, MD\|GERMANTOWN, MD\|GERMANTOWN, MD\|GAITHERSBURG, MD\|ROCKVILLE, MD\|ROCKVILLE, MD\|ROCKVILLE, MD\|ROCKVILLE, MD\|ROCKVILLE, MD\|BETHESDA, MD\|POTOMAC, MD\|POTOMAC, MD\|VIENNA, VA\|GAINESVILLE, VA\|MANASSAS, VA\|BURKE, VA\|HERNDON, VA\|MANASSAS, VA\|FAIRFAX, VA\|FALLS CHURCH, VA\|BALTIMORE, MD\|MANASSAS, VA\|FRANCONIA, VA\|FREDERICK, MD\|LEESBURG, VA\|STERLING, VA\|MANASSAS, VA\|ASHBURN, VA\|CENTERVILLE, VA\|STERLING, VA\|MCLEAN, VA\|POOLESVILLE, MD\|FAIRFAX, VA\|LEESBURG, VA\|HERNDON, VA\|ANNAPOLIS, MD\|CHEEKTOWAGA, NY\|CENTREVILLE, VA\|FAIRFAX, VA\|VIENNA, VA\|MCLEAN, VA\|RESTON, VA\|FAIRFAX, VA\|FAIRFAX, VA\|MCLEAN, VA\|FAIRFAX, VA\|ANNANDALE, VA\|FAIRFAX, VA\|GAINESVILLE, VA\|HERNDON, VA\|FAIRFAX, VA\|Reston, VA\|Leesburg, VA	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
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	NORTHWEST FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC	Nov 24, 2025	Nov 26, 2025	2	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
M&T SECURITIES, INC.	RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	Jul 10, 2015	Jul 23, 2015	13	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ NORTHWEST FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 26, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 23, 2015 to Nov 24, 2025factForm ADV
→ M&T SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 20, 2006 to Jul 10, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Nov 24, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Barry Steven Bass left Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc for Northwest Financial Advisors Llc (registered 2025-11-26)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:7072c0a0-7011-cd44-6ea1-8825549bbfe4
First observed: Nov 20, 2006
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.

Barry Steven Bass

Advisor at NORTHWEST FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC

HERNDON, VA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 4:36 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

NORTHWEST FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC

Independent wealth

Nov 26, 2025

n/a

yes

HERNDON, VA

Current employment

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC

Bd affiliated wealth

Jul 23, 2015

Nov 24, 2025

HAGERSTOWN, MD|Hagerstown, MD

Previous registration

M&T SECURITIES, INC.

n/a

Nov 20, 2006

Jul 10, 2015

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC

NORTHWEST FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC

Nov 24, 2025

Nov 26, 2025

Firm change

Ibd to RIA

M&T SECURITIES, INC.

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC

Jul 10, 2015

Jul 23, 2015

Firm change

Other