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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)20 years in industry

Albert Bryan Shapiro

Advisor at PFG ADVISORS

El Cajon, CA | San Diego, CA | Carlsbad, CA

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 10, 2018 to Sep 15, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: PFG 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: Mar 1, 2006earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 20derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Jan 15, 2018
First registration: Jul 10, 2018
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 4182321

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
PFG ADVISORS	Independent wealth	Nov 16, 2023	n/a	yes	El Cajon, CA\|Carlsbad, CA\|San Diego, CA\|San Diego, CA\|San Diego, CA\|San Diego, CA	Current employment
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Dec 12, 2022	Nov 10, 2023	no	SAN DIEGO, CA	Previous registration
ALLSTATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 28, 2020	Dec 31, 2020	no	ESCONDIDO, CA\|Carlsbad, CA	Previous registration
BANKERS LIFE ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 5, 2019	Jul 8, 2020	no	San Diego, CA\|CHICAGO, IL	Previous registration
LIFEPRO ASSET MANAGEMENT	Former SEC adviser	Jul 10, 2018	Sep 16, 2019	no	Carlsbad, CA\|SAN DIEGO, 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
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	PFG ADVISORS	Nov 10, 2023	Nov 16, 2023	6	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
ALLSTATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 12, 2022	711	Firm change after gap	Ibd to ibd
BANKERS LIFE ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	ALLSTATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Jul 8, 2020	Jul 28, 2020	20	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
LIFEPRO ASSET MANAGEMENT	BANKERS LIFE ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Sep 16, 2019	Sep 5, 2019	-11	Firm change	RIA to ibd

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ PFG ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 16, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 12, 2022 to Nov 10, 2023factForm ADV
→ ALLSTATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 28, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020factForm ADV
→ BANKERS LIFE ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 5, 2019 to Jul 8, 2020factForm ADV
→ LIFEPRO ASSET MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 10, 2018 to Sep 16, 2019factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Nov 10, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Albert Bryan Shapiro left Mml Investors Services, Llc for Pfg Advisors (registered 2023-11-16)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago