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RIA / WealthAdvisorChartered Financial Analyst25 years in industry

BRIAN SCOTT SOMMERS

Advisor at HBKS WEALTH ADVISORS

Warrendale, PA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 7
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 6, 2001 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: HBKS 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: Sep 21, 2000earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 25derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 12derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 2
Registered states: 1
Designations: Chartered Financial Analyst
Exams: S66
First exam: Sep 21, 2000
First registration: Nov 6, 2001
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 1487020

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
PARK SHORE PARTNERS LLC	Asset manager	Aug 17, 2023	n/a	yes	Warrendale, PA	Current employment
HBKS WEALTH ADVISORS	Independent wealth	Jun 16, 2014	n/a	yes	Warrendale, PA	Current employment
PARTNERVEST ADVISORY SERVICES LLC	Former SEC adviser	Dec 9, 2013	Jun 16, 2014	no	PITTSBURGH, PA\|SANTA BARBARA, CA	Previous registration
RAYLIANT ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Aug 9, 2012	Jun 27, 2014	no	PITTSBURGH, PA	Previous registration
MCKINLEY CARTER WEALTH SERVICES, INC.	Independent wealth	Nov 29, 2007	Jul 23, 2012	no	WHEELING, WV\|WHEELING, WV	Previous registration
VISTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	Independent wealth	Oct 23, 2006	Dec 21, 2007	no	PITTSBURGH, PA	Previous registration
GARRISON INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT	n/a	Nov 6, 2001	Dec 31, 2004	no	PITTSBURGH, PA	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
RAYLIANT ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC	PARTNERVEST ADVISORY SERVICES LLC	Jun 27, 2014	Dec 9, 2013	-200	Firm change after gap	Other
PARTNERVEST ADVISORY SERVICES LLC	HBKS WEALTH ADVISORS	Jun 16, 2014	Jun 16, 2014	0	Firm change	Other
MCKINLEY CARTER WEALTH SERVICES, INC.	RAYLIANT ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC	Jul 23, 2012	Aug 9, 2012	17	Firm change	Other
VISTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	MCKINLEY CARTER WEALTH SERVICES, INC.	Dec 21, 2007	Nov 29, 2007	-22	Firm change	Other
GARRISON INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT	VISTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	Dec 31, 2004	Oct 23, 2006	661	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (7)

→ PARK SHORE PARTNERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Aug 17, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ HBKS WEALTH ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 16, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV
→ RAYLIANT ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 9, 2012 to Jun 27, 2014factForm ADV
→ PARTNERVEST ADVISORY SERVICES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 9, 2013 to Jun 16, 2014factForm ADV
→ MCKINLEY CARTER WEALTH SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 29, 2007 to Jul 23, 2012factForm ADV
→ VISTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 23, 2006 to Dec 21, 2007factForm ADV
→ GARRISON INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 6, 2001 to Dec 31, 2004factForm ADV

Dated events

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