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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)15 years in industry

Brian Jeffrey Sauer

Advisor at EDWARD JONES

AUSTIN, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 9:46 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 10, 2020 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: EDWARD JONES
Current firm class: national broker-dealer RIAderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jan 1, 2011earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 15derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Sep 9, 2020
First registration: Sep 10, 2020
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Jeffrey Sauer|Jeff Sauer|Brian Sauer|B Jeffrey Sauer
IAPD individual key: 7263725

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
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	Dec 5, 2025	n/a	yes	AUSTIN, TX	Current employment
INSPIRE INVESTING, LLC	Asset manager	Oct 3, 2024	Dec 12, 2025	no	Point Venture, TX\|MERIDIAN, ID	Previous registration
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Aug 29, 2023	Sep 26, 2024	no	DALLAS, TX\|Giddings, TX	Previous registration
THRIVENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 10, 2020	Aug 30, 2023	no	Cedar Park, TX\|Lago Vista, TX\|Point Venture, TX	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
INSPIRE INVESTING, LLC	EDWARD JONES	Dec 12, 2025	Dec 5, 2025	-7	Firm change	Other
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	INSPIRE INVESTING, LLC	Sep 26, 2024	Oct 3, 2024	7	Firm change	Other
THRIVENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.	AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Aug 30, 2023	Aug 29, 2023	-1	Firm change	Ibd to ibd

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Dec 5, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ INSPIRE INVESTING, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 3, 2024 to Dec 12, 2025factForm ADV
→ AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 29, 2023 to Sep 26, 2024factForm ADV
→ THRIVENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 10, 2020 to Aug 30, 2023factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Dec 12, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Brian Jeffrey Sauer left Inspire Investing, Llc for Edward Jones (registered 2025-12-05)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Sep 26, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Brian Jeffrey Sauer left Avantax Advisory Services for Inspire Investing, Llc (registered 2024-10-03)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Aug 30, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Brian Jeffrey Sauer left Thrivent Investment Management Inc. for Avantax Advisory Services (registered 2023-08-29)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago