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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner19 years in industry

BENJAMIN LEE WACEK

Advisor at GUIDE FINANCIAL PLANNING

MINNEAPOLIS, MN

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 13, 2007 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: GUIDE FINANCIAL PLANNING
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: Jun 1, 2007earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 10derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 7
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Jun 1, 2007
First registration: Jun 13, 2007
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 5245247

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
GUIDE FINANCIAL PLANNING	State registered	Aug 22, 2016	n/a	yes	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	Current employment
COUNSEL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Dec 9, 2013	Aug 7, 2014	no	ARDEN HILLS, MN	Previous registration
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 2, 2009	Jun 20, 2011	no	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	Previous registration
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Jun 13, 2007	Jan 2, 2009	no	EDINA, MN	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
COUNSEL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.	GUIDE FINANCIAL PLANNING	Aug 7, 2014	Aug 22, 2016	746	Firm change after gap	Other
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	COUNSEL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.	Jun 20, 2011	Dec 9, 2013	903	Firm change after gap	Other
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	Jan 2, 2009	Jan 2, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ GUIDE FINANCIAL PLANNINGRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Aug 22, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV
→ COUNSEL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 9, 2013 to Aug 7, 2014factForm ADV
→ RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 2, 2009 to Jun 20, 2011factForm ADV
→ RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 13, 2007 to Jan 2, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

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