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RIA / WealthAdvisor11 years in industry

BEN THOMAS MCCOLLUM

Advisor at PACIFIC POINT WEALTH MANAGEMENT

CARLSBAD, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 24, 2018 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: PACIFIC POINT WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Current firm class: former SEC adviserderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jul 1, 2015earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 11derivedfrom 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: Aug 24, 2018
First registration: Aug 24, 2018
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 6087460

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
PACIFIC POINT WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Former SEC adviser	Oct 3, 2025	n/a	yes	CARLSBAD, CA	Current employment
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 22, 2023	Aug 13, 2025	no	Santa Maria, CA\|ENCINO, CA\|OCEANSIDE, CA	Previous registration
X ADVISORS, LLC	Independent wealth	Mar 23, 2023	Aug 27, 2025	no	SANTA MARIA, CA\|Encino, CA	Previous registration
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 24, 2018	Oct 5, 2022	no	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
X ADVISORS, LLC	INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	Aug 27, 2025	Sep 22, 2023	-705	Firm change after gap	RIA to ibd
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	PACIFIC POINT WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Aug 13, 2025	Oct 3, 2025	51	Firm change	Ibd to new firm
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	X ADVISORS, LLC	Oct 5, 2022	Mar 23, 2023	169	Firm change	Ibd to RIA

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ PACIFIC POINT WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 3, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ X ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 23, 2023 to Aug 27, 2025factForm ADV
→ INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 22, 2023 to Aug 13, 2025factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Aug 27, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Ben Thomas Mccollum left X Advisors, Llc for Independent Financial Group, Llc (registered 2023-09-22)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Aug 13, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Ben Thomas Mccollum left Independent Financial Group, Llc for Pacific Point Wealth Management (registered 2025-10-03)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Oct 5, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Ben Thomas Mccollum left Independent Financial Group, Llc for X Advisors, Llc (registered 2023-03-23)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago