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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)19 years in industry

RYAN LAVERN BROOKS

Advisor at CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.

West Des Moines, IA

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 20, 2009 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Sep 28, 2006earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Sep 28, 2006
First registration: Apr 20, 2009
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: RYAN L BROOKS
IAPD individual key: 5049324

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
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Oct 20, 2018	n/a	yes	West Des Moines, IA	Current employment
INVESTMENT ADVISORS CORP	Former SEC adviser	Jul 22, 2014	Oct 20, 2018	no	WEST DES MOINES, IA	Previous registration
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Oct 15, 2010	Jul 24, 2014	no	West Des Moines, IA	Previous registration
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERVICES,LLC	No RAUM reported	Apr 20, 2009	Sep 13, 2010	no	AMES, IA\|W Des Moines, IA	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
INVESTMENT ADVISORS CORP	CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Oct 20, 2018	Oct 20, 2018	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	INVESTMENT ADVISORS CORP	Jul 24, 2014	Jul 22, 2014	-2	Firm change	Other
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERVICES,LLC	MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	Sep 13, 2010	Oct 15, 2010	32	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 20, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
→ INVESTMENT ADVISORS CORPRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 22, 2014 to Oct 20, 2018factForm ADV
→ MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 15, 2010 to Jul 24, 2014factForm ADV
→ NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERVICES,LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 20, 2009 to Sep 13, 2010factForm ADV

Dated events

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