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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)20 years in industry

Lanie Elizabeth Nikes

Advisor at CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.

Bethesda, MD

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 2, 2005 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.
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: Nov 2, 2005earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 20derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Oct 5, 2023
First registration: Nov 2, 2005
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 4788454

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
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	National bd RIA	Jan 3, 2024	n/a	yes	Bethesda, MD	Current employment
MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC.	Independent wealth	Aug 10, 2022	Jan 13, 2023	no	DENVER, CO\|Vienna, VA	Previous registration
MCLAUGHLIN RYDER INVESTMENTS, INC.	Independent wealth	Nov 30, 2017	Oct 11, 2019	no	ALEXANDRIA, VA\|ALEXANDRIA, VA	Previous registration
FINIGAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Nov 2, 2005	May 17, 2012	no	VIENNA, VA	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
MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC.	CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	Jan 13, 2023	Jan 3, 2024	355	Firm change	RIA to ibd
MCLAUGHLIN RYDER INVESTMENTS, INC.	MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC.	Oct 11, 2019	Aug 10, 2022	1,034	Firm change after gap	RIA to RIA
FINIGAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	MCLAUGHLIN RYDER INVESTMENTS, INC.	May 17, 2012	Nov 30, 2017	2,023	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 3, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 10, 2022 to Jan 13, 2023factForm ADV
→ MCLAUGHLIN RYDER INVESTMENTS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 30, 2017 to Oct 11, 2019factForm ADV
→ FINIGAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 2, 2005 to May 17, 2012factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jan 13, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Lanie Elizabeth Nikes left Mercer Global Advisors Inc. for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (registered 2024-01-03)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago