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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner10 years in industry

Daniel Dongmin Kim

Advisor at HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC

CHICAGO, IL | Los Angeles, CA

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 20, 2021 to Sep 15, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC
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 1, 2016earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 10derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S65
First exam: Sep 20, 2021
First registration: Sep 20, 2021
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 7147403

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
HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	May 28, 2025	n/a	yes	Los Angeles, CA\|CHICAGO, IL	Current employment
NORTHCOAST ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC	Independent wealth	Jan 6, 2025	Apr 29, 2025	no	Pasedena, CA	Previous registration
NORTHCOAST ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC	Independent wealth	Jun 4, 2024	Dec 31, 2024	no	Pasadena, CA	Previous registration
CONNECTUS WEALTH	Former SEC adviser	Apr 19, 2024	Jul 25, 2024	no	Pasadena, CA	Previous registration
Lido	Independent wealth	Jan 20, 2022	Apr 8, 2024	no	LOS ANGELES, CA	Previous registration
RITHOLTZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Independent wealth	Sep 20, 2021	Jan 20, 2022	no	Cerritos, CA\|NEW YORK, NY	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
NORTHCOAST ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC	HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC	Apr 29, 2025	May 28, 2025	29	Firm change	RIA to ibd
CONNECTUS WEALTH	NORTHCOAST ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC	Jul 25, 2024	Jun 4, 2024	-51	Bulk transfer	RIA to RIA
Lido	CONNECTUS WEALTH	Apr 8, 2024	Apr 19, 2024	11	Firm change	RIA to RIA
RITHOLTZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Lido	Jan 20, 2022	Jan 20, 2022	0	Firm change	RIA to RIA

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
May 28, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ NORTHCOAST ASSET MANAGEMENT LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 6, 2025 to Apr 29, 2025factForm ADV
→ CONNECTUS WEALTHRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 19, 2024 to Jul 25, 2024factForm ADV
→ LIDORegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 20, 2022 to Apr 8, 2024factForm ADV
→ RITHOLTZ WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 20, 2021 to Jan 20, 2022factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Apr 29, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Daniel Dongmin Kim left Northcoast Asset Management Llc for Hightower Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-05-28)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Apr 8, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Daniel Dongmin Kim left Lido for Connectus Wealth (registered 2024-04-19)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Jan 20, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Daniel Dongmin Kim left Ritholtz Wealth Management for Lido (registered 2022-01-20)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago