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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner13 years in industry

Brooks Jameson Casel

Advisor at OPTO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

NEW YORK, NY

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 5:22 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 26, 2022 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: OPTO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC
Current firm class: asset managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Aug 1, 2013earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 13derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Mar 26, 2022
First registration: Mar 26, 2022
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 7481473

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
OPTO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	Asset manager	Nov 21, 2025	n/a	yes	NEW YORK, NY	Current employment
BUTTONWOOD FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	Independent wealth	May 30, 2025	Sep 5, 2025	no	KANSAS CITY, MO	Previous registration
COPPER FINANCIAL	Independent wealth	Oct 16, 2024	May 13, 2025	no	Pleasant Valley, MO\|Kansas City, MO\|Lenexa, KS	Previous registration
CREATIVE PLANNING	Independent wealth	Mar 26, 2022	Oct 14, 2024	no	OVERLAND PARK, KS	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
BUTTONWOOD FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	OPTO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	Sep 5, 2025	Nov 21, 2025	77	Firm change	Other
COPPER FINANCIAL	BUTTONWOOD FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	May 13, 2025	May 30, 2025	17	Firm change	RIA to RIA
CREATIVE PLANNING	COPPER FINANCIAL	Oct 14, 2024	Oct 16, 2024	2	Firm change	RIA to RIA

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ OPTO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 21, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ BUTTONWOOD FINANCIAL GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 30, 2025 to Sep 5, 2025factForm ADV
→ COPPER FINANCIALRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 16, 2024 to May 13, 2025factForm ADV
→ CREATIVE PLANNINGRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 26, 2022 to Oct 14, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Sep 5, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Brooks Jameson Casel left Buttonwood Financial Group, Llc for Opto Investment Management, Llc (registered 2025-11-21)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
May 13, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Brooks Jameson Casel left Copper Financial for Buttonwood Financial Group, Llc (registered 2025-05-30)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Oct 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Brooks Jameson Casel left Creative Planning for Copper Financial (registered 2024-10-16)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago