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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)19 years in industry

KAREN MELO TICAS

Advisor at CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.

Attleboro, MA | Mansfield, MA

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Relationships: 7
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 10, 2007 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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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: May 18, 2007earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: May 18, 2007
First registration: Sep 10, 2007
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: KAREN MELO
IAPD individual key: 5325017

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	Nov 3, 2021	n/a	yes	Mansfield, MA\|Attleboro, MA	Current employment
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 25, 2017	Nov 2, 2021	no	EAST PROVIDENCE, RI	Previous registration
MSI FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jan 2, 2015	Mar 25, 2017	no	EAST PROVIDENCE, RI	Previous registration
Mariner	Independent wealth	Mar 6, 2014	Feb 1, 2018	no	OVERLAND PARK,, KS	Previous registration
Mariner	Independent wealth	Mar 28, 2011	Sep 27, 2012	no	OVERLAND PARK,, KS	Previous registration
NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES CORPORATION	Former SEC adviser	Sep 10, 2009	Jan 2, 2015	no	EAST PROVIDENCE, RI	Previous registration
SIGNATOR INVESTORS, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Sep 10, 2007	Oct 2, 2009	no	WARWICK, RI	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
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Nov 2, 2021	Nov 3, 2021	1	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
Mariner	MSI FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Feb 1, 2018	Jan 2, 2015	-1,126	Firm change after gap	Other
MSI FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	Mar 25, 2017	Mar 25, 2017	0	Bulk transfer	Other
NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES CORPORATION	Mariner	Jan 2, 2015	Mar 28, 2011	-1,376	Firm change after gap	Other
SIGNATOR INVESTORS, INC.	NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES CORPORATION	Oct 2, 2009	Sep 10, 2009	-22	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
151664:14251:KS:2018-01-25	Feb 1, 2018	Jan 2, 2015	OVERLAND PARK,, KS	Firm change after gap
615:151664:RI:2015-01-02	Jan 2, 2015	Mar 28, 2011	EAST PROVIDENCE, RI	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 3, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 25, 2017 to Nov 2, 2021factForm ADV
→ MARINERRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 6, 2014 to Feb 1, 2018factForm ADV
→ MSI FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 2, 2015 to Mar 25, 2017factForm ADV
→ NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 10, 2009 to Jan 2, 2015factForm ADV
→ SIGNATOR INVESTORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 10, 2007 to Oct 2, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

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