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RIA / WealthAdvisor28 years in industry

WALTER KENNETH GILES

Advisor at CANNELL & SPEARS 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 20, 2026, 12:59 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 2
Observed: Sep 1, 2021 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

same identity by shared identifier, citation, or a bridge measured by hand

Private Equityidentity

Walter K Giles

same person, same CRD on Schedule A · confidence 95% · family precision 100%

Venture Capitalidentity

Walter K Giles

same person, same CRD on Schedule A · confidence 95% · family precision 100%

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: CANNELL & SPEARS LLC
Current firm class: independent 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, 1998earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 28derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
First registration: Sep 1, 2021
Dual registered: no
Other names: WALTER K GILES
IAPD individual key: 4341867

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
CANNELL & SPEARS LLC	Independent wealth	Feb 21, 2024	n/a	yes	NEW YORK, NY	Current employment
CANNELL & CO.	Former SEC adviser	Mar 18, 2022	Feb 13, 2024	no	NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration
CANNELL & CO.	Former SEC adviser	Sep 1, 2021	Dec 31, 2021	no	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
CANNELL & CO.	CANNELL & SPEARS LLC	Feb 13, 2024	Feb 21, 2024	8	Firm change	RIA to RIA

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
106326:142633:NY:2024-02-13	Feb 13, 2024	Feb 21, 2024	NEW YORK, NY	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ CANNELL & SPEARS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Feb 21, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CANNELL & CO.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 18, 2022 to Feb 13, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Feb 13, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Walter Kenneth Giles left Cannell & Co. for Cannell & Spears Llc (registered 2024-02-21)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:a3bf4e23-8bfa-6de5-5ddd-f6fa9a3747e4
First observed: Sep 1, 2021
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 6 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

WALTER KENNETH GILES

Advisor at CANNELL & SPEARS 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 20, 2026, 12:59 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

CANNELL & SPEARS LLC

Independent wealth

Feb 21, 2024

n/a

yes

NEW YORK, NY

Current employment

CANNELL & CO.

Former SEC adviser

Mar 18, 2022

Feb 13, 2024

NEW YORK, NY

Previous registration

CANNELL & CO.

Former SEC adviser

Sep 1, 2021

Dec 31, 2021

New York, NY

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

CANNELL & CO.

CANNELL & SPEARS LLC

Feb 13, 2024

Feb 21, 2024

Firm change

RIA to RIA

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

106326:142633:NY:2024-02-13

Feb 13, 2024

Feb 21, 2024

NEW YORK, NY

Firm change