This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

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

Dec 1, 2011earliest registration or exam on IAPD

Years in industry

14derivedfrom the industry start date

Years at current firm

4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date

Prior firms

2

Current registrations

1

Registered states

4

Designations

Chartered Financial Consultant

Exams

S66

First exam

May 30, 2017

First registration

Jun 20, 2017

Dual registered

yes, broker-dealer

IAPD individual key

4969692

• Occurred

  Jun 27, 2022
  Advisor changed firm

  Karen Gayle Shapiro left The Patriot Financial Group, Llc for Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. (registered 2022-07-11)

  Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Graph

RIA / Wealth Management

Canonical id

dfx:ria:a6fc2d79-13e6-1bc6-2a41-d13818bbfb48

First observed

Jun 20, 2017

Last observed

Sep 14, 2026 7 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.