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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner16 years in industry

Aurora Margarita Barcenas

Advisor at HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC

Houston, TX | CHICAGO, IL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 7:13 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Oct 4, 2014 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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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: Apr 2, 2010earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 16derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Apr 2, 2010
First registration: Oct 4, 2014
Dual registered: no
Other names: MARGARITA BARCENAS|AURORA MARGARITA BARCENAS DIENST
IAPD individual key: 5731438

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	Apr 7, 2022	n/a	yes	Houston, TX\|CHICAGO, IL	Current employment
INVESTEC WEALTH STRATEGIES	Former SEC adviser	Feb 12, 2020	Jan 28, 2022	no	HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration
PARTNERSINWEALTH, INC	Former SEC adviser	Feb 1, 2019	Feb 5, 2020	no	HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Oct 4, 2014	Jan 25, 2019	no	Houston, TX\|Houston, TX	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
INVESTEC WEALTH STRATEGIES	HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC	Jan 28, 2022	Apr 7, 2022	69	Firm change	RIA to ibd
PARTNERSINWEALTH, INC	INVESTEC WEALTH STRATEGIES	Feb 5, 2020	Feb 12, 2020	7	Firm change	RIA to RIA
MORGAN STANLEY	PARTNERSINWEALTH, INC	Jan 25, 2019	Feb 1, 2019	7	Firm change	Wirehouse to RIA

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 7, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ INVESTEC WEALTH STRATEGIESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 12, 2020 to Jan 28, 2022factForm ADV
→ PARTNERSINWEALTH, INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 1, 2019 to Feb 5, 2020factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 4, 2014 to Jan 25, 2019factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jan 28, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Aurora Margarita Barcenas left Investec Wealth Strategies for Hightower Advisors, Llc (registered 2022-04-07)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago