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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner30 years in industry

RICHARD AHRENS

Advisor at CLEARSTEAD; CLEARSTEAD ADVISORY SOLUTIONS

CLEVELAND, OH

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:12 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 7, 2003 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: CLEARSTEAD; CLEARSTEAD ADVISORY SOLUTIONS
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: Aug 16, 1996earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 30derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Aug 16, 1996
First registration: May 7, 2003
Dual registered: no
Other names: RICHARD A AHRENS|RICHARD ALLEN AHRENS
IAPD individual key: 2569915

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
CLEARSTEAD; CLEARSTEAD ADVISORY SOLUTIONS	Independent wealth	Oct 14, 2024	n/a	yes	CLEVELAND, OH	Current employment
INDEPENDENCE WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	Independent wealth	May 5, 2020	Sep 19, 2024	no	INDEPENDENCE, OH	Previous registration
STRATEGIC WEALTH PARTNERS, LTD.	Independent wealth	May 19, 2015	Feb 11, 2022	no	INDEPENDENCE, OH	Previous registration
HICKORY ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Mar 24, 2014	Oct 23, 2014	no	CONCORD, OH	Previous registration
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 20, 2013	Mar 12, 2014	no	CLEVELAND, OH	Previous registration
OSAIC FA, INC.	Former SEC adviser	May 7, 2003	May 2, 2007	no	SOLON, OH\|SOLON, OH	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
INDEPENDENCE WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	CLEARSTEAD; CLEARSTEAD ADVISORY SOLUTIONS	Sep 19, 2024	Oct 14, 2024	25	Firm change	RIA to RIA
STRATEGIC WEALTH PARTNERS, LTD.	INDEPENDENCE WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	Feb 11, 2022	May 5, 2020	-647	Firm change after gap	RIA to RIA
HICKORY ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.	STRATEGIC WEALTH PARTNERS, LTD.	Oct 23, 2014	May 19, 2015	208	Firm change	Other
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	HICKORY ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.	Mar 12, 2014	Mar 24, 2014	12	Firm change	Other
OSAIC FA, INC.	CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	May 2, 2007	Aug 20, 2013	2,302	Firm change after gap	Other

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
148586:306236:OH:2022-02-11	Feb 11, 2022	May 5, 2020	INDEPENDENCE, OH	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ CLEARSTEAD; CLEARSTEAD ADVISORY SOLUTIONSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 14, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ INDEPENDENCE WEALTH ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 5, 2020 to Sep 19, 2024factForm ADV
→ STRATEGIC WEALTH PARTNERS, LTD.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 19, 2015 to Feb 11, 2022factForm ADV
→ HICKORY ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 24, 2014 to Oct 23, 2014factForm ADV
→ CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 20, 2013 to Mar 12, 2014factForm ADV
→ OSAIC FA, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 7, 2003 to May 2, 2007factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Sep 19, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Richard Ahrens left Independence Wealth Advisors, Llc for Clearstead; Clearstead Advisory Solutions (registered 2024-10-14)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Feb 11, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Richard Ahrens left Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd. for Independence Wealth Advisors, Llc (registered 2020-05-05)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago