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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultantdual registered (broker-dealer)39 years in industry

Robert Bennett Johnston

Advisor at LPL FINANCIAL LLC

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA | EL SEGUNDO, CA

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Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 8, 1997 to Sep 15, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: LPL FINANCIAL 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: Mar 13, 1987earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 39derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Designations: Certified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultant
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Mar 13, 1987
First registration: Jul 8, 1997
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Robert B. Johnston
IAPD individual key: 1161633

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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 5, 2025	n/a	yes	EL SEGUNDO, CA\|VIRGINIA BEACH, VA	Current employment
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES	Former SEC adviser	May 28, 2008	Jun 5, 2025	no	Westlake Village, CA\|El Segundo, CA\|Virginia Beach, VA	Previous registration
FINANCIAL WEST GROUP	Former SEC adviser	Jan 27, 2006	Jun 20, 2008	no	EL SEGUNDO, CA\|EL SEGUNDO, CA\|WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA	Previous registration
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	May 20, 2002	Feb 8, 2006	no	TORRANCE, CA\|TORRANCE, CA	Previous registration
PRUDENTIAL EQUITY GROUP, LLC	n/a	Jul 8, 1997	May 24, 2002	no	ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, CA	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
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Jun 5, 2025	Jun 5, 2025	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
FINANCIAL WEST GROUP	WESTERN INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES	Jun 20, 2008	May 28, 2008	-23	Firm change	Other
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	FINANCIAL WEST GROUP	Feb 8, 2006	Jan 27, 2006	-12	Firm change	Other
PRUDENTIAL EQUITY GROUP, LLC	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	May 24, 2002	May 20, 2002	-4	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 5, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ WESTERN INTERNATIONAL SECURITIESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 28, 2008 to Jun 5, 2025factForm ADV
→ FINANCIAL WEST GROUPRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 27, 2006 to Jun 20, 2008factForm ADV
→ CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 20, 2002 to Feb 8, 2006factForm ADV
→ PRUDENTIAL EQUITY GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 8, 1997 to May 24, 2002factForm ADV

Dated events

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