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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)31 years in industry

MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BASS

Advisor at WORLD INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

Naples, FL | BERWYN, PA

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 8, 2000 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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.

Facts

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

Current firm: WORLD INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC
Current firm class: other adviserderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Apr 21, 1995earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 31derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Apr 21, 1995
First registration: May 8, 2000
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: MICHAEL C BASS
IAPD individual key: 2583399

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
WORLD INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC	Other adviser	Nov 4, 2025	n/a	yes	Naples, FL\|BERWYN, PA	Current employment
BCG SECURITIES, INC.	Independent wealth	Mar 15, 2010	Nov 6, 2025	no	Berwyn, PA\|CHERRY HILL, NJ\|CHERRY HILL, NJ	Previous registration
EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC	National bd RIA	Jul 30, 2002	Mar 9, 2010	no	WAYNE, PA\|WAYNE, PA	Previous registration
WEALTH ADVISORY GROUP, INC.	Former SEC adviser	May 8, 2000	Nov 26, 2025	no	WAYNE, PA	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
WEALTH ADVISORY GROUP, INC.	EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC	Nov 26, 2025	Jul 30, 2002	-8,520	Firm change after gap	RIA to ibd
BCG SECURITIES, INC.	WORLD INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC	Nov 6, 2025	Nov 4, 2025	-2	Firm change	Other
EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC	BCG SECURITIES, INC.	Mar 9, 2010	Mar 15, 2010	6	Firm change	Other

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
122269:6627:PA:2025-11-26	Nov 26, 2025	Jul 30, 2002	WAYNE, PA	Firm change after gap
70:208512:NJ:2025-11-06	Nov 6, 2025	Nov 4, 2025	CHERRY HILL, NJ	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ WORLD INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 4, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ WEALTH ADVISORY GROUP, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 8, 2000 to Nov 26, 2025factForm ADV
→ BCG SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 15, 2010 to Nov 6, 2025factForm ADV
→ EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 30, 2002 to Mar 9, 2010factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Nov 26, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Michael Christopher Bass left Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. for Equitable Advisors, Llc (registered 2002-07-30)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Nov 6, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Michael Christopher Bass left Bcg Securities, Inc. for World Investment Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-11-04)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:b42871d3-c4b4-6185-94f6-b9e590920a7d
First observed: May 8, 2000
Last observed: Sep 15, 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.

MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BASS

Advisor at WORLD INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

Naples, FL | BERWYN, PA

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

WORLD INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

Other adviser

Nov 4, 2025

n/a

yes

Naples, FL|BERWYN, PA

Current employment

BCG SECURITIES, INC.

Independent wealth

Mar 15, 2010

Nov 6, 2025

Berwyn, PA|CHERRY HILL, NJ|CHERRY HILL, NJ

Previous registration

EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC

National bd RIA

Jul 30, 2002

Mar 9, 2010

WAYNE, PA|WAYNE, PA

Previous registration

WEALTH ADVISORY GROUP, INC.

Former SEC adviser

May 8, 2000

Nov 26, 2025

WAYNE, PA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

WEALTH ADVISORY GROUP, INC.

EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC

Nov 26, 2025

Jul 30, 2002

-8,520

Firm change after gap

RIA to ibd

BCG SECURITIES, INC.

WORLD INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

Nov 6, 2025

Nov 4, 2025

-2

Firm change

Other

EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC

BCG SECURITIES, INC.

Mar 9, 2010

Mar 15, 2010

Firm change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

122269:6627:PA:2025-11-26

Nov 26, 2025

Jul 30, 2002

WAYNE, PA

Firm change after gap

70:208512:NJ:2025-11-06

Nov 6, 2025

Nov 4, 2025

CHERRY HILL, NJ

Firm change