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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)26 years in industry

JOHN D BAKA

Advisor at VIRTUS INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC

HARTFORD, CT | AURORA, IL

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 29, 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: VIRTUS INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC
Current firm class: asset managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: May 30, 2000earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 26derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: May 30, 2000
First registration: Sep 29, 2000
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: JOHN DAVID BAKA
IAPD individual key: 2506402

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
VIRTUS INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC	Asset manager	Nov 19, 2018	n/a	yes	AURORA, IL\|HARTFORD, CT	Current employment
VIRTUS CAPITAL ADVISERS, LLC	Other adviser	Apr 26, 2011	Nov 19, 2018	no	AURORA, IL\|HARTFORD, CT	Previous registration
COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC	Asset manager	Nov 12, 2008	May 17, 2010	no	BOSTON, MA	Previous registration
CALAMOS ADVISORS LLC	Asset manager	Sep 29, 2000	Nov 20, 2007	no	NAPERVILLE, IL	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
VIRTUS CAPITAL ADVISERS, LLC	VIRTUS INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC	Nov 19, 2018	Nov 19, 2018	0	Channel change	Other
COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC	VIRTUS CAPITAL ADVISERS, LLC	May 17, 2010	Apr 26, 2011	344	Firm change	Other
CALAMOS ADVISORS LLC	COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC	Nov 20, 2007	Nov 12, 2008	358	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
107346:106982:CT:2018-11-19	Nov 19, 2018	Nov 19, 2018	HARTFORD, CT	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ VIRTUS INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 19, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
→ VIRTUS CAPITAL ADVISERS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 26, 2011 to Nov 19, 2018factForm ADV
→ COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 12, 2008 to May 17, 2010factForm ADV
→ CALAMOS ADVISORS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 29, 2000 to Nov 20, 2007factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:bd47f40b-7f1e-aa95-3edd-f7db4cff6268
First observed: Sep 29, 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.

JOHN D BAKA

Advisor at VIRTUS INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC

HARTFORD, CT | AURORA, IL

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

VIRTUS INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC

Asset manager

Nov 19, 2018

n/a

yes

AURORA, IL|HARTFORD, CT

Current employment

VIRTUS CAPITAL ADVISERS, LLC

Other adviser

Apr 26, 2011

Nov 19, 2018

AURORA, IL|HARTFORD, CT

Previous registration

COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC

Asset manager

Nov 12, 2008

May 17, 2010

BOSTON, MA

Previous registration

CALAMOS ADVISORS LLC

Asset manager

Sep 29, 2000

Nov 20, 2007

NAPERVILLE, IL

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

VIRTUS CAPITAL ADVISERS, LLC

VIRTUS INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC

Nov 19, 2018

Channel change

Other

COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC

VIRTUS CAPITAL ADVISERS, LLC

May 17, 2010

Apr 26, 2011

344

Firm change

Other

CALAMOS ADVISORS LLC

COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC

Nov 20, 2007

Nov 12, 2008

358

Firm change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

107346:106982:CT:2018-11-19

Nov 19, 2018

HARTFORD, CT

Firm change