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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)23 years in industry

BENJAMIN DANIEL TOTEL

Advisor at PRINCIPAL ASSET MANAGEMENT

Des Moines, IA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 2
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 17, 2004 to Sep 14, 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: PRINCIPAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
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: May 1, 2003earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 23derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Dec 13, 2021
First registration: Sep 17, 2004
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: BEN TOTEL
IAPD individual key: 4572815

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
PRINCIPAL ASSET MANAGEMENT	Other adviser	Dec 21, 2021	n/a	yes	Des Moines, IA	Current employment
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 17, 2004	Jul 25, 2012	no	DES MOINES, IA\|DES MOINES, IA	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
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.	PRINCIPAL ASSET MANAGEMENT	Jul 25, 2012	Dec 21, 2021	3,436	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ PRINCIPAL ASSET MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Dec 21, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
→ PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 17, 2004 to Jul 25, 2012factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:bf08ae13-71b9-ae9e-c5dd-cda1421e85d5
First observed: Sep 17, 2004
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 5 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.

BENJAMIN DANIEL TOTEL

Advisor at PRINCIPAL ASSET MANAGEMENT

Des Moines, IA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

PRINCIPAL ASSET MANAGEMENT

Other adviser

Dec 21, 2021

n/a

yes

Des Moines, IA

Current employment

PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.

Bd affiliated wealth

Sep 17, 2004

Jul 25, 2012

DES MOINES, IA|DES MOINES, IA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.

PRINCIPAL ASSET MANAGEMENT

Jul 25, 2012

Dec 21, 2021

3,436

Firm change after gap

Other