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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)13 years in industry

SHIH HUA LIU

Advisor at ARETE WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC

San Francisco, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 29, 2013 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: ARETE WEALTH ADVISORS, 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: Apr 26, 2013earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 13derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Apr 26, 2013
First registration: Apr 29, 2013
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: BILL SH LIU|SHIH HUA LIU
IAPD individual key: 6115449

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
ARETE WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Dec 10, 2024	n/a	yes	San Francisco, CA	Current employment
FISCAL WISDOM WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC	Independent wealth	Aug 2, 2021	Apr 2, 2025	no	Cupertino, CA\|CANTON, CT	Previous registration
WOODBURY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Sep 9, 2015	Aug 4, 2021	no	CUPERTINO, CA	Previous registration
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 29, 2013	Sep 16, 2015	no	FREMONT, CA\|SAN JOSE, 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
FISCAL WISDOM WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC	ARETE WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	Apr 2, 2025	Dec 10, 2024	-113	Firm change after gap	RIA to ibd
WOODBURY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	FISCAL WISDOM WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC	Aug 4, 2021	Aug 2, 2021	-2	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	WOODBURY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Sep 16, 2015	Sep 9, 2015	-7	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ ARETE WEALTH ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Dec 10, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ FISCAL WISDOM WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 2, 2021 to Apr 2, 2025factForm ADV
→ WOODBURY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 9, 2015 to Aug 4, 2021factForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 29, 2013 to Sep 16, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Apr 2, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Shih Hua Liu left Fiscal Wisdom Wealth Management Llc for Arete Wealth Advisors, Llc (registered 2024-12-10)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago