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RIA / WealthAdvisor30 years in industry

BRIAN PAUL FOWLES

Advisor at STRATOS WEALTH ADVISORS LLC

WESTLAKE, OH

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Relationships: 6
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 1, 2000 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: STRATOS WEALTH ADVISORS LLC
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jun 24, 1996earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 30derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Jun 24, 1996
First registration: Jan 1, 2000
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 2575524

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
STRATOS WEALTH ADVISORS LLC	Independent wealth	Jan 17, 2019	n/a	yes	WESTLAKE, OH	Current employment
EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES	Independent wealth	Nov 30, 2016	Feb 12, 2019	no	AVON, OH	Previous registration
FINANCIAL ENGINES ADVISOR CENTER, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jul 21, 2015	Nov 30, 2016	no	AVON, OH\|OVERLAND PARK, KS	Previous registration
THE MUTUAL FUND STORE	Former SEC adviser	Nov 2, 2011	Sep 4, 2015	no	OVERLAND PARK, KS\|AVON, OH	Previous registration
THE MUTUAL FUND STORE	n/a	May 9, 2005	Nov 2, 2011	no	AVON, OH	Previous registration
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	National bd RIA	Jan 1, 2000	Jan 5, 2005	no	MENTOR, OH	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
EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES	STRATOS WEALTH ADVISORS LLC	Feb 12, 2019	Jan 17, 2019	-26	Firm change	RIA to RIA
FINANCIAL ENGINES ADVISOR CENTER, LLC	EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES	Nov 30, 2016	Nov 30, 2016	0	Bulk transfer	Other
THE MUTUAL FUND STORE	FINANCIAL ENGINES ADVISOR CENTER, LLC	Sep 4, 2015	Jul 21, 2015	-45	Channel change	Other
THE MUTUAL FUND STORE	THE MUTUAL FUND STORE	Nov 2, 2011	Nov 2, 2011	0	Firm change	Other
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	THE MUTUAL FUND STORE	Jan 5, 2005	May 9, 2005	124	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
104510:283816:OH:2019-02-12	Feb 12, 2019	Jan 17, 2019	AVON, OH	Firm change
159157:109238:OH:2015-09-04	Sep 4, 2015	Jul 21, 2015	AVON, OH	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ STRATOS WEALTH ADVISORS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 17, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
→ EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 30, 2016 to Feb 12, 2019factForm ADV
→ FINANCIAL ENGINES ADVISOR CENTER, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 21, 2015 to Nov 30, 2016factForm ADV
→ THE MUTUAL FUND STORERegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 2, 2011 to Sep 4, 2015factForm ADV
→ THE MUTUAL FUND STORERegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 9, 2005 to Nov 2, 2011factForm ADV
→ CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 1, 2000 to Jan 5, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

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