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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)32 years in industry

MARCELLA ANN HARKNESS

Advisor at INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

SAN DIEGO, 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, 7:53 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 16, 1997 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: INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, 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: Mar 24, 1994earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 32derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 20derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Mar 24, 1994
First registration: Dec 16, 1997
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: MACELLA ANN HARKNESS|MARCELLA ANN RUCH|MARCIE RUCH
IAPD individual key: 1441468

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
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Oct 21, 2005	n/a	yes	SAN DIEGO, CA	Current employment
CAPITAL GROWTH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES	n/a	Aug 23, 2016	Dec 31, 2016	no	San Diego, CA	Previous registration
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	n/a	Dec 15, 2003	Oct 21, 2005	no	CHULA VISTA, CA	Previous registration
SENTRA SECURITIES CORPORATION	n/a	Dec 16, 1997	Dec 19, 2003	no	CHULA VISTA, 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
CAPITAL GROWTH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES	n/a	Dec 31, 2016	n/a	n/a	Departure no registered destination	Departure
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	Oct 21, 2005	Oct 21, 2005	0	Firm change	Other
SENTRA SECURITIES CORPORATION	INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	Dec 19, 2003	Dec 15, 2003	-4	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 21, 2005 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CAPITAL GROWTH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 23, 2016 to Dec 31, 2016factForm ADV
→ INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 15, 2003 to Oct 21, 2005factForm ADV
→ SENTRA SECURITIES CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 16, 1997 to Dec 19, 2003factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:d28f2dd0-14a1-e097-8e09-1ffbdde75972
First observed: Dec 16, 1997
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.

MARCELLA ANN HARKNESS

Advisor at INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

SAN DIEGO, 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, 7:53 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Oct 21, 2005

n/a

yes

SAN DIEGO, CA

Current employment

CAPITAL GROWTH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES

n/a

Aug 23, 2016

Dec 31, 2016

San Diego, CA

Previous registration

INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

n/a

Dec 15, 2003

Oct 21, 2005

CHULA VISTA, CA

Previous registration

SENTRA SECURITIES CORPORATION

n/a

Dec 16, 1997

Dec 19, 2003

CHULA VISTA, CA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

CAPITAL GROWTH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES

n/a

Dec 31, 2016

n/a

Departure no registered destination

Departure

INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Oct 21, 2005

Firm change

Other

SENTRA SECURITIES CORPORATION

INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Dec 19, 2003

Dec 15, 2003

-4

Firm change

Other