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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)18 years in industry

MICHAEL RYAN FONTENOT

Advisor at KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.

CROWLEY, LA | FT. LAUDERDALE, FL

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 3:47 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 2
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Oct 15, 2007 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: KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.
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: Oct 12, 2007earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 18derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 17derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Oct 12, 2007
First registration: Oct 15, 2007
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: MICHAEL FONTENOT
IAPD individual key: 5364344

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
KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 13, 2009	n/a	yes	FT. LAUDERDALE, FL\|CROWLEY, LA	Current employment
FSC SECURITIES CORPORATION	Former SEC adviser	Oct 15, 2007	Apr 15, 2009	no	CROWLEY, LA	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
FSC SECURITIES CORPORATION	KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.	Apr 15, 2009	Apr 13, 2009	-2	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 13, 2009 to presentfactForm ADV
→ FSC SECURITIES CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 15, 2007 to Apr 15, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:d2a627cd-8cc6-6685-3d9f-ed93b0875b0d
First observed: Oct 15, 2007
Last observed: Sep 15, 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.

MICHAEL RYAN FONTENOT

Advisor at KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.

CROWLEY, LA | FT. LAUDERDALE, FL

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 3:47 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.

Bd affiliated wealth

Apr 13, 2009

n/a

yes

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL|CROWLEY, LA

Current employment

FSC SECURITIES CORPORATION

Former SEC adviser

Oct 15, 2007

Apr 15, 2009

CROWLEY, LA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

FSC SECURITIES CORPORATION

KOVACK ADVISORS, INC.

Apr 15, 2009

Apr 13, 2009

-2

Firm change

Other