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RIA / WealthAdvisorChartered Financial Consultantdual registered (broker-dealer)42 years in industrynot currently registered

JOHN WILLIAM CHALLAS

Advisor at COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

Bloomington, MN | Shakopee, MN

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 17, 2009 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK
Current firm class: national broker-dealer RIAderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Apr 6, 1984earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 42derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Chartered Financial Consultant
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Apr 6, 1984
First registration: Sep 17, 2009
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: JOHN W CHALLAS|John William Challas|JOHN CHALLAS
IAPD individual key: 1244813

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
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	National bd RIA	Sep 7, 2022	n/a	yes	Bloomington, MN\|Shakopee, MN	Current employment
CENTAURUS FINANCIAL, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 10, 2021	Jul 20, 2022	no	Spakopee, MN\|ANAHEIM, CA\|Shakopee, MN	Previous registration
QUESTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Mar 19, 2015	May 2, 2019	no	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	Previous registration
ASSOCIATED INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Independent wealth	Aug 30, 2011	Feb 19, 2015	no	GREEN BAY, WI	Previous registration
SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Sep 17, 2009	Jul 5, 2011	no	ST PAUL, MN\|Overland Park, KS\|ST. LOUIS, MO\|ST PAUL, MN	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
CENTAURUS FINANCIAL, INC.	COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	Jul 20, 2022	Sep 7, 2022	49	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
QUESTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.	CENTAURUS FINANCIAL, INC.	May 2, 2019	Jun 10, 2021	770	Firm change after gap	Ibd to ibd
ASSOCIATED INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	QUESTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.	Feb 19, 2015	Mar 19, 2015	28	Firm change	Other
SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	ASSOCIATED INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Jul 5, 2011	Aug 30, 2011	56	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORKRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 7, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CENTAURUS FINANCIAL, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 10, 2021 to Jul 20, 2022factForm ADV
→ QUESTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 19, 2015 to May 2, 2019factForm ADV
→ ASSOCIATED INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 30, 2011 to Feb 19, 2015factForm ADV
→ SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 17, 2009 to Jul 5, 2011factForm ADV

Dated events

1 bookkeeping events (roster, classification and holdings changes) folded below

Occurred
Jul 20, 2022
Advisor changed firm
John William Challas left Centaurus Financial, Inc. for Commonwealth Financial Network (registered 2022-09-07)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Show 1 bookkeeping events

First seen by DFX
Sep 21, 2026
date not stated
John William Challas no longer holds an investment adviser registration (last listed at Commonwealth Financial Network on the 2026-09-19 feed)