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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner31 years in industry

MATTHEW ARTHUR TARINI

Advisor at FOCUSED ALPHA, LLC

PHOENIX, AZ | GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 4:37 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 8, 1997 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: FOCUSED ALPHA, 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 27, 1995earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 31derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66|S63|S65
First exam: Jun 27, 1995
First registration: Jul 8, 1997
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 2566773

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
FOCUSED ALPHA, LLC	Independent wealth	Oct 30, 2024	n/a	yes	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO\|PHOENIX, AZ	Current employment
NATIONS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	Independent wealth	Feb 25, 2021	Oct 22, 2024	no	CEDAR RAPIDS, IA\|Phoenix, AZ	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Jul 10, 2009	Feb 26, 2021	no	PHOENIX, AZ	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Nov 26, 2008	Jul 10, 2009	no	TEMPE, AZ	Previous registration
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 3, 2003	Sep 5, 2003	no	CHANDLER, AZ	Previous registration
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 8, 1997	Sep 12, 2002	no	TEMPE, AZ	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
NATIONS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	FOCUSED ALPHA, LLC	Oct 22, 2024	Oct 30, 2024	8	Firm change	RIA to RIA
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	NATIONS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	Feb 26, 2021	Feb 25, 2021	-1	Firm change	Wirehouse to RIA
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Jul 10, 2009	Jul 10, 2009	0	Channel change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Sep 5, 2003	Nov 26, 2008	1,909	Firm change after gap	Other
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Sep 12, 2002	Sep 3, 2003	356	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ FOCUSED ALPHA, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 30, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ NATIONS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 25, 2021 to Oct 22, 2024factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 10, 2009 to Feb 26, 2021factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 26, 2008 to Jul 10, 2009factForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 3, 2003 to Sep 5, 2003factForm ADV
→ CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 8, 1997 to Sep 12, 2002factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Oct 22, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Matthew Arthur Tarini left Nations Financial Group, Inc. for Focused Alpha, Llc (registered 2024-10-30)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago