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

CARLOS RAFAEL BENAVIDES

Advisor at LPL FINANCIAL LLC

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 7:33 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 3, 2008 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: LPL FINANCIAL 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: Nov 19, 2007earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 18derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 11derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Nov 19, 2007
First registration: Dec 3, 2008
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: CARLOS RAFAEL BENAVIDES|CARLOS RAFAEL BENAVIDES HERRERA|CARLOS RAFAEL BENAVIDES|CARLOS R BENAVIDES
IAPD individual key: 5425251

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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 20, 2015	n/a	yes	SAN ANTONIO, TX\|EAGLE PASS, TX\|UVALDE, TX\|UVALDE, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX\|BROWNSVILLE, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX\|HELOTES, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX\|DEL RIO, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX\|DEL RIO, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX\|AUSTIN, TX\|NORTH MARBLE FALLS, TX\|SAN ANTONIO, TX	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Jan 7, 2013	Mar 23, 2015	no	SAN ANTONIO, TX	Previous registration
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 8, 2012	Jan 7, 2013	no	MCALLEN, TX\|LOS ANGELES, CA	Previous registration
CHASE INVESTMENT SERVICES CORP.	Former SEC adviser	Dec 3, 2008	Nov 19, 2010	no	MCALLEN, TX	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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Mar 23, 2015	Jul 20, 2015	119	Firm change	Other
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Jan 7, 2013	Jan 7, 2013	0	Firm change	Other
CHASE INVESTMENT SERVICES CORP.	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Nov 19, 2010	Nov 8, 2012	720	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 20, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 7, 2013 to Mar 23, 2015factForm ADV
→ CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 8, 2012 to Jan 7, 2013factForm ADV
→ CHASE INVESTMENT SERVICES CORP.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 3, 2008 to Nov 19, 2010factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:d813df28-eb62-abba-8b70-851b4b5dc52b
First observed: Dec 3, 2008
Last observed: Sep 15, 2026 6 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.

CARLOS RAFAEL BENAVIDES

Advisor at LPL FINANCIAL LLC

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 7:33 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.