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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner22 years in industry

BRENTON WARWICK KESSEL

Advisor at ABACUS WEALTH PARTNERS

Santa Monica, CA | SANTA MONICA, CA

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:51 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 1
Observed: Jun 22, 2004 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

same identity by shared identifier, citation, or a bridge measured by hand

Private Equityidentity

Brenton W. Kessel

same person, same CRD on Schedule A · confidence 95% · family precision 100%

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: ABACUS WEALTH PARTNERS
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: Jan 1, 2004earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 22derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 22derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
First registration: Jun 22, 2004
Dual registered: no
Other names: BRENTON KESSEL|BRENTON W. KESSEL
IAPD individual key: 2826946

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
ABACUS WEALTH PARTNERS	Independent wealth	Jan 21, 2004	n/a	yes	SANTA MONICA, CA\|Santa Monica, CA	Current employment
ALIGN IMPACT, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 25, 2015	Jul 18, 2019	no	CALDWELL, ID	Previous registration
ABACUS PORTFOLIOS	n/a	Jun 22, 2004	Jan 21, 2010	no	PACIFIC PALISADES, 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
ALIGN IMPACT, LLC	n/a	Jul 18, 2019	n/a	n/a	Departure no registered destination	Departure
ABACUS PORTFOLIOS	ALIGN IMPACT, LLC	Jan 21, 2010	Sep 25, 2015	2,073	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ ABACUS WEALTH PARTNERSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 21, 2004 to presentfactForm ADV
→ ALIGN IMPACT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 25, 2015 to Jul 18, 2019factForm ADV
→ ABACUS PORTFOLIOSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 22, 2004 to Jan 21, 2010factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:e17d5621-d84a-c4e6-95b6-3fcf87abd8c0
First observed: Jun 22, 2004
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.

BRENTON WARWICK KESSEL

Advisor at ABACUS WEALTH PARTNERS

Santa Monica, CA | SANTA MONICA, CA

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Search this name across graphsid dfx:ria:e17d5621-d84a-c4e6-95b6-3fcf87abd8c0

Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:51 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

ABACUS WEALTH PARTNERS

Independent wealth

Jan 21, 2004

n/a

yes

SANTA MONICA, CA|Santa Monica, CA

Current employment

ALIGN IMPACT, LLC

Former SEC adviser

Sep 25, 2015

Jul 18, 2019

CALDWELL, ID

Previous registration

ABACUS PORTFOLIOS

n/a

Jun 22, 2004

Jan 21, 2010

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

ALIGN IMPACT, LLC

n/a

Jul 18, 2019

n/a

Departure no registered destination

Departure

ABACUS PORTFOLIOS

ALIGN IMPACT, LLC

Jan 21, 2010

Sep 25, 2015

2,073

Firm change after gap

Other