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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultant30 years in industry

CHRIS WESTON

Advisor at RIA ADVISORY GROUP, LLC

DES MOINES, IA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 7
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 1, 2004 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: RIA ADVISORY GROUP, 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: Feb 20, 1996earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 30derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultant
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Feb 20, 1996
First registration: Jul 1, 2004
Dual registered: no
Other names: CHRIS L WESTON|CHRIS LEE WESTON
IAPD individual key: 2705903

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
RIA ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Independent wealth	Oct 9, 2024	n/a	yes	DES MOINES, IA	Current employment
SECURITIES AMERICA ADVISORS, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Apr 26, 2023	Dec 20, 2023	no	WEST DES MOINES, IA	Previous registration
BELPOINTE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC	Independent wealth	Sep 22, 2021	Oct 12, 2022	no	RENO, NV\|Norwalk, IA	Previous registration
WADDELL & REED	Former SEC adviser	Dec 13, 2012	Apr 30, 2021	no	NORWALK, IA\|WAUKESHA, WI\|SAVAGE, MN	Previous registration
SECURITIES AMERICA ADVISORS, INC.	Former SEC adviser	May 1, 2007	Dec 18, 2012	no	DES MOINES, IA	Previous registration
CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC	Former SEC adviser	Apr 17, 2006	Mar 30, 2007	no	CHARITON, IA	Previous registration
INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION	Former SEC adviser	Jul 1, 2004	Apr 17, 2006	no	DES MOINES, IA\|DES MOINES, IA	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
SECURITIES AMERICA ADVISORS, INC.	RIA ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Dec 20, 2023	Oct 9, 2024	294	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
BELPOINTE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC	SECURITIES AMERICA ADVISORS, INC.	Oct 12, 2022	Apr 26, 2023	196	Firm change	RIA to ibd
WADDELL & REED	BELPOINTE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC	Apr 30, 2021	Sep 22, 2021	145	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
SECURITIES AMERICA ADVISORS, INC.	WADDELL & REED	Dec 18, 2012	Dec 13, 2012	-5	Firm change	Other
CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC	SECURITIES AMERICA ADVISORS, INC.	Mar 30, 2007	May 1, 2007	32	Firm change	Other
INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION	CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC	Apr 17, 2006	Apr 17, 2006	0	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ RIA ADVISORY GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 9, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ SECURITIES AMERICA ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 26, 2023 to Dec 20, 2023factForm ADV
→ BELPOINTE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 22, 2021 to Oct 12, 2022factForm ADV
→ WADDELL & REEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 13, 2012 to Apr 30, 2021factForm ADV
→ CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 17, 2006 to Mar 30, 2007factForm ADV
→ INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 1, 2004 to Apr 17, 2006factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Dec 20, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Chris Weston left Securities America Advisors, Inc. for Ria Advisory Group, Llc (registered 2024-10-09)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Oct 12, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Chris Weston left Belpointe Asset Management Llc for Securities America Advisors, Inc. (registered 2023-04-26)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago