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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Analyst24 years in industry

GRACE SHEFFIELD BRETTKELLY

Advisor at CERITY PARTNERS LLC

San Francisco, CA | NEW YORK, NY

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 2, 2005 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: CERITY PARTNERS 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: May 30, 2002earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 24derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Analyst
Exams: S63
First exam: May 30, 2002
First registration: Aug 2, 2005
Dual registered: no
Other names: GRACE SHEFFIELD PATTERSON|GRACE WACKER SHEFFIELD|GRACE WACKER BRETTKELLY
IAPD individual key: 2958813

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
CERITY PARTNERS LLC	Independent wealth	Jan 1, 2025	n/a	yes	San Francisco, CA\|NEW YORK, NY	Current employment
CAPITAL MARKETS IQ, LLC	Independent wealth	Oct 7, 2016	Dec 9, 2024	no	San Francisco, CA	Previous registration
ASSOCIATED SECURITIES CORP.	n/a	Sep 23, 2005	Aug 18, 2006	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA\|SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Previous registration
NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)	Former SEC adviser	Aug 2, 2005	Sep 23, 2005	no	SAN FRANCISCO, 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
CAPITAL MARKETS IQ, LLC	CERITY PARTNERS LLC	Dec 9, 2024	Jan 1, 2025	23	Firm change	RIA to RIA
ASSOCIATED SECURITIES CORP.	CAPITAL MARKETS IQ, LLC	Aug 18, 2006	Oct 7, 2016	3,703	Firm change after gap	Other
NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)	ASSOCIATED SECURITIES CORP.	Sep 23, 2005	Sep 23, 2005	0	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ CERITY PARTNERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 1, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CAPITAL MARKETS IQ, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 7, 2016 to Dec 9, 2024factForm ADV
→ ASSOCIATED SECURITIES CORP.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 23, 2005 to Aug 18, 2006factForm ADV
→ NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 2, 2005 to Sep 23, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Dec 9, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Grace Sheffield Brettkelly left Capital Markets Iq, Llc for Cerity Partners Llc (registered 2025-01-01)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago