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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)42 years in industry

RICHARD FERRIS SAMARA

Advisor at PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLC

MORRISTOWN, NJ | Florham Park, NJ

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 4, 2003 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, 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: Jan 12, 1984earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 42derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 11derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Jan 12, 1984
First registration: Dec 4, 2003
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 1206973

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
PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 12, 2014	n/a	yes	Florham Park, NJ\|MORRISTOWN, NJ	Current employment
SUMMIT FINANCIAL RESOURCES INC	Former SEC adviser	Nov 19, 2004	Nov 10, 2014	no	PARSIPPANY, NJ	Previous registration
SUMMIT EQUITIES INC	Former SEC adviser	Nov 19, 2004	Nov 10, 2014	no	PARSIPPANY, NJ\|PARSIPPANY, NJ	Previous registration
CHASE INVESTMENT SERVICES CORP.	Former SEC adviser	Dec 4, 2003	Nov 19, 2004	no	NEW YORK, NY	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
SUMMIT FINANCIAL RESOURCES INC	PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLC	Nov 10, 2014	Nov 12, 2014	2	Firm change	Other
SUMMIT EQUITIES INC	SUMMIT FINANCIAL RESOURCES INC	Nov 10, 2014	Nov 19, 2004	-3,643	Firm change after gap	Other
CHASE INVESTMENT SERVICES CORP.	SUMMIT EQUITIES INC	Nov 19, 2004	Nov 19, 2004	0	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 12, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV
→ SUMMIT FINANCIAL RESOURCES INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 19, 2004 to Nov 10, 2014factForm ADV
→ SUMMIT EQUITIES INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 19, 2004 to Nov 10, 2014factForm ADV
→ CHASE INVESTMENT SERVICES CORP.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 4, 2003 to Nov 19, 2004factForm ADV

Dated events

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