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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner21 years in industry

PAUL D HORN

Advisor at BENEFIT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP

IRVINE, CA | Phoenix, AZ

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Relationships: 7
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 11, 2005 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: BENEFIT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP
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: Apr 8, 2005earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 21derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66|S65
First exam: Apr 8, 2005
First registration: Apr 11, 2005
Dual registered: no
Other names: PAUL DOUGLAS HORN
IAPD individual key: 4887249

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
BENEFIT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP	Independent wealth	Jul 24, 2019	n/a	yes	Phoenix, AZ\|IRVINE, CA	Current employment
ARK FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	n/a	Apr 24, 2019	Jul 18, 2019	no	AUSTIN, TX	Previous registration
FINANCIAL SENSE ADVISORS, INC.	Independent wealth	Apr 28, 2015	Mar 28, 2019	no	SAN DIEGO, CA	Previous registration
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Wirehouse	Dec 23, 2013	May 12, 2015	no	ANAHEIM HILLS, CA\|ANAHEIM, CA\|ENCINO, CA\|ANAHEIM, CA	Previous registration
USAA FINANCIAL PLANNING SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Aug 6, 2010	Dec 17, 2013	no	PHOENIX, AZ	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Aug 6, 2007	Jan 15, 2008	no	LOS ANGELES, CA\|LONG BEACH, CA\|UPLAND, CA\|IRVINE, CA	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO INVESTMENTS, LLC	n/a	Apr 11, 2005	May 15, 2007	no	ONTARIO, CA\|ONTARIO, CA\|ONTARIO, 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
ARK FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	BENEFIT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP	Jul 18, 2019	Jul 24, 2019	6	Firm change	Other
FINANCIAL SENSE ADVISORS, INC.	ARK FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Mar 28, 2019	Apr 24, 2019	27	Firm change	Other
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	FINANCIAL SENSE ADVISORS, INC.	May 12, 2015	Apr 28, 2015	-14	Firm change	Other
USAA FINANCIAL PLANNING SERVICES	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Dec 17, 2013	Dec 23, 2013	6	Firm change	Other
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	USAA FINANCIAL PLANNING SERVICES	Jan 15, 2008	Aug 6, 2010	934	Firm change after gap	Wirehouse to new firm
WELLS FARGO INVESTMENTS, LLC	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	May 15, 2007	Aug 6, 2007	83	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (7)

→ BENEFIT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUPRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 24, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
→ ARK FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 24, 2019 to Jul 18, 2019factForm ADV
→ FINANCIAL SENSE ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 28, 2015 to Mar 28, 2019factForm ADV
→ J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 23, 2013 to May 12, 2015factForm ADV
→ USAA FINANCIAL PLANNING SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 6, 2010 to Dec 17, 2013factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 6, 2007 to Jan 15, 2008factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO INVESTMENTS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 11, 2005 to May 15, 2007factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.