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DAVID BRUCE RICHARDS

Advisor at GENERATIONAL WEALTH ADVISORS

FRISCO, TX | RICHARDSON, TX

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 11:55 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 7
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 6, 2002 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: GENERATIONAL WEALTH ADVISORS
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 1, 1986earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 40derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 11derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Mar 22, 1994
First registration: May 6, 2002
Dual registered: no
Other names: DAVE RICHARDS
IAPD individual key: 2462119

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
GENERATIONAL WEALTH ADVISORS	Independent wealth	Jun 10, 2015	n/a	yes	FRISCO, TX\|RICHARDSON, TX	Current employment
INDEX FUND ADVISORS, INC.	Independent wealth	Sep 15, 2014	Jun 1, 2015	no	FRISCO, TX\|IRVINE, CA	Previous registration
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Dec 18, 2008	Oct 14, 2014	no	FRISCO, TX	Previous registration
CHERRY BEKAERT WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC	Former SEC adviser	Mar 3, 2004	Dec 10, 2008	no	CHARLOTTE, NC	Previous registration
ERNST & YOUNG INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLP	No RAUM reported	Jul 28, 2003	Feb 10, 2004	no	CHARLOTTE, NC	Previous registration
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Oct 29, 2002	Jul 11, 2003	no	CHARLOTTE, NC	Previous registration
CAPITAL PLANNING GROUP	n/a	May 6, 2002	May 6, 2002	no	CHARLOTTE, NC	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
INDEX FUND ADVISORS, INC.	GENERATIONAL WEALTH ADVISORS	Jun 1, 2015	Jun 10, 2015	9	Firm change	Other
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	INDEX FUND ADVISORS, INC.	Oct 14, 2014	Sep 15, 2014	-29	Firm change	Other
CHERRY BEKAERT WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC	CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Dec 10, 2008	Dec 18, 2008	8	Firm change	Other
ERNST & YOUNG INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLP	CHERRY BEKAERT WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC	Feb 10, 2004	Mar 3, 2004	22	Firm change	Other
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	ERNST & YOUNG INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLP	Jul 11, 2003	Jul 28, 2003	17	Firm change	Other
CAPITAL PLANNING GROUP	CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	May 6, 2002	Oct 29, 2002	176	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (7)

→ GENERATIONAL WEALTH ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 10, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV
→ INDEX FUND ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 15, 2014 to Jun 1, 2015factForm ADV
→ CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 18, 2008 to Oct 14, 2014factForm ADV
→ CHERRY BEKAERT WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 3, 2004 to Dec 10, 2008factForm ADV
→ ERNST & YOUNG INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLPRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 28, 2003 to Feb 10, 2004factForm ADV
→ CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 29, 2002 to Jul 11, 2003factForm ADV
→ CAPITAL PLANNING GROUPRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 6, 2002 to May 6, 2002factForm ADV

Dated events

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