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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner33 years in industry

BRUCE LOUIS SUTHERLAND

Advisor at AMERICAN ELITE ADVISORY

Mabank, TX | CROWLEY, TX

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 28, 2008 to Sep 15, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: AMERICAN ELITE ADVISORY
Current firm class: state registeredderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Sep 13, 1993earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 33derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Sep 13, 1993
First registration: May 28, 2008
Dual registered: no
Other names: BRUCE LOUIS SUTHERLAND
IAPD individual key: 2365197

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
AMERICAN ELITE ADVISORY	State registered	Sep 5, 2019	n/a	yes	CROWLEY, TX\|Mabank, TX	Current employment
RETIREMENT PLANNERS OF AMERICA	Independent wealth	Apr 4, 2011	Nov 21, 2017	no	PLANO, TX	Previous registration
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 4, 2010	Jun 20, 2011	no	PLANO, TX	Previous registration
FIRST FINANCIAL EQUITY CORPORATION	Former SEC adviser	May 6, 2009	Jun 1, 2010	no	SCOTTSDALE, AZ\|ADDISON, TX	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	May 28, 2008	Mar 25, 2009	no	ADDISON, TX\|DALLAS, TX\|ADDISON, TX\|IRVING, TX	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
RETIREMENT PLANNERS OF AMERICA	AMERICAN ELITE ADVISORY	Nov 21, 2017	Sep 5, 2019	653	Firm change after gap	Other
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	RETIREMENT PLANNERS OF AMERICA	Jun 20, 2011	Apr 4, 2011	-77	Firm change after gap	Other
FIRST FINANCIAL EQUITY CORPORATION	CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Jun 1, 2010	Jun 4, 2010	3	Firm change	Other
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	FIRST FINANCIAL EQUITY CORPORATION	Mar 25, 2009	May 6, 2009	42	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ AMERICAN ELITE ADVISORYRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 5, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
→ RETIREMENT PLANNERS OF AMERICARegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 4, 2011 to Nov 21, 2017factForm ADV
→ CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 4, 2010 to Jun 20, 2011factForm ADV
→ FIRST FINANCIAL EQUITY CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 6, 2009 to Jun 1, 2010factForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 28, 2008 to Mar 25, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

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