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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

Registered advisor

Michael Carl Wells

The Better 401(K) Sourcestate registeredPlano, TxIA-onlyIAPD 1069031

Feed of 09/14/2026

Also filed as Mike Carl Wells

At current firm

9 y

since Jun 26, 2017

In the industry

35 y

since Aug 16, 1991 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S65, S63, S66

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

The Better 401(K) Source state registered current
since Jun 26, 2017 · Plano, Tx
Index Fund Advisors, Inc. independent RIA
Jan 2, 2015 to Nov 19, 2015 · Plano, Tx
Chase Investment Services Corp. former
Jan 25, 2005 to Jan 19, 2006 · Lewisville, Tx
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse
Dec 1, 1999 to Jan 15, 2004 · Irving, Tx

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Index Fund Advisors, Inc. to The Better 401(K) Source
left Nov 19, 2015, registered Jun 26, 2017 (585 days) · Other
Chase Investment Services Corp. to Index Fund Advisors, Inc.
left Jan 19, 2006, registered Jan 2, 2015 (3270 days) · Other
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Chase Investment Services Corp.
left Jan 15, 2004, registered Jan 25, 2005 (376 days) · Other

Signals

No dated event on this person.

Transition signals

Mobility scoring is not published yet. The observable conditions this page will draw on once the historical validation is done: tenure, the firm’s own departures and ownership changes, new state registrations, a new adviser entity with this person on Schedule A, and colleagues’ moves. Until precision and lead time are measured on known moves, no label is printed. Read the methodology.

Provenance

Source: IAPD individual compilation feedreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
Firm class: STATE REGISTEREDderived
Years in industry: 35derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address