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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

Helene Shafiyan

Wedbush Securities Inc.BD affiliatedCleveland, Oh dual registrantIAPD 1086870

Feed of 09/15/2026

Also filed as Helene Kerner

At current firm

1 y

since Sep 3, 2025

In the industry

42 y

since Mar 28, 1984 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S65, S63

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

Wedbush Securities Inc. BD affiliated current
since Sep 3, 2025 · Pasadena, Ca
Mcdonald Partners LLC independent RIA
Dec 23, 2019 to Sep 4, 2025 · Cleveland, Oh
Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse
Jan 27, 2012 to Dec 10, 2012 · Cleveland, Oh
Securities America Advisors, Inc. former
Nov 2, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 · Mayfield Heights, Oh
Morgan Stanley wirehouse
Jun 1, 2009 to Nov 23, 2009 · Cleveland, Oh
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. BD affiliated
Feb 15, 2005 to Jun 1, 2009 · Cleveland, Oh

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Mcdonald Partners LLC to Wedbush Securities Inc.
left Sep 4, 2025, registered Sep 3, 2025 (-1 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank · moved with a team
Wells Fargo Advisors to Mcdonald Partners LLC
left Dec 10, 2012, registered Dec 23, 2019 (2569 days) · Wirehouse to independent RIA
Securities America Advisors, Inc. to Wells Fargo Advisors
left Dec 31, 2011, registered Jan 27, 2012 (27 days) · Other
Morgan Stanley to Securities America Advisors, Inc.
left Nov 23, 2009, registered Nov 2, 2009 (-21 days) · Other
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. to Morgan Stanley
left Jun 1, 2009, registered Jun 1, 2009 (0 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move

Signals

Helene Shafiyan left Mcdonald Partners Llc for Wedbush Securities Inc. (registered 2025-09-03)
Sep 4, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact

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: Broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Years in industry: 42derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address