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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
Melissa Ann Darden
Feed of 09/15/2026
Also filed as Melissa Russo
At current firm
6 y
since Nov 8, 2019
In the industry
37 y
since Jul 11, 1989 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
2
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
2
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S63, S66
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
0
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Private Advisor Group, LLC BD affiliated currentsince Nov 8, 2019 · Morristown, Nj
- Advantage Investment Management, LLC formerDec 4, 2008 to Dec 31, 2019 · Cedar Rapids, Ia
- J.R. Russo Investment Advisors unclassifiedJul 6, 2006 to Jan 15, 2009 · Cedar Rapids, Ia
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Advantage Investment Management, LLC to Private Advisor Group, LLCleft Dec 31, 2019, registered Nov 8, 2019 (-53 days) · RIA to RIA · moved with a team
- J.R. Russo Investment Advisors to Advantage Investment Management, LLCleft Jan 15, 2009, registered Dec 4, 2008 (-42 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
- Broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
- Years in industry
- 37derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address