DFX Intelligence

RIA Intelligence

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

John Elson Howard

Focus Advisory, Ltd.state registeredGainesville, GaIA-onlyIAPD 2110089
Certified Financial Planner · Personal Financial Specialist
Feed of 09/14/2026
At current firm
1 y
since Jul 28, 2025
In the industry
35 y
since Nov 21, 1990 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
2
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
1
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S63
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
2
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
Signals
  • John Elson Howard left Mercer Global Advisors Inc. for Focus Advisory, Ltd. (registered 2025-07-28)
    Jul 25, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • John Elson Howard left Resource Planning Group, Ltd. for Mercer Global Advisors Inc. (registered 2022-12-19)
    Sep 20, 2023 · 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
STATE REGISTEREDderived
Years in industry
35derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published
disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address