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Registered advisor
Melissa Kay Sturgis
Feed of 09/14/2026
At current firm
0 y
since May 13, 2026
In the industry
34 y
since Mar 30, 1992 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
3
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
2
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S65, 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
- Umb Private Wealth Management, LLC mixed wealth currentsince May 13, 2026 · Kansas City, Mo
- Fiduciary Investment Trusts, LLC formerNov 21, 2019 to Mar 16, 2023 · Overland Park, Ks
- Prime Capital Financial mixed wealthJul 20, 2017 to Feb 21, 2025 · Overland Park, Ks
- Lawing Financial Inc formerAug 16, 2006 to Oct 13, 2017 · Overland Park, Ks
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Prime Capital Financial to Fiduciary Investment Trusts, LLCleft Feb 21, 2025, registered Nov 21, 2019 (-1919 days) · Other
- Fiduciary Investment Trusts, LLC to Umb Private Wealth Management, LLCleft Mar 16, 2023, registered May 13, 2026 (1154 days) · Other
- Lawing Financial Inc to Prime Capital Financialleft Oct 13, 2017, registered Jul 20, 2017 (-85 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
Signals
- Melissa Kay Sturgis left Prime Capital Financial for Fiduciary Investment Trusts, Llc (registered 2019-11-21)Feb 21, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Melissa Kay Sturgis left Fiduciary Investment Trusts, Llc for Umb Private Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2026-05-13)Mar 16, 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
- Wealth manager with institutional or fund businessderived
- Years in industry
- 34derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address