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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

Richard Ahrens

Clearstead; Clearstead Advisory Solutionsindependent RIACleveland, OhIA-onlyIAPD 2569915

Certified Financial Planner

Feed of 09/14/2026

Also filed as Richard A Ahrens

At current firm

1 y

since Oct 14, 2024

In the industry

30 y

since Aug 16, 1996 (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

Clearstead; Clearstead Advisory Solutions independent RIA current
since Oct 14, 2024 · Cleveland, Oh
Independence Wealth Advisors, LLC independent RIA
May 5, 2020 to Sep 19, 2024 · Independence, Oh
Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd. independent RIA
May 19, 2015 to Feb 11, 2022 · Independence, Oh
Hickory Asset Management, Inc. former
Mar 24, 2014 to Oct 23, 2014 · Concord, Oh
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. BD affiliated
Aug 20, 2013 to Mar 12, 2014 · Cleveland, Oh
Osaic Fa, Inc. former
May 7, 2003 to May 2, 2007 · Solon, Oh

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Independence Wealth Advisors, LLC to Clearstead; Clearstead Advisory Solutions
left Sep 19, 2024, registered Oct 14, 2024 (25 days) · RIA to RIA
Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd. to Independence Wealth Advisors, LLC
left Feb 11, 2022, registered May 5, 2020 (-647 days) · RIA to RIA · moved with a team
Hickory Asset Management, Inc. to Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd.
left Oct 23, 2014, registered May 19, 2015 (208 days) · Other
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. to Hickory Asset Management, Inc.
left Mar 12, 2014, registered Mar 24, 2014 (12 days) · Other
Osaic Fa, Inc. to Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.
left May 2, 2007, registered Aug 20, 2013 (2302 days) · Other

Signals

Richard Ahrens left Independence Wealth Advisors, Llc for Clearstead; Clearstead Advisory Solutions (registered 2024-10-14)
Sep 19, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Richard Ahrens left Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd. for Independence Wealth Advisors, Llc (registered 2020-05-05)
Feb 11, 2022 · 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: Independent wealth managerderived
Years in industry: 30derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address