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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
Michael H Distefano
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as Michael Distefano
At current firm
8 y
since Jul 3, 2018
In the industry
27 y
since Oct 21, 1998 (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, S65
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
0
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Creativeone Wealth, LLC independent RIA currentsince Jul 3, 2018 · Mequon, Wi
- Riverwater Partners LLC independent RIAOct 21, 2016 to Sep 6, 2017 · Milwaukee, Wi
- Heartland Advisors, Inc. asset managerAug 3, 2004 to Jun 30, 2015 · Milwaukee, Wi
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Riverwater Partners LLC to Creativeone Wealth, LLCleft Sep 6, 2017, registered Jul 3, 2018 (300 days) · RIA to RIA
- Heartland Advisors, Inc. to Riverwater Partners LLCleft Jun 30, 2015, registered Oct 21, 2016 (479 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
- Independent wealth managerderived
- Years in industry
- 27derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address