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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
Kent B Smothers
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as Kent Brady Smothers
At current firm
1 y
since Jul 14, 2025
In the industry
26 y
since Mar 20, 2000 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
4
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
1
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S66, S63
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
1
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Edward Jones national BD currentsince Jul 14, 2025 · Battle Ground, Wa
- Empower Advisory Group, LLC BD affiliatedJan 8, 2021 to Jul 7, 2025 · Battleground, Wa
- Tpg Financial Advisors, LLC mixed wealthJan 28, 2019 to Sep 8, 2020 · Portland, Or
- Principal Securities, Inc. BD affiliatedFeb 27, 2007 to Jan 14, 2019 · Lake Oswego, Or
- Ameritas Advisory Services formerMar 28, 2006 to Feb 22, 2007 · Beaverton, Or
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Empower Advisory Group, LLC to Edward Jonesleft Jul 7, 2025, registered Jul 14, 2025 (7 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to another · moved with a team
- Tpg Financial Advisors, LLC to Empower Advisory Group, LLCleft Sep 8, 2020, registered Jan 8, 2021 (122 days) · Other
- Principal Securities, Inc. to Tpg Financial Advisors, LLCleft Jan 14, 2019, registered Jan 28, 2019 (14 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
- Ameritas Advisory Services to Principal Securities, Inc.left Feb 22, 2007, registered Feb 27, 2007 (5 days) · Other
Signals
- Kent B Smothers left Empower Advisory Group, Llc for Edward Jones (registered 2025-07-14)Jul 7, 2025 · 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
- National broker-dealer RIAderived
- Years in industry
- 26derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address