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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

Christopher Jon Powers

Merit Financial AdvisorsBD affiliatedAlpharetta, Ga dual registrantIAPD 4200968
Certified Financial Planner
Feed of 09/14/2026
At current firm
1 y
since Aug 15, 2025
In the industry
26 y
since Jul 21, 2000 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
3
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
2
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
Signals
  • Christopher Jon Powers left Global Wealth Advisors for Merit Financial Advisors (registered 2025-08-15)
    Jan 2, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Christopher Jon Powers left Commonwealth Financial Network for Global Wealth Advisors (registered 2023-09-09)
    Aug 15, 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
Broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Years in industry
26derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published
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