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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

Clayton Thomas Murdy

Cerity Partners LLCindependent RIASanta Barbara, Ca IA-onlyIAPD 4489494

Certified Financial Planner

Feed of 09/15/2026

Also filed as Clay Murdy

At current firm

1 y

since Apr 1, 2025

In the industry

24 y

since Jan 26, 2002 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S66

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants institutional current
since Apr 1, 2025 · New York, Ny
Cerity Partners LLC independent RIA current
since Apr 1, 2025 · Santa Barbara, Ca
West Coast Financial, LLC former
Jun 16, 2016 to Oct 13, 2025 · Santa Barbara, Ca
Pivot Independent Financial, LLC unclassified
Oct 19, 2012 to Aug 12, 2016 · Santa Barbara, Ca
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. BD affiliated
Aug 18, 2006 to Dec 31, 2012 · Santa Barbara, Ca
Centaurus Financial, Inc. BD affiliated
May 16, 2003 to Aug 18, 2006 · Santa Barbara, Ca
Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. BD affiliated
Jan 29, 2002 to May 22, 2003 · Santa Barbara , Ca

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

West Coast Financial, LLC to Cerity Partners LLC
left Oct 13, 2025, registered Apr 1, 2025 (-195 days) · RIA to RIA
Pivot Independent Financial, LLC to West Coast Financial, LLC
left Aug 12, 2016, registered Jun 16, 2016 (-57 days) · Other · moved with a team
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. to Pivot Independent Financial, LLC
left Dec 31, 2012, registered Oct 19, 2012 (-73 days) · Other
Centaurus Financial, Inc. to Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.
left Aug 18, 2006, registered Aug 18, 2006 (0 days) · Other
Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. to Centaurus Financial, Inc.
left May 22, 2003, registered May 16, 2003 (-6 days) · Other

Signals

Clayton Thomas Murdy left West Coast Financial, Llc for Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants (registered 2025-04-01)
Oct 13, 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: Independent wealth managerderived
Years in industry: 24derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address