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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

Rikin Kaushik Patel

Emerson Equity LLCBD affiliatedSan Mateo, Ca dual registrantIAPD 4669036

Feed of 09/15/2026

At current firm

1 y

since Mar 27, 2025

In the industry

25 y

since Jan 1, 2001 (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

Emerson Equity LLC BD affiliated current
since Mar 27, 2025 · San Mateo, Ca
Kingswood Wealth Advisors, LLC BD affiliated
Jan 5, 2022 to Mar 25, 2025 · Fairfield, Nj
Benchmark Advisory Services, LLC no RAUM
May 22, 2020 to Jan 3, 2022 · San Diego, Ca
Stonex Advisors Inc. BD affiliated
Jun 30, 2016 to May 22, 2020 · Fairfield, Nj
Sterne Agee Asset Management, Inc. former
Aug 25, 2015 to Jun 30, 2016 · Fairfield, Nj

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Kingswood Wealth Advisors, LLC to Emerson Equity LLC
left Mar 25, 2025, registered Mar 27, 2025 (2 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to another · moved with a team
Benchmark Advisory Services, LLC to Kingswood Wealth Advisors, LLC
left Jan 3, 2022, registered Jan 5, 2022 (2 days) · RIA to RIA
Stonex Advisors Inc. to Benchmark Advisory Services, LLC
left May 22, 2020, registered May 22, 2020 (0 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
Sterne Agee Asset Management, Inc. to Stonex Advisors Inc.
left Jun 30, 2016, registered Jun 30, 2016 (0 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move

Signals

Rikin Kaushik Patel left Kingswood Wealth Advisors, Llc for Emerson Equity Llc (registered 2025-03-27)
Mar 25, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Rikin Kaushik Patel left Benchmark Advisory Services, Llc for Kingswood Wealth Advisors, Llc (registered 2022-01-05)
Jan 3, 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: Broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Years in industry: 25derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address