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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

Patrick Stephen Beale

Merit Financial AdvisorsBD affiliatedAngleton, Tx dual registrantIAPD 4761440

Feed of 09/14/2026

At current firm

1 y

since Aug 15, 2025

In the industry

22 y

since Apr 29, 2004 (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

Merit Financial Advisors BD affiliated current
since Aug 15, 2025 · Alpharetta, Ga
Global Wealth Advisors unclassified
Sep 11, 2023 to Jan 2, 2026 · Angleton, Tx
Commonwealth Financial Network national BD
Apr 12, 2023 to Aug 15, 2025 · San Diego, Ca
LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated
May 23, 2012 to Apr 14, 2023 · Pearland, Tx
Capital One Financial Advisors LLC unclassified
Oct 22, 2009 to May 18, 2012 · Houston, Tx
Chase Investment Services Corp. former
May 2, 2009 to Oct 14, 2009 · Webster, Tx
Wamu Investments, Inc. unclassified
Nov 10, 2008 to May 2, 2009 · Houston, Tx
A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. unclassified
Apr 29, 2004 to Mar 27, 2006 · Conroe, Tx

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Global Wealth Advisors to Merit Financial Advisors
left Jan 2, 2026, registered Aug 15, 2025 (-140 days) · Other · moved with a team
Commonwealth Financial Network to Global Wealth Advisors
left Aug 15, 2025, registered Sep 11, 2023 (-704 days) · Other · moved with a team
LPL Financial LLC to Commonwealth Financial Network
left Apr 14, 2023, registered Apr 12, 2023 (-2 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to another
Capital One Financial Advisors LLC to LPL Financial LLC
left May 18, 2012, registered May 23, 2012 (5 days) · Other
Chase Investment Services Corp. to Capital One Financial Advisors LLC
left Oct 14, 2009, registered Oct 22, 2009 (8 days) · Other
Wamu Investments, Inc. to Chase Investment Services Corp.
left May 2, 2009, registered May 2, 2009 (0 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. to Wamu Investments, Inc.
left Mar 27, 2006, registered Nov 10, 2008 (959 days) · Other

Signals

Patrick Stephen Beale left Global Wealth Advisors for Merit Financial Advisors (registered 2025-08-15)
Jan 2, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Patrick Stephen Beale left Commonwealth Financial Network for Global Wealth Advisors (registered 2023-09-11)
Aug 15, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Patrick Stephen Beale left Lpl Financial Llc for Commonwealth Financial Network (registered 2023-04-12)
Apr 14, 2023 · 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: 22derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address