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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

Benjamin Bantug Almeda

Hightower Advisors, LLCBD affiliatedFresno, Tx dual registrantIAPD 4804925

Certified Financial Planner

Feed of 09/15/2026

Also filed as Benjamin Bantug Almeda

At current firm

1 y

since Dec 4, 2024

In the industry

22 y

since Jul 8, 2004 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S63, S66

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

Hightower Advisors, LLC BD affiliated current
since Dec 4, 2024 · Chicago, Il
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. national BD
Jan 26, 2022 to Nov 30, 2024 · Southlake, Tx
Td Ameritrade Investment Management, LLC former
May 13, 2016 to Sep 7, 2023 · Bellevue, Wa
Td Ameritrade, Inc. former
May 13, 2016 to Oct 14, 2022 · Bellevue, Wa
Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse
Jun 24, 2014 to Apr 25, 2016 · Issaquah, Wa
Td Ameritrade Investment Management, LLC former
Jan 31, 2013 to Jun 16, 2014 · Bellevue, Wa
Td Ameritrade, Inc. former
Jan 31, 2013 to Jun 16, 2014 · Bellevue, Wa
Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. BD affiliated
Sep 28, 2012 to Jan 17, 2013 · Houston, Tx
Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC national BD
Jul 8, 2004 to Feb 2, 2007 · Orlando, Fl

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. to Hightower Advisors, LLC
left Nov 30, 2024, registered Dec 4, 2024 (4 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to another
Td Ameritrade Investment Management, LLC to Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
left Sep 7, 2023, registered Jan 26, 2022 (-589 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
Td Ameritrade, Inc. to Td Ameritrade Investment Management, LLC
left Oct 14, 2022, registered May 13, 2016 (-2345 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
Wells Fargo Advisors to Td Ameritrade, Inc.
left Apr 25, 2016, registered May 13, 2016 (18 days) · Other
Td Ameritrade, Inc. to Td Ameritrade Investment Management, LLC
left Jun 16, 2014, registered Jan 31, 2013 (-501 days) · channel change inside one enterprise, not a move
Td Ameritrade Investment Management, LLC to Wells Fargo Advisors
left Jun 16, 2014, registered Jun 24, 2014 (8 days) · Other
Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. to Td Ameritrade, Inc.
left Jan 17, 2013, registered Jan 31, 2013 (14 days) · Other
Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC to Valic Financial Advisors, Inc.
left Feb 2, 2007, registered Sep 28, 2012 (2065 days) · Other

Signals

Benjamin Bantug Almeda left Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. for Hightower Advisors, Llc (registered 2024-12-04)
Nov 30, 2024 · 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