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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

Michael Dwaine Watson

Valmark Advisers, Inc.BD affiliatedSan Francisco, Ca dual registrantIAPD 4932054
Certified Financial Planner
Feed of 09/15/2026
At current firm
3 y
since Mar 17, 2023
In the industry
19 y
since Sep 29, 2006 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
2
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
6
current, as an IAR
Firms today
2
current registrations
Exams
S65, S63
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
1
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
Signals
  • Michael Dwaine Watson left Independent Financial Group, Llc for Valmark Advisers, Inc. (registered 2023-03-17)
    Sep 1, 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
19derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published
disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address