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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

Adam William Paffenroth

Cetera Investment Advisers LLCBD affiliatedVienna, Va dual registrantIAPD 5375337

Certified Financial Planner · Chartered Financial Consultant

Feed of 09/15/2026

Also filed as Adam W Paffenroth

At current firm

0 y

since May 4, 2026

In the industry

10 y

since Jan 1, 2016 (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

Cetera Investment Advisers LLC BD affiliated current
since May 4, 2026 · Vienna, Va
Stifel Independent Advisors, LLC BD affiliated
Dec 4, 2023 to May 11, 2026 · Alexandria, Va
Morgan Stanley wirehouse
Sep 13, 2019 to Dec 13, 2023 · Alexandria, Va
Edward Jones national BD
Apr 25, 2016 to Sep 14, 2019 · Alexandria, Va

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Stifel Independent Advisors, LLC to Cetera Investment Advisers LLC
left May 11, 2026, registered May 4, 2026 (-7 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to another
Morgan Stanley to Stifel Independent Advisors, LLC
left Dec 13, 2023, registered Dec 4, 2023 (-9 days) · Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
Edward Jones to Morgan Stanley
left Sep 14, 2019, registered Sep 13, 2019 (-1 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to wirehouse

Signals

Adam William Paffenroth left Stifel Independent Advisors, Llc for Cetera Investment Advisers Llc (registered 2026-05-04)
May 11, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Adam William Paffenroth left Morgan Stanley for Stifel Independent Advisors, Llc (registered 2023-12-04)
Dec 13, 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: 10derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address