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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

Ryan Stephen Carter

Elm Wealth Advisorystate registeredPalm Beach Gardens, FlIA-onlyIAPD 5386443

Feed of 09/14/2026

Also filed as Ryan Carter

At current firm

0 y

since Dec 18, 2025

In the industry

18 y

since Dec 28, 2007 (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

Elm Wealth Advisory state registered current
since Dec 18, 2025 · Palm Beach Gardens, Fl
LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated
Sep 3, 2025 to Dec 19, 2025 · Palm Beach Gardens, Fl
Td Private Client Wealth LLC BD affiliated
Aug 17, 2023 to Sep 9, 2025 · West Palm Beach, Fl
Securian Financial Services, Inc. former
Jan 23, 2023 to May 10, 2023 · Palm Beach Gardens, Fl
Truehand, Inc. former
Aug 18, 2017 to Mar 22, 2022 · Strafford, Nh
Cetera Investment Advisers LLC BD affiliated
Sep 13, 2016 to Aug 7, 2017 · Portsmouth, Nh
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse
Dec 14, 2012 to Jun 8, 2016 · Manchester, Nh
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse
Dec 10, 2010 to Jan 12, 2011 · Manchester, Nh
Cetera Investment Services LLC former
Jan 31, 2008 to Sep 1, 2009 · Plaistow, Nh

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

LPL Financial LLC to Elm Wealth Advisory
left Dec 19, 2025, registered Dec 18, 2025 (-1 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to a state-registered adviser
Td Private Client Wealth LLC to LPL Financial LLC
left Sep 9, 2025, registered Sep 3, 2025 (-6 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to another
Securian Financial Services, Inc. to Td Private Client Wealth LLC
left May 10, 2023, registered Aug 17, 2023 (99 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
Truehand, Inc. to Securian Financial Services, Inc.
left Mar 22, 2022, registered Jan 23, 2023 (307 days) · RIA to RIA
Cetera Investment Advisers LLC to Truehand, Inc.
left Aug 7, 2017, registered Aug 18, 2017 (11 days) · Other
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Cetera Investment Advisers LLC
left Jun 8, 2016, registered Sep 13, 2016 (97 days) · Other
Cetera Investment Services LLC to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
left Sep 1, 2009, registered Dec 10, 2010 (465 days) · Other

Signals

Ryan Stephen Carter left Lpl Financial Llc for Elm Wealth Advisory (registered 2025-12-18)
Dec 19, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Ryan Stephen Carter left Td Private Client Wealth Llc for Lpl Financial Llc (registered 2025-09-03)
Sep 9, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Ryan Stephen Carter left Securian Financial Services, Inc. for Td Private Client Wealth Llc (registered 2023-08-17)
May 10, 2023 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Ryan Stephen Carter left Truehand, Inc. for Securian Financial Services, Inc. (registered 2023-01-23)
Mar 22, 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: STATE REGISTEREDderived
Years in industry: 18derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address