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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

Christopher Douglas Begbie

Northern Trust Securities, IncBD affiliatedOakbrook Terrace, Il dual registrantIAPD 5691619

Certified Financial Planner

Feed of 09/15/2026

Also filed as Christopher Douglas Begbie

At current firm

0 y

since Sep 9, 2026

In the industry

14 y

since Oct 3, 2011 (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

Northern Trust Securities, Inc BD affiliated current
since Sep 9, 2026 · Riverside, Il
Good Life Advisors, LLC independent RIA
Jan 19, 2023 to Aug 21, 2026 · Celebration, Fl
LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated
Jul 21, 2021 to Oct 28, 2022 · Overland Park, Ks
Waddell & Reed former
Jun 13, 2018 to Jul 21, 2021 · Savage, Mn
Pnc Wealth Management BD affiliated
Aug 29, 2012 to Jul 29, 2013 · Basking Ridge, Nj
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse
Oct 3, 2011 to Aug 6, 2012 · Pennington, Nj

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Good Life Advisors, LLC to Northern Trust Securities, Inc
left Aug 21, 2026, registered Sep 9, 2026 (19 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
LPL Financial LLC to Good Life Advisors, LLC
left Oct 28, 2022, registered Jan 19, 2023 (83 days) · RIA to RIA
Waddell & Reed to LPL Financial LLC
left Jul 21, 2021, registered Jul 21, 2021 (0 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
Pnc Wealth Management to Waddell & Reed
left Jul 29, 2013, registered Jun 13, 2018 (1780 days) · Other
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Pnc Wealth Management
left Aug 6, 2012, registered Aug 29, 2012 (23 days) · Other

Signals

Christopher Douglas Begbie left Good Life Advisors, Llc for Northern Trust Securities, Inc (registered 2026-09-09)
Aug 21, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Christopher Douglas Begbie left Lpl Financial Llc for Good Life Advisors, Llc (registered 2023-01-19)
Oct 28, 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: 14derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address