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RIA Intelligence
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 William Kautz
Certified Financial Planner
Feed of 09/15/2026
Also filed as Ben Kautz
At current firm
4 y
since Sep 16, 2022
In the industry
16 y
since Jun 9, 2010 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
2
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
7
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
n/a
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
0
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Mercer Global Advisors Inc. independent RIA currentsince Sep 16, 2022 · Ann Arbor, Mi
- Destination Wealth Management independent RIAApr 14, 2011 to Jul 9, 2014 · Walnut Creek, Ca
- Summit Financial Strategies Inc independent RIAJun 9, 2010 to Mar 4, 2011 · Columbus, Oh
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Destination Wealth Management to Mercer Global Advisors Inc.left Jul 9, 2014, registered Sep 16, 2022 (2991 days) · Other
- Summit Financial Strategies Inc to Destination Wealth Managementleft Mar 4, 2011, registered Apr 14, 2011 (41 days) · Other
Signals
No dated event on this person.
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
- Independent wealth managerderived
- Years in industry
- 16derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address