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Registered advisor
Michael P Schessler
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as Michael Peter Schessler
At current firm
1 y
since Sep 8, 2025
In the industry
15 y
since Nov 30, 2010 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
3
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
1
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S63, S65
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
1
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Foundations Investment Advisors LLC independent RIA currentsince Sep 8, 2025 · Union City, Nj
- First Advisors National, LLC independent RIAJan 6, 2022 to Aug 29, 2025 · Chicago, Il
- Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC BD affiliatedNov 1, 2021 to Dec 22, 2021 · Naperville, Il
- Ameritas Advisory Services formerDec 1, 2020 to Nov 1, 2021 · Lincoln, Ne
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- First Advisors National, LLC to Foundations Investment Advisors LLCleft Aug 29, 2025, registered Sep 8, 2025 (10 days) · RIA to RIA
- Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC to First Advisors National, LLCleft Dec 22, 2021, registered Jan 6, 2022 (15 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
- Ameritas Advisory Services to Ameritas Advisory Services, LLCleft Nov 1, 2021, registered Nov 1, 2021 (0 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move
Signals
- Michael P Schessler left First Advisors National, Llc for Foundations Investment Advisors Llc (registered 2025-09-08)Aug 29, 2025 · 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
- Independent wealth managerderived
- Years in industry
- 15derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address