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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

Michael Pikkarainen

LPL Financial LLCBD affiliatedRochester, Mndual registrantIAPD 5982881

Feed of 09/14/2026

Also filed as Michael D Pikkarainen

At current firm

1 y

since Apr 2, 2025

In the industry

14 y

since Dec 7, 2011 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S66, S63

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated current
since Apr 2, 2025 · Rochester, Mn
Cetera Investment Advisers LLC BD affiliated
Jul 13, 2022 to Apr 2, 2025 · Rochester, Mn
Stiles Financial Services, Inc. independent RIA
Nov 12, 2021 to Jun 16, 2022 · Edina, Mn
Brp Capital LLC unclassified
Feb 21, 2018 to Oct 1, 2021 · Corcoran, Mn
Vantage Point Wealth Management independent RIA
May 9, 2014 to Feb 26, 2018 · Plymouth, Mn
LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated
Jun 11, 2013 to Jan 25, 2016 · Plymouth, Mn
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse
Dec 8, 2011 to Apr 16, 2013 · Minneapolis, Mn

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Cetera Investment Advisers LLC to LPL Financial LLC
left Apr 2, 2025, registered Apr 2, 2025 (0 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to another
Stiles Financial Services, Inc. to Cetera Investment Advisers LLC
left Jun 16, 2022, registered Jul 13, 2022 (27 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
Brp Capital LLC to Stiles Financial Services, Inc.
left Oct 1, 2021, registered Nov 12, 2021 (42 days) · Other
Vantage Point Wealth Management to Brp Capital LLC
left Feb 26, 2018, registered Feb 21, 2018 (-5 days) · Other
LPL Financial LLC to Vantage Point Wealth Management
left Jan 25, 2016, registered May 9, 2014 (-626 days) · Other
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to LPL Financial LLC
left Apr 16, 2013, registered Jun 11, 2013 (56 days) · Other

Signals

Michael Pikkarainen left Cetera Investment Advisers Llc for Lpl Financial Llc (registered 2025-04-02)
Apr 2, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Michael Pikkarainen left Stiles Financial Services, Inc. for Cetera Investment Advisers Llc (registered 2022-07-13)
Jun 16, 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