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Registered advisor
Chad Ian Akselrad
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as Chad Akselrad
At current firm
0 y
since Jun 19, 2026
In the industry
29 y
since Aug 1, 1997 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
8
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
2
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S63, S66
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
4
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC national BD currentsince Jun 19, 2026 · Hauppauge, Ny
- Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. BD affiliatedOct 30, 2023 to Nov 3, 2025 · Newtown, Pa
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseMay 16, 2023 to Oct 20, 2023 · Doylestown, Pa
- Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. national BDOct 21, 2022 to May 8, 2023 · Horsham, Pa
- Thrive Capital Management, LLC independent RIAMay 10, 2021 to Sep 28, 2022 · Fort Washington, Pa
- Citizens Securities, Inc. BD affiliatedMar 24, 2021 to Apr 19, 2021 · Conshohocken, Pa
- Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouseNov 1, 2019 to Feb 16, 2021 · Radnor, Pa
- Hsbc Securities (USA) Inc. BD affiliatedApr 4, 2018 to Aug 14, 2019 · Philadelphia, Pa
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseDec 13, 2017 to Mar 19, 2018 · Pennington, Nj
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. to Ameriprise Financial Services, LLCleft Nov 3, 2025, registered Jun 19, 2026 (228 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to another
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.left Oct 20, 2023, registered Oct 30, 2023 (10 days) · Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
- Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft May 8, 2023, registered May 16, 2023 (8 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to wirehouse
- Thrive Capital Management, LLC to Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.left Sep 28, 2022, registered Oct 21, 2022 (23 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
- Citizens Securities, Inc. to Thrive Capital Management, LLCleft Apr 19, 2021, registered May 10, 2021 (21 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
- Wells Fargo Advisors to Citizens Securities, Inc.left Feb 16, 2021, registered Mar 24, 2021 (36 days) · Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
- Hsbc Securities (USA) Inc. to Wells Fargo Advisorsleft Aug 14, 2019, registered Nov 1, 2019 (79 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to wirehouse
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Hsbc Securities (USA) Inc.left Mar 19, 2018, registered Apr 4, 2018 (16 days) · Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
Signals
- Chad Ian Akselrad left Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. for Ameriprise Financial Services, Llc (registered 2026-06-19)Nov 3, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Chad Ian Akselrad left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. (registered 2023-10-30)Oct 20, 2023 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Chad Ian Akselrad left Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2023-05-16)May 8, 2023 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Chad Ian Akselrad left Thrive Capital Management, Llc for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (registered 2022-10-21)Sep 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
- National broker-dealer RIAderived
- Years in industry
- 29derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address