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Registered advisor
Nicholas Hood
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as Nicholas G. Hood
At current firm
0 y
since Mar 4, 2026
In the industry
20 y
since Jul 1, 2006 (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
S66
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
2
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Esi Financial Advisors independent RIA currentsince Mar 4, 2026 · Timonium, Md
- Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. BD affiliatedNov 18, 2024 to Feb 4, 2026 · White Hall, Md
- MML Investors Services, LLC BD affiliatedOct 21, 2019 to Nov 19, 2024 · Hunt Valley, Md
- Park Avenue Securities LLC BD affiliatedMay 19, 2017 to Sep 9, 2019 · Hunt Valley, Md
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. to Esi Financial Advisorsleft Feb 4, 2026, registered Mar 4, 2026 (28 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
- MML Investors Services, LLC to Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.left Nov 19, 2024, registered Nov 18, 2024 (-1 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to another
- Park Avenue Securities LLC to MML Investors Services, LLCleft Sep 9, 2019, registered Oct 21, 2019 (42 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to another
Signals
- Nicholas Hood left Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. for Esi Financial Advisors (registered 2026-03-04)Feb 4, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Nicholas Hood left Mml Investors Services, Llc for Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. (registered 2024-11-18)Nov 19, 2024 · 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
- 20derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address