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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

Nickolas Ryan Minard

Root Financial Partnersindependent RIAAustin, Tx IA-onlyIAPD 6431806

Feed of 09/14/2026

Also filed as Nickolas Minard

At current firm

1 y

since Aug 20, 2025

In the industry

11 y

since Nov 1, 2014 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S63, S66

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

Root Financial Partners independent RIA current
since Aug 20, 2025 · Denver, Co
Confidence Wealth Management, Inc. independent RIA
May 31, 2022 to Aug 24, 2022 · Los Angeles, Ca
Trajan Wealth, L.L.C. independent RIA
Mar 26, 2021 to Jun 8, 2022 · Scottsdale, Az
Vanguard Advisers, Inc. BD affiliated
Dec 2, 2020 to Feb 11, 2021 · Scottsdale, Az
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse
Nov 30, 2018 to Sep 28, 2020 · Jenkintown, Pa
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. national BD
Mar 26, 2018 to Aug 31, 2018 · Phoenix, Az

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Confidence Wealth Management, Inc. to Root Financial Partners
left Aug 24, 2022, registered Aug 20, 2025 (1092 days) · RIA to RIA
Trajan Wealth, L.L.C. to Confidence Wealth Management, Inc.
left Jun 8, 2022, registered May 31, 2022 (-8 days) · RIA to RIA
Vanguard Advisers, Inc. to Trajan Wealth, L.L.C.
left Feb 11, 2021, registered Mar 26, 2021 (43 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Vanguard Advisers, Inc.
left Sep 28, 2020, registered Dec 2, 2020 (65 days) · Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
left Aug 31, 2018, registered Nov 30, 2018 (91 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to wirehouse · moved with a team

Signals

Nickolas Ryan Minard left Confidence Wealth Management, Inc. for Root Financial Partners (registered 2025-08-20)
Aug 24, 2022 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Nickolas Ryan Minard left Trajan Wealth, L.L.C. for Confidence Wealth Management, Inc. (registered 2022-05-31)
Jun 8, 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: Independent wealth managerderived
Years in industry: 11derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address