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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
Charles D Staples
Feed of 09/14/2026
At current firm
0 y
since Jan 5, 2026
In the industry
18 y
since Mar 1, 2008 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
3
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
2
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
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
- Geowealth Management LLC independent RIA currentsince Jan 5, 2026 · Chicago, Il
- First Ascent Asset Management, LLC formerMar 7, 2023 to Mar 25, 2024 · Benton, Ar
- Gyl Financial Synergies, LLC formerJan 27, 2020 to Jul 29, 2021 · Westport, Ct
- Firstwave Financial formerOct 31, 2017 to Feb 18, 2020 · Satellite Beach, Fl
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- First Ascent Asset Management, LLC to Geowealth Management LLCleft Mar 25, 2024, registered Jan 5, 2026 (651 days) · RIA to RIA · moved with a team
- Gyl Financial Synergies, LLC to First Ascent Asset Management, LLCleft Jul 29, 2021, registered Mar 7, 2023 (586 days) · RIA to RIA
- Firstwave Financial to Gyl Financial Synergies, LLCleft Feb 18, 2020, registered Jan 27, 2020 (-22 days) · RIA to RIA
Signals
- Charles D Staples left First Ascent Asset Management, Llc for Geowealth Management Llc (registered 2026-01-05)Mar 25, 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
- 18derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address