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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 Charles Brown

Hightower Advisors, LLCBD affiliatedChicago, Il dual registrantIAPD 715584

Feed of 09/14/2026

At current firm

0 y

since Apr 23, 2026

In the industry

38 y

since Nov 25, 1987 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S63, S65

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

Hightower Advisors, LLC BD affiliated current
since Apr 23, 2026 · Boynton Beach, Fl
Journey Strategic Wealth LLC former
Jan 25, 2021 to Apr 8, 2026 · Summit, Nj
Dynasty Wealth Management, LLC asset manager
Apr 13, 2016 to Dec 19, 2018 · St. Petersburg, Fl
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse
Oct 23, 2009 to Dec 14, 2010 · New York, Ny
Banc Of America Investment Services, Inc. unclassified
Jan 13, 2004 to Oct 23, 2009 · New York, Ny

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Journey Strategic Wealth LLC to Hightower Advisors, LLC
left Apr 8, 2026, registered Apr 23, 2026 (15 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
Dynasty Wealth Management, LLC to Journey Strategic Wealth LLC
left Dec 19, 2018, registered Jan 25, 2021 (768 days) · RIA to a newly registered adviser · moved with a team
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Dynasty Wealth Management, LLC
left Dec 14, 2010, registered Apr 13, 2016 (1947 days) · Other
Banc Of America Investment Services, Inc. to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
left Oct 23, 2009, registered Oct 23, 2009 (0 days) · corporate re-registration, not a move

Signals

Michael Charles Brown left Journey Strategic Wealth Llc for Hightower Advisors, Llc (registered 2026-04-23)
Apr 8, 2026 · 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: 38derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address