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Registered advisor
Laura Shelina Besaw
Certified Financial Planner
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as Laura Shelina Grieger
At current firm
0 y
since Aug 3, 2026
In the industry
10 y
since Aug 1, 2016 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
2
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
- Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C. independent RIA currentsince Aug 3, 2026 · Burien, Wa
- UBS Financial Services Inc. wirehouseApr 26, 2022 to May 7, 2026 · Bellevue, Wa
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseJan 13, 2021 to Apr 14, 2022 · Newcastle, Wa
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- UBS Financial Services Inc. to Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C.left May 7, 2026, registered Aug 3, 2026 (88 days) · Wirehouse to independent RIA
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to UBS Financial Services Inc.left Apr 14, 2022, registered Apr 26, 2022 (12 days) · Wirehouse to wirehouse · moved with a team
Signals
- Laura Shelina Besaw left Ubs Financial Services Inc. for Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C. (registered 2026-08-03)May 7, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Laura Shelina Besaw left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Ubs Financial Services Inc. (registered 2022-04-26)Apr 14, 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
- 10derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address