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RIA Intelligence

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 Anthony Kiernan

Summit Financial, LLCBD affiliatedWest Warwick, RiIA-onlyIAPD 7273412

Certified Financial Planner

Feed of 09/14/2026

At current firm

1 y

since Jul 1, 2025

In the industry

11 y

since Apr 1, 2015 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S66

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

Summit Financial, LLC BD affiliated current
since Jul 1, 2025 · West Warwick, Ri
The Patriot Financial Group, LLC independent RIA
Oct 20, 2021 to Jul 3, 2025 · Walpole, Ma
Citizens Securities, Inc. BD affiliated
Jun 14, 2021 to Aug 30, 2021 · Johnston, Ri
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse
May 17, 2021 to May 25, 2021 · New York, Ny

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

The Patriot Financial Group, LLC to Summit Financial, LLC
left Jul 3, 2025, registered Jul 1, 2025 (-2 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank · moved with a team
Citizens Securities, Inc. to The Patriot Financial Group, LLC
left Aug 30, 2021, registered Oct 20, 2021 (51 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Citizens Securities, Inc.
left May 25, 2021, registered Jun 14, 2021 (20 days) · Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank

Signals

Michael Anthony Kiernan left The Patriot Financial Group, Llc for Summit Financial, Llc (registered 2025-07-01)
Jul 3, 2025 · 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: 11derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address