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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.

Former SEC-registered adviser

Financial Advocates Advisory Services

Former SEC-registered adviserOlympia, WashingtonCRD 147786SEC 801-110695IAPD
Legal name Financial Advocates Advisory Services, LLC
Latest filing Mar 31, 2023
First filing on the tape May 23, 2017 · 14 filings
RAUM
n/a
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
n/a
of RAUM
Private clients
n/a
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
8
3 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
14 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM: no history
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)5 as of Mar 31, 2023
Mar 16, 201810 then
Employees (5.A)8 as of Mar 31, 2023
Mar 16, 201815 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM n/a over the last fiscal yearIARs 5 to 5offices 2 to 1
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 31, 2023; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
unknownderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
unknownderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
unknownderivedof RAUM
Institutional
unknownderivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
1.6derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
2.5derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
unknownderivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
hourly, fixed fees, otherreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, pension consulting, otherreportedItem 5.G
Ownership
no PE, bank or public-company owner found on Schedule Aderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
  • receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
This filing has no Item 5.D breakdown (filings before 2017 reported ranges, not amounts).
Individual clients
n/areported
HNW clients
n/areported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
n/areported
Financial planning clients
1-10reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
fixed, hourlyreported
Class basis
absent from the latest SEC rosterderived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
Left, latest
Joined, latest
Every departureEvery arrival
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
    Teams outTeams in
    Private funds
    No private fund reported.
    Owners and control persons
    Schedule A and B, latest filing
    • Ray Gary Campbell · Managing Member, Chairman, Chief Strategy Officercontrol
      since 11/2019 · owns less than 5%
    • Elaine Angela Vlach · President, Chief Executive Officercontrol
      since 11/2019 · owns less than 5%
    • Roger Douglas Whittle · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
      since 01/2019 · owns less than 5%
    • Ray Gary Campbell · Ownercontrol
      since 06/2000 · owns 75% or more of Fa Holdings, Inc.
    Entity owners
    • Financial Advocates, LLC · Owner
      direct · owns 75% or more
    • Fa Holdings, Inc. · Owner
      indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Financial Advocates, LLC
    • Lle Holdings, LLC · Member
      indirect · owns 50% to 75% of Financial Advocates, LLC
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    Advisers that list Financial Advocates Advisory Services as a related person
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    • Vancouver, WA1 employees
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • Advisory employees · 4 to 3
      Jun 23, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
    • BD registered reps · 8 to 5
      Jun 23, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
    • Employees · 9 to 8
      Jun 23, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
    • Insurance-licensed employees · 8 to 6
      Jun 23, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
    • Financial planning clients · 11-25 to 1-10
      Jun 23, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
    • Other offices · 2 to 1
      Mar 31, 2022 to Jun 23, 2022
    • BD registered reps · 7 to 8
      Mar 31, 2021 to Mar 31, 2022
    • Individual clients · 10.0 to unset
      Mar 31, 2021 to Mar 31, 2022
    • Employees · 10 to 9
      Mar 31, 2021 to Mar 31, 2022
    • Insurance-licensed employees · 10 to 8
      Mar 31, 2021 to Mar 31, 2022
    • Financial planning clients · 1-10 to 11-25
      Mar 31, 2021 to Mar 31, 2022
    • Advisory employees · 7 to 4
      Aug 5, 2020 to Mar 31, 2021
    • BD registered reps · 10 to 7
      Aug 5, 2020 to Mar 31, 2021
    • Employees · 13 to 10
      Aug 5, 2020 to Mar 31, 2021
    • State-registered IARs · 8 to 5
      Aug 5, 2020 to Mar 31, 2021
    • Other offices · 3 to 2
      Jun 30, 2020 to Aug 5, 2020
    • State-registered IARs · 10 to 8
      May 21, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
    • Other offices · 4 to 3
      May 21, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
    • Advisory employees · 8 to 7
      Mar 8, 2019 to Mar 27, 2019
    • BD registered reps · 12 to 10
      Mar 8, 2019 to Mar 27, 2019
    • Pension plan clients · 35.0 to unset
      Mar 8, 2019 to Mar 27, 2019
    • Employees · 15 to 13
      Mar 8, 2019 to Mar 27, 2019
    • Insurance-licensed employees · 12 to 10
      Mar 8, 2019 to Mar 27, 2019
    • Financial planning clients · 26-50 to 1-10
      Mar 8, 2019 to Mar 27, 2019
    • Pension RAUM · 0.0 to unset
      Mar 8, 2019 to Mar 27, 2019
    • Individual clients · unset to 10.0
      May 23, 2017 to Mar 16, 2018
    • Pension plan clients · unset to 35.0
      May 23, 2017 to Mar 16, 2018
    • Other offices · unset to 4.0
      May 23, 2017 to Mar 16, 2018
    • Individual RAUM · unset to 0.0
      May 23, 2017 to Mar 16, 2018
    • Pension RAUM · unset to 0.0
      May 23, 2017 to Mar 16, 2018
    Signals
    6 dated events
    • Angela Elaine Vlach left Financial Advocates Advisory Services for Lpl Financial Llc (registered 2023-09-25)
      Aug 17, 2023 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Walter David Warren no longer registered at Financial Advocates Advisory Services; no later IA registration on IAPD
      Aug 17, 2023 · Advisor departure · fact
    • Bruce Brundige no longer registered at Financial Advocates Advisory Services; no later IA registration on IAPD
      Jun 23, 2022 · Advisor departure · fact
    • Lynn Cheryl Karboski (Faas Compliance Director) no longer on Schedule A of Financial Advocates Advisory Services (listed 2019-05-21, absent 2020-03-30)
      Mar 30, 2020 · Control person left · inference
    • Roger Douglas Whittle (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Financial Advocates Advisory Services
      Jan 23, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
    • Financial Advocates Advisory Services filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
      May 23, 2017 · First SEC registration · fact
    Across DFX
    shared identifiers only, never a name match
    No identifier-backed link to the venture, private equity, family office or sponsor graphs.
    Provenance
    Form ADV
    SEC filing data 2011 to 2024 and the monthly roster 2025 onreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
    Advisors
    IAPD individual compilation feed, dailyreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
    Class
    Former SEC-registered adviserderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
    RAUM per advisor
    n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
    Loaded
    Sep 14, 2026