Christopher L. Childers

IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC

West Des Moines, IA 50265

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CRD#: 2175772

Professional summary

Christopher Lowell Childers, who also goes by Chris Childers, Christopher L Childers, is a registered financial advisor currently at IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC located in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Christopher is registered as an IAR (Investment Advisor Representative) and started their career in finance in 1992. Christopher has worked at 5 firms and has passed the Series 65, Series 63, Series 6TO, SIE and Series 6 exams.

Question & Answer

Are you a "fiduciary"?

Yes

Aliases

Chris Childers | Christopher L Childers

Other business activities

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1)CHILDERS MANAGEMENT CORP, 974 73RD ST, STE 6, DES MOINES, IA, 9/2009 AS INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENT FOR VARIOUS INDEPENDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES. 40 HR/WK - 30/TRADING. 2) CHILDERS, CALE, KENNEDY AND ASSOCIATES, 974 73RD ST. STE #6, DES MOINES, IA 50324. OWNER SINCE 09/01/09. NOT INVESTMENT RELATED. WORKS 15 HOURS PER WEEK 10 OF WHICH ARE SPENT DURING TRADING HOURS. DUTIES: SELLING AND SERVICING FIXED INSURANCE PRODUCTS.

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CRS (Customer Relationship Summary)

Certified licenses

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None

Experience

Current

November 17, 2023 - Present

IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC

Office #1: 974 73rd Street Suite 18, West Des Moines, IA 50265

RIA

CRD#: 305772

West Des Moines, IA

Past

October 1, 2009 - May 11, 2018

CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH, INC.

CRD#: 39543

DES MOINES, IA

Past

February 2, 1995 - October 30, 2009

NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES

CRD#: 615

DES MOINES, IA

Past

January 6, 1992 - February 8, 1995

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

CRD#: 5181

BOSTON, MA

Past

January 6, 1992 - February 8, 1995

SIGNATOR INVESTORS, INC.

CRD#: 468

BOSTON, MA

Primary Firm SEC Registration

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IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC

DEEMER WEALTH MANAGEMENT | IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC | INNOVATION PARTNERS FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC

CRD#: 305772 / SEC#: 801-117481

RIA

Registered Investment Advisory firm - (10/17/2019 Approved)

State Registrations and Notice Filings

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IAR

means the advisor is registered as an Investment Advisor Representative in this state and is authorized to provide investment advice to clients there.

Highlighted states indicate IAR registrations

IAR

Iowa
(11/17/2023)

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Exams

State Security Law Exam

IAR

Series 65

Date: 11/15/2023

Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination

State Security Law Exam

Series 63

Date: 10/4/2023

Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination

General Industry/Product Exam

Series 6TO

Date: 9/21/2023

Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Representative Examination

General Industry/Product Exam

SIE

Date: 5/11/2018

Securities Industry Essentials Examination

General Industry/Product Exam

Series 6

Date: 12/27/1991

Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Representative Examination

Current Firm

IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC

DEEMER WEALTH MANAGEMENT | IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC | INNOVATION PARTNERS FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC

CRD#: 305772 / SEC#: 801-117481

RIA

Registered Investment Advisory firm - (10/17/2019 Approved)

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Contact information

Main Address

5950 Fairview Road, Suite 140, Charlotte, NC 28210

Mailing Address

Phone number

(980) 326-3335

Established

Firm type

Fiscal year end

# of Employees

112

SEC notice filing (48 States and Territories)

Documents

Customer Relationship Summary (CRS / SEC)

Latest Form ADV

Part 2 Brochures

CHASE CARLIN ADV PART 2B (11/3/2025)

JOHN DORAN ADV PART 2B (10/29/2025)

BRITTANEY COOKS ADV PART 2B (10/29/2025)

MARIO BROWN ADV PART 2B (10/28/2025)

DHRUV GUPTA ADV PART 2B (10/15/2025)

BRITTANEY COOKS ADV PART 2B (10/14/2025)

ALBERT ESPARZA ADV PART 2B (10/14/2025)

JOHN HARRIGAN ADV PART 2B (9/25/2025)

DAVID BECKER ADV PART 2B (9/25/2025)

MARK WALTER_ADV PART 2B (6/25/2025)

LOGAN GARRETSON_ADV PART 2B (6/25/2025)

KEVIN JENKINS_ADV PART 2B (6/25/2025)

JOSEPH SALEMI_ADV PART 2B (6/25/2025)

HARRISON CHANG_ADV PART 2B (6/25/2025)

MATT MCNABB_ADV PART 2B (6/25/2025)

SHINEECE SELLARS_ADV PART 2B (6/25/2025)

SCOTT LONEY_ADV PART 2B (6/25/2025)

KURT LAWN_ADV PART 2B (6/25/2025)

CHARLES MANN_ADV PART 2B (6/25/2025)

JEFFREY PERRY ADV PART 2B (6/25/2025)

DAVID CHANDLER ADV PART 2B (6/25/2025)

RAKAEL CARR_ADV PART 2B (6/25/2025)

JEFFREY SCRIMENTI ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MALIK PEARSON ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MATTHEW GREINER ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

EARL MCCRARY ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

BRIAN MOCK ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

CELESTINE NJOKU ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

GUILLERMO NODARSE ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ZACHARY RIOUX ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

GUY DEEMER ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ANDREW BENET ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ANTHONY HINDS-FRITZ ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

BRUCE DEVOOGD ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

DAVID REO ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

DONALD SILBERMAN ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

STEVE HOFFMAN ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

STEVE WHITE ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MELVIN BROOKS ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

STACE JENSEN ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

LONNIE MCCLANE ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

THOMAS ADOLPH ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

GLENN DAVIDOW ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

SOPHEARATH UOY ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ERIC MEDINA ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

JEFF KANTOR ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

DANIEL ODIGIE ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

AARON BERMAN ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

DALE POPE ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

BRIAN BIEDERMAN ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

SHAWN WEBB ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MORRIS KAUFMAN ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MICHAEL GRANT ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MICHAEL THOMAS ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

JAMES MADDEN ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MICHAEL MILLARD ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

THEODORE BROOKS ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ZAVEN YARUMIAN ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

PAUL HAYES ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

BRIAN CVETKOVSKI ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

GREGORY SWOVERLAND ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

YINGQI LINGHU ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

CHARLES HOWELL ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

JAMES WINTERS ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MARLA PRESS ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

TIMOTHY WHITE ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MICHAEL BYERS ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

SCOTT OLSON ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

LARRY SANDERS ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

PAUL GRAFFY ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

TODD DONOFRIO ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

CHARLES SCHAD ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

WILLIAM DUVAL WHITE ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

DUSTIN HYCHE ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

PAUL ROWE ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

JEFFREY JOHNSON ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

LUIS ESPINOZA ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

LEI JIAO ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

LYNN SMERALDO ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

DANIEL BEECH ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ERIC MARTZ ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

JACQUELYN ROBINSON ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

JAMES NEAYLON ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

KEVIN KELLEY ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

RICHARD KASH ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

TIMOTHY FLANAGAN ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ROBIN JOHNSON ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

NICHOLAS BEANE ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

STEVEN CATANZARO ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

DEANA CARTER ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

JAMES KENNETH SPANN ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

TREVER PETERSON ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

STEPHEN TRASK ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

LOUIS WOODBECK ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ROBERT GARDNER ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

DAVID HENSLEY ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

JASON MURRAY ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

JONATHAN WRIGHT ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ROGER SLAYTON ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MICHAEL SHARPE ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ALBERT FU ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

BRIAN KURTICH ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

JOHN JAMES ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ARON MARCINKOSKI ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

CHRIS CHILDERS ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MYRA ZANGOULOS ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MICHAEL MERCER ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

SHANNON POWERS ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MICHAEL BALCH ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

RODNEY AMICONE ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

SAUNDRA HUDSPETH ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

PAUL WHARF ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

EMILY DECONCINI ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

CARL GOTTUSO ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

JAMES BENJAMSON_ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ANDREW FIFIELD ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

THOMAS HESS ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MOOG KIM ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

KEVIN FIFIELD ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

THOMAS TIPTON ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ERIK WALKER ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

MICHAEL BARROWS ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

PAUL NEWSOM ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ERIC LUDOVICO ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

STEVEN WOODRUFF ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

JOHN POLYVIOU ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

PETER MCDONNELL ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

CRAIG MORNINGSTAR ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

VINCENT MALLON ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

ERIC WILLER ADV PART 2B (3/31/2025)

IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC ADV PART 2A (3/31/2025)

Regulatory assets under management

Total Number of Accounts	2,887
AUM (Assets Under Management)	$ 456,110,407

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Christopher L. Childers

Professional summary

Question & Answer

Aliases

Other business activities

Blog Corner

CRS (Client Relationship Summary) - RIA

Click below to view Christopher Lowell Childers's CRS (Customer Relationship Summary).

Certified licenses

Experience

CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH, INC.

NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

SIGNATOR INVESTORS, INC.

Primary Firm SEC Registration

IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC

State Registrations and Notice Filings

Exams

Series 65

Date: 11/15/2023

Series 63

Date: 10/4/2023

Series 6TO

Date: 9/21/2023

SIE

Date: 5/11/2018

Series 6

Date: 12/27/1991

Current Firm

IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC

Contact information

SEC notice filing (48 States and Territories)

Documents

Part 2 Brochures

Regulatory assets under management

Red Flags

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