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Top Financial Advisors in Santa Barbara, California

Finding the right financial advisor in Santa Barbara is a difficult thing to do. Not only are there seemingly endless advisors to choose from, but it is challenging to evaluate whether any given advisor has the right experience and specializations to match your unique needs. AdvisorCheck is here to help. Our comprehensive database of financial advisors in the US, including the best financial advisors in Santa Barbara, combined with our one-of-a-kind tool kit allows you to find, evaluate, and monitor financial advisors better than ever before.

To start, here are some of the top financial advisor firms in Santa Barbara, CA.


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WORLD INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

CRD#: 208512

RIA

Address: 24 E. Cota Street Suite 200, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Clients: 11,635

Average Clients per Advisor: 74

AUM: $ 56.3B

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MISSION WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LP

CRD#: 113057

RIA

Address: 1111 Chapala Street 3rd Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Clients: 1,257

Average Clients per Advisor: 12

AUM: $ 10.0B

EL CAPITAN ADVISORS

CRD#: 290340

RIA

Address: 1900 State Street Suite J, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

AUM: $ 7.4B

WEST COAST FINANCIAL, LLC

CRD#: 104677

RIA

Address: 1435 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Clients: 310

Average Clients per Advisor: 11

AUM: $ 1.8B

ARLINGTON FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

CRD#: 283288

RIA

Address: 100 E. De La Guerra St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Clients: 210

Average Clients per Advisor: 26

AUM: $ 1.0B

CHANNEL WEALTH, LLC

CRD#: 323461

RIA

Address: 3700 State Street Suite 240, Santa Barbara, CA 93105

Clients: 1,015

Average Clients per Advisor: 101

AUM: $ 833M

How We Chose the Top Financial Advisors in Santa Barbara, California

To create this list of top financial advisor firms in Santa Barbara, we started by identifying SEC-registered firms with at least $100 million in assets under management (AUM). We included firms that employ professionals registered to provide investment advisory services, either solely as investment adviser representatives (IARs) or as both IARs and registered brokers. Dually registered advisors can offer investment advice and also help clients buy or sell securities like stocks and mutual funds. From there, we ranked the remaining firms based on several key factors, giving higher rankings to those with greater total AUM and to those that primarily serve individual clients rather than institutional investors. This approach helps ensure you're choosing from among the best financial advisors Santa Barbara has to offer.

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David Neunuebel

David F. Neunuebel

David F Neunuebel, David Franklin Neunuebel
IAR
RR
CRD#: 1049930
CFP®: Certified Financial PlannerChFC®: Chartered Financial ConsultantCIMA®: Certified Investment Management AnalystCLU®: Chartered Life Underwriter
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
44 years
Merle Divita

Merle Edgar Rokoff Divita

Merle Rokoff Divita, Merle Rokoff Edgar, Merle Terry Rokoff
IAR
RR
CRD#: 715619
CFP®: Certified Financial PlannerCIMA®: Certified Investment Management Analyst
Location:
Ventura, CA 93001

Registered Affiliation(s):LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
45 years
Dennis Forster

Dennis Edward Forster

IAR
RR
CRD#: 870246
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):MORGAN STANLEY

Disclosures:
Experience:
47 years
Nancy Newman

Nancy Noziska Newman

Nancy Ann Noziska
IAR
RR
CRD#: 728426
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Oxnard, CA 93036

Registered Affiliation(s):MORGAN STANLEY

Disclosures:
Experience:
45 years
Lisa Daniel

Lisa Marie Daniel

Lisa Marie Shaw
IAR
RR
CRD#: 1517339
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Disclosures:
Experience:
40 years
Jeffry Pittman

Jeffry Lawrence Pittman

IAR
RR
CRD#: 1986022
CFP®: Certified Financial PlannerCPWA®: Certified Private Wealth Advisor
Location:
Montecito, CA 93108

Registered Affiliation(s):LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
36 years

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