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Laguna Beach, CA • United States
Current Registrations
| Authority | Category | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | RA | APPROVED | 2025-03-25 |
| LA | RA | APPROVED | 2025-03-18 |
| NY | RA | APPROVED | 2025-02-03 |
| IL | RA | APPROVED | 2025-01-27 |
| NC | RA | APPROVED | 2025-01-24 |
| CA | RA | APPROVED | 2025-01-23 |
Branch Locations
1 disclosure category reported Yes on this SEC record. Read each Yes below, then review the firm’s Form ADV Item 11 guide for how disclosure questions work.
| Organization | City | State | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hip Investor Ratings Llc | Chapel Hill | NC | 09/2010 | Present |
| Hip Investor Inc | Chapel Hill | NC | 09/2010 | Present |
| Same Team Goods | Chapel Hill | NC | 07/2014 | Present |
Nicholas Gower is SVP of HIP Investor Inc, and is also the President of HIP Investor Ratings LLC, which produces and licenses ratings and research of stocks, bonds, funds, and other securities, which are sold to investors, advisors, fund managers, and other investor types. HIP Investor Ratings LLC is based in California, and founded in February 2014. Gower generally splits time equally among the two businesses, including during market trading hours - with research and advice provided by Gower to HIP Investor Inc., and investment ratings, research, and analytics at HIP Investor Ratings LLC.
| Code | Exam | Date |
|---|---|---|
| S65 | Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination | 2023-03-08 |
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