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Richard Pfister

Chief Executive Officer, President, Managing Member at AlphaCore Capital

Investment adviser representative in La Jolla, CA

From the SEC’s public record of this individual, checked on 17 September 2026.

Richard Pfister is the chief executive officer, president, managing member of AlphaCore Capital LLC, a La Jolla-based SEC-registered investment adviser managing $12.96B. Richard has been registered through the firm since 19 February 2015, with 11 years in the industry across 1 firm, holds adviser registrations in California, Texas, Utah.

11
Years of IAPD experience
11
Years at the firm
Alphacore Capital Llc
1
Adviser firms on record
3
State registrations
9
Exams passed

Counts are from the SEC record as checked on 17 September 2026. Years are measured to that date.

Role at AlphaCore Capital#

Title on Schedule A
Chief Executive Officer, President, Managing Member
Control
Schedule A reports this person as a control person of the adviser.
Ownership
Schedule A reports the under-5% ownership band (NA). Schedule B separately reports Manager of AlphaCore Companies LLC, ownership code F and control-person status; code F is not a percentage band.
Tenure
Role reported since 11/2014. The indirect role was acquired in April 2025.

The firm

AlphaCore Capital LLC$12.96B regulatory AUM · 70 advisory staff · 58 officesFirm profile

Title and ownership as reported on Schedules A and B of the firm's Form ADV. Ownership percentages are the SEC's reporting bands, not exact figures. View Schedule A in the filing

Career on record#

  1. Alphacore Capital Llc19 February 2015 to present
    La Jolla, CA · 12 years · adviser representative only · firm CRD 174346

Investment-adviser employment history in the IAPD record, newest first. The experience figure uses IAPD's calculation date of 18 February 2015, which may differ from the earliest registration below. View the IAPD record

Registrations and exams#

California19 February 2015
Scope
Investment adviser representative
Status
Approved
Texas1 December 2021
Scope
Investment adviser representative
Status
Approved, resident
Utah11 September 2024
Scope
Investment adviser representative
Status
Approved

Examinations

Series 6616 January 2015
Name
Uniform Combined State Law Examination
Series 6317 May 2000
Name
Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
Series 6512 August 1994
Name
Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
SIE7 November 2014
Name
Securities Industry Essentials Examination
Series 77 May 2001
Name
General Securities Representative Examination
Series 223 May 2000
Name
Direct Participation Programs Representative Examination
Series 32 April 1996
Name
National Commodity Futures Examination
Series 628 June 1994
Name
Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Representative Examination
Series 2410 May 2004
Name
General Securities Principal Examination

A registration marked resident is the state the adviser lives in, which need not be a state where the firm reports an office. The office above is the one the SEC record gives for this person's current firm.

State adviser registrations currently approved, and the qualifying examinations on record. View the IAPD record

Regulatory record#

This directory does not report disciplinary history, for any firm or individual, in either direction. The SEC publishes the complete record, including any disciplinary events, and it is the authoritative place to check one.

Where to check this individual's complete record, including any disciplinary history. View the IAPD record

Background#

Schedule A reports Richard Gerard Pfister as a control person and Chief Executive Officer, President, Managing Member, with the role acquired in 11/2014. Form ADV Part 1A, Schedule A

Background statements are attributed to the named source. Firm biographies are not regulatory records.

Common questions#

What is Richard Pfister’s filed role?

Schedule A reports Richard Gerard Pfister as a control person and Chief Executive Officer, President, Managing Member, with the role acquired in 11/2014.

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Schedule A

What does IAPD report about Richard Pfister’s adviser registration?

IAPD reports a current investment-adviser registration through ALPHACORE CAPITAL LLC beginning 2015-02-19, checked 17 September 2026.

Source: IAPD individual record, Current IA Employments

Answered from the records above.

Leadership at AlphaCore Capital#

The other officers and owners named on the firm's Schedule A.

Sources

  1. IAPD individual record, CRD 2496887. Employment history, registrations and examinations.
  2. Form ADV Part 1A, Schedules A and B of AlphaCore Capital LLC, filed 28 August 2026. Title, control and ownership bands.

Retrieved 17 September 2026. The SEC record may have been amended since.

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