John A Varao

Current Employers

Employment History

• 11/1982 → Present
  The Tax Consultants Inc
  Fall River, MA
• 07/1994 → 10/2019
  1St Global Capital Corp.
  Fall River, MA
• 10/1998 → 10/2019
  1St Global Advisors, Inc.
  Fall River, MA
• 06/2005 → 09/2025
  Avantax Insurance Services, Inc.
  Fall River, MA
• 10/2019 → 09/2025
  Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
  Fall River, MA
• 10/2019 → 09/2025
  Avantax Advisory Services
  Fall River, MA
• 06/2005 → 09/2025
  Avantax Insurance Agency And/Or Avantax Insurance Services
  Fall River, MA
• 09/2025 → Present
  Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
  Fall River, MA
• 09/2025 → Present
  Cetera Investment Advisers Llc
  Schaumburg, IL

Previous Registrations

• 2019-10-25 → 2025-09-05
  Avantax Advisory Services
  Fall River, MA
• 1998-11-12 → 2019-10-25
  1St Global Advisors Inc
  Fall River, MA

Other Businesses

1) RENTAL PROPERTY POSITION: OWNER NATURE: REAL ESTATE RENTAL INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 06/01/2013 ADDRESS: Fall River MA 02720, United States DESCRIPTION: LANDLORD 2) THE TAX CONSULTANTS INC; OTHER - SELF EMPLOYED TAX PREPARER/ACC; NIR; 11/01/1982; 3) THE ROBERT F. STOICO / FIRSTFED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION POSITION: Director NATURE: The Robert F. Stoico / FIRSTFED Charitable Foundation supports non-profit organizations primarily in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Our mission is to strengthen the community by enhancing opportunities for Education, Job Development, Affordable Housing, Accessibility to Healthcare and the Arts. Through offering financial support, we impact local individuals, families and non-profits for the ultimate benefit of our community as a whole INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 03/01/2025 ADDRESS: 435 Columbia Street, Fall River MA 02721, United States DESCRIPTION: Local non-profit organizations submit requests for funding. The board consists of four members. Requests are reviewed and a decision is made whether or not to make contributions to said organizations. The organization does have investment accounts that are used to fund the requests. Periodically the board reviews the managed investment accounts. I have no direct involvement in choosing the investments. I have no direct contact with the outside account managers.

Exams

• S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
  1998-09-01
• S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  1988-11-21

Designations