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Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

1450 American Lane 6Th Floor, Suite 650, Schaumburg, IL 60173-2096 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
TX RA APPROVED_RES 2026-06-24
NY RA APPROVED 2025-09-05
  • TX RA
    APPROVED_RES
    Since 2026-06-24
  • NY RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-09-05

Branch Locations

5920 Main Street, Williamsville, NY 14221 • United States

Disclosures

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.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint Yes
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
United Planners' Financial Services Of America A Limited Partner Williamsville NY 10/2012 11/2018
Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, Llc Williamsville NY 05/2013 Present
Alan Gnoinski, Inc. Dba Amg Financial Williamsville NY 03/2013 Present
Sagepoint Financial, Inc. Williamsburg NY 11/2018 09/2023
Osaic Wealth, Inc. Williamsville NY 09/2023 10/2023
Avantax Investment Services Inc. Williamsville NY 10/2023 09/2025
Avantax Advisory Services Williamsville NY 10/2023 09/2025
Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc Williamsville NY 10/2023 09/2025
Retirement Rescue Workshop Williamsville NY 02/2005 Present
Rental Property Buffalo NY 07/2005 Present
Office Sublease Williamsville NY 11/2018 Present
Buffalo Bourdain Llc, Dba The Gnocchi Co. Buffalo NY 10/2024 Present
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc Williamsville NY 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 10/2012 → 11/2018
    United Planners' Financial Services Of America A Limited Partner
    Williamsville, NY
  • 05/2013 → Present
    Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, Llc
    Williamsville, NY
  • 03/2013 → Present
    Alan Gnoinski, Inc. Dba Amg Financial
    Williamsville, NY
  • 11/2018 → 09/2023
    Sagepoint Financial, Inc.
    Williamsburg, NY
  • 09/2023 → 10/2023
    Osaic Wealth, Inc.
    Williamsville, NY
  • 10/2023 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services Inc.
    Williamsville, NY
  • 10/2023 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Williamsville, NY
  • 10/2023 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc
    Williamsville, NY
  • 02/2005 → Present
    Retirement Rescue Workshop
    Williamsville, NY
  • 07/2005 → Present
    Rental Property
    Buffalo, NY
  • 11/2018 → Present
    Office Sublease
    Williamsville, NY
  • 10/2024 → Present
    Buffalo Bourdain Llc, Dba The Gnocchi Co.
    Buffalo, NY
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    Williamsville, NY
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2023-10-30 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Dallas, TX
    Williamsville, NY
Other Businesses

1) ALAN GNOINSKI INC. DBA AMG FINANCIAL POSITION: shareholder NATURE: this entity pays business expenses INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 03/27/2013 ADDRESS: 5920 Main Street, Williamsville NY 14221 DESCRIPTION: manage payroll, pay rent, pay office expenses and manage the corporate taxes 2) RENTAL PROPERTY POSITION: owner NATURE: I own a 3 unit townhouse building with tenants and collect rent checks INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 07/20/2005 ADDRESS: 475 Ellicott Street, 403, Buffalo NY 14203 DESCRIPTION: collect rent checks, maintain the property, hire general contractors when needed 3) RETIREMENT RESCUE WORKSHOP POSITION: owner NATURE: Seminar or marketing DBA for the free educational seminars INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 02/20/2005 ADDRESS: 5920 MAIN STREET, WILLIAMSVILLE NY 14221 DESCRIPTION: it is a seminar or marketing dba, associated with all educational seminars 4) OFFICE SUBLEASE POSITION: sublessee NATURE: I sublease our office building and i subsequently sublease the extra space to other people to reduce the overall office expense INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 11/01/2018 ADDRESS: 5920 Main Street, Williamsville NY 14221 DESCRIPTION: write sublease contracts, collect rent checks, pay all the utilities related to the entire building write up monthly expense reports 5) RETIREMENT RED ZONE POSITION: Owner NATURE: Marketing DBA for retirement readiness and seminars that will go with it. DBA to market to Sports segment of Buffalo NY INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 10 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 5 START DATE: 11/01/2024 ADDRESS: 5920 Main Street, Suite 200, Williamsville NY 14221DESC: Owner, Marketing and branding coordinator, 6) BUFFALO BOURDAIN LLC, DBA THE GNOCCHI CO. POSITION: owner NATURE: Food truck selling Gnocchi. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 5 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 10/05/2024 ADDRESS: 475 Ellicott Street, 403, Buffalo NY 14203 DESC: to prep the food, run the truck and cook the food for the customers. 7) BEARINGSTONE WEALTH POSITION: Founding Partner NATURE: This new Company will be the name with which our newly formed branch will operate under. This branch represents the consolidation of Ken Uhlrich, John Ariola, Josh Heims and Myself INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 120 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 120 START DATE: 12/16/2024 ADDRESS: 5920 Main Street, Williamsville NY 14221 DESC: A large portion of financial representative duties and wealth management duties will be done under this flag 8) AMG FINANCIAL POSITION: owner NATURE: DBA for marketing purposes with regards to part of my broker dealer business. Started DBA in 2005 and a large portion of my clients know me as AMG Financial. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 10 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 02/01/2005ADDRESS: 5920 Main Street, Williamsville NY 14221 DESCRIPTION: DBA of my registered representative business. all items associated with being a registered representative 9) LINCOLN SPARROW ADVISORS, LLC POSITION: Partner NATURE: we offer investment retirement and tax planning, investment management, portfolio management INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 80 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 80 START DATE: 05/20/2013 ADDRESS: 5920 Main Street, Williamsville NY 14221 DESCRIPTION: i meet with clients, do annual reviews, maintain, review, and trade on client accounts, review investment performance

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 2023-10-10
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 2001-08-01
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    2023-10-10
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    2001-08-01
Other Names
  • Alan Michael Gnoinski
  • Alan M Gnoinski
  • Alan Gnoinski

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