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Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

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

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
NJ RA APPROVED 2025-09-05
  • NJ RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-09-05

Branch Locations

15 Village Plaza, South Orange, NJ 07079 • United States

Disclosures

No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Couto, Defranco & Magone,Pa South Orange NJ 07/1992 Present
Avantax Investment Services, Inc. West Orange NJ 07/1996 09/2025
Avantax Advisory Services West Orange NJ 01/1997 09/2025
Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc West Orange NJ 05/2016 09/2025
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc West Orange NJ 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 07/1992 → Present
    Couto, Defranco & Magone,Pa
    South Orange, NJ
  • 07/1996 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
    West Orange, NJ
  • 01/1997 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    West Orange, NJ
  • 05/2016 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc
    West Orange, NJ
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    West Orange, NJ
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2002-05-18 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    South Orange, NJ
Other Businesses

1) Couto Defranco, P.A.~'NIR'~300 Executive Drive, Suite 200~West Orange~NJ~07052~Tax Preparation/Accounting~Tax Preparation/Accounting~1/1/1992~200hrs~40hrs~Partner - accounting and tax 2) ESTATE OF MANUEL COUTO POSITION: Co-executor NATURE: Settlement of the Estate of Manuel Couto. Two children/beneficiaries/co-executors - Nelson Couto and Manuel Couto. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 5 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 5 START DATE: 10/22/2020 ADDRESS: 586 Yorktown Road, Union NJ 07083, United States DESCRIPTION: As fiduciaries we need to marshal the assets of my late father's estate and distribute the assets in the most time efficient manner in accordance with the provisions of the will. 3) COUTO DEFRANCO WEALTH MANAGEMENT POSITION: DBA for Avantax financial services. NATURE: A DBA name used by Avantax licensed financial advisors. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 40 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 40 START DATE: 11/19/2024 ADDRESS: 300 Executive Drive, Ste 200, West Orange NJ 07052, United States DESCRIPTION: Avantax related financial services offered by Avantax licensed financial advisors.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 1998-08-06
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    1998-08-06
Designations
Other Names
  • Nelson James Couto

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