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Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

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

Current Registrations

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

Branch Locations

10347 Dawson'S Creek Blvd Suite C, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 • United States

Fort Wayne, IN • 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
1St Global Capital Corp Fort Wayne IN 11/2000 10/2019
1St Global Advisors, Inc Fort Wayne IN 02/2001 10/2019
Christen Souers, Llc Fort Wayne IN 11/2002 Present
Avantax Insurance Services, Inc. Fort Wayne IN 08/2004 09/2025
Avantax Advisory Services Fort Wayne IN 10/2019 09/2025
Avantax Investment Services, Inc. Fort Wayne IN 10/2019 09/2025
734 Commercial, Llc Fort Wayne IN 01/2024 Present
Black Pine Animal Park Sanctuary Albion IN 01/2024 Present
Black Pine Animal Park Sanctuary Albion IN 01/2024 Present
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc Fort Wayne IN 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 11/2000 → 10/2019
    1St Global Capital Corp
    Fort Wayne, IN
  • 02/2001 → 10/2019
    1St Global Advisors, Inc
    Fort Wayne, IN
  • 11/2002 → Present
    Christen Souers, Llc
    Fort Wayne, IN
  • 08/2004 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Services, Inc.
    Fort Wayne, IN
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Fort Wayne, IN
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
    Fort Wayne, IN
  • 01/2024 → Present
    734 Commercial, Llc
    Fort Wayne, IN
  • 01/2024 → Present
    Black Pine Animal Park Sanctuary
    Albion, IN
  • 01/2024 → Present
    Black Pine Animal Park Sanctuary
    Albion, IN
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    Fort Wayne, IN
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2019-10-25 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Irving, TX
    Fort Wayne, IN
    Dallas, TX
    Fort Wayne, IN
  • 2001-03-01 → 2019-10-25
    1St Global Advisors Inc
    Fort Wayne, IN
Other Businesses

1) COLDWATER HOLDINGS, LLC POSITION: MEMBER NATURE: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 11/03/2014 ADDRESS: 4306 E State Blvd., Fort Wayne IN 46815 DESCRIPTION: WE ARE EXPLORING BUILDING A NEW BUILDING TO HOUSE OUR CPA FIRM AND FINANCIAL SERVICES BUSINESSES. 2) SUMMIT CITY PROPERTIES, LLC POSITION: OWNER NATURE: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 11/17/2014 ADDRESS: 625 E Wayne Street, Fort Wayne IN DESCRIPTION: WE HAVE PURCHASED THOSE FUTURE PAYMENTS, 11/17/14, 1 HR/ MO, 0 HRS/TRADE, PAYMENT COLLECTIONS 3) CHRISTEN SOUERS FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC POSITION: Financial advisor NATURE: Financial Services Entity INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 160 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 160 START DATE: 11/2000 DESCRIPTION: Provide financial services to clients 4) CHRISTEN SOUERS, LLC POSITION: CPA NATURE: CPA firm INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 160 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 160 START DATE: 11/01/2002 DESCRIPTION: CPA firm 5) LUKE FUNK WEALTH MANAGEMENT, POSITION: OWNER NATURE: FINANCIAL SERVICES INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 160 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 160 START DATE: 09/01/2016 ADDRESS: 10347 Dawson's Creek Blvd, Fort Wayne IN DESCRIPTION: FINANCIAL ADVISING 6) CS MARION, LLC POSITION: PARTNER NATURE: CPA FIRM INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: null SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: null START DATE: 01/01/2007 DESCRIPTION: FINANCIAL SERVICE APPTS. 7) BALDWIN PROPERTIES, LLC POSITION: MEMBER NATURE: REAL ESTATE PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 0 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/01/2009 ADDRESS: 4306 E State Blvd., Fort Wayne IN 46815 DESCRIPTION: OWN/LEASE A BUILDING TO CHRISTEN SOUERS, LLC, THE CPA FIRM; LLC 8) 734 COMMERCIAL, LLC POSITION: Owner NATURE: Residential rental property INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/02/2024 ADDRESS: 10347 Dawson's Creek Blvd, Suite C, Fort Wayne IN 46825, United States DESCRIPTION: Invest money,collect rent,pay taxes & insurance 9) 603 NORTH BALDWIN, LLC POSITION: Member NATURE: Commercial rental real estate INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 09/25/2017 ADDRESS: 10347 Dawson's Creek Blvd, Suite C, FORT WAYNE IN 46825 DESCRIPTION: Collect rent, pay mortgage payment 10) L J E-STORE LLC POSITION: Owner NATURE: Amazon Estore for product sales INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 2 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 11/05/2024 ADDRESS: 10347 Dawson's Creek Blvd, Suite C, Fort Wayne IN 46825 DESCRIPTION: Amazon Purchase /resell on thru third party 11) 301 WARREN LLC POSITION: Owner NATURE: Commercial Rental, 40% owner . INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/02/2024 ADDRESS: 10347 Dawson's Creek Blvd, Suite C, Fort Wayne IN 46825 DESCRIPTION: Money lender to LLC, I am also a 40% owner of the LLC. 12) BLACK PINE ANIMAL PARK SANCTUARY POSITION: Board member, Treasurer NATURE: nonprofit exotic animal sanctuary . INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/01/2024 ADDRESS: 1426 W Main St, Albion IN 46701 DESCRIPTION: Board member, Treasurer, no access to funds. Track ,report on financials 13) LTS PLAN ADMINISTRATION, LLC POSITION: Member NATURE: Third Party administration to 401k plans using software. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 0 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/01/2019 ADDRESS: 10347 Dawson's Creek Blvd, Suite C, Fort Wayne IN 46825 DESCRIPTION: member only

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2001-01-10
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2001-01-10
Designations
Other Names
  • Luke Funk

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