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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 2025-09-05
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-09-05

Branch Locations

1150 North 11Th Street, Beaumont, TX 77702 • United States

Lago Vista, TX • United States

Lumberton, TX • 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
Funchess,Mills,White & Co Dba Fmw, P.C..,Pc Beaumont TX 10/1978 Present
1St Global Capital Corp. Beaumont TX 05/1998 10/2019
1St Global Advisors, Inc Beaumont TX 12/2002 10/2019
Avantax Insurance Services, Inc. Beaumont TX 11/2003 09/2025
Avantax Investment Services, Inc. Beaumont TX 10/2019 09/2025
Avantax Advisory Services Beaumont TX 10/2019 09/2025
Fmw, P.C. Beaumont TX 10/1978 Present
Avantax Insurance Agency And/Or Avantax Insurance Services Sales Beaumont TX 11/2023 09/2025
Whiddon Harkey Wealth Management, Llc Beaumont TX 08/2025 Present
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc Beaumont TX 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 10/1978 → Present
    Funchess,Mills,White & Co Dba Fmw, P.C..,Pc
    Beaumont, TX
  • 05/1998 → 10/2019
    1St Global Capital Corp.
    Beaumont, TX
  • 12/2002 → 10/2019
    1St Global Advisors, Inc
    Beaumont, TX
  • 11/2003 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Services, Inc.
    Beaumont, TX
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
    Beaumont, TX
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Beaumont, TX
  • 10/1978 → Present
    Fmw, P.C.
    Beaumont, TX
  • 11/2023 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Agency And/Or Avantax Insurance Services Sales
    Beaumont, TX
  • 08/2025 → Present
    Whiddon Harkey Wealth Management, Llc
    Beaumont, TX
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    Beaumont, TX
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2019-10-25 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Beaumont, TX
    Lago Vista, TX
    Dallas, TX
    Lumberton, TX
  • 2002-12-11 → 2019-10-25
    1St Global Advisors Inc
    Beaumont, TX
Other Businesses

1) FIXED INSURANCE SALES POSITION: AGENTOF RECORD NATURE: FIXED INSURANCE INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 0 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 12/15/2013 DESCRIPTION: Insurance Sales/Service 2) FUNCHESS & WHITE BUILDING POSITION: OWNER NATURE: BUILDING PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 11/01/1980 ADDRESS: , Beaumont TX , United States DESCRIPTION: Building ownership 3) J.C.S. TRUST POSITION: CO TRUSTEE NATURE: TRUST INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/01/2001 ADDRESS: Beaumont TX , United States DESCRIPTION: Trustee duties 4) BAPTIST HOSPITALS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS (FORMERLY MEMORIAL BAP. HERMAN HOSPITAL) POSITION: BOARD OF DIRECTORS NATURE: NONPROFIT HOSPITAL INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 2 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/01/1994 ADDRESS: , Beaumont TX , United States DESCRIPTION: Attend Monthly meeting discuss actions and motions made by management 5) FMW WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC POSITION: member NATURE: Formed new entity on July 1, 2019 that will be used for financial services activities. INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 60 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 60 START DATE: 09/16/2019 ADDRESS: 1150 north 11th street, BEAUMONT TX 77702, United States DESCRIPTION: Active member offering financial service products and solutions through the new Avantax entity. 6) FMW, P.C. POSITION: PRESIDENT NATURE: CPA firm I am a shareholder and President INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 100 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 80 START DATE: 10/01/1978 ADDRESS: 1150 North 11th St, Beaumont TX 77702, United States DESCRIPTION: Shareholder and employee, I receive a W-2 from this entity it is an S Corporation 7) FMW WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC POSITION: Advisor NATURE: I entered into an agreement with three other Avantax advisors, Shawn Harrison, Gerald Beaullieu and Thomas Legendre with CoSource to split commissions on a 401k I referred to them. I will get 40% of the commissions they will get 60% they set it up and all i do is participate in the commissions. We are all advisors with Avantax. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 0 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 10/16/2023 ADDRESS: 1150 N. 11th St, Beaumont TX 77702, United States DESCRIPTION: I was only the referring advisor, I have no responsibilities for this client. 8)Colonial Life; NIR; 9)Transamerica; NIR; 10)INSURANCE AGENT WITH VARIOUS INSURANCE AGENCIES; AGENT; INSURANCE; NIR; 11) WHIDDON HARKEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC POSITION: President/Owner NATURE: We would like to set up a DBA from current name of company, FMW Wealth Management, LLC to the new DBA name moving into the future. INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 100 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 100 START DATE: 08/01/2025 ADDRESS: 1150 N. 11th St, Beaumont TX 77702, United States DESCRIPTION: Same as old name FMW Wealth Management, LLC, affiliated with Avantax

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 2000-10-10
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 1998-07-20
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    2000-10-10
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    1998-07-20

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