Benjamin Robert Carlson

Employer firm

Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC CRD 145488

$2.75B regulatory AUM 35 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

• Financial planning
• Portfolio management (individuals)
• Portfolio management (institutions)
• Pension consulting
• Selection of other advisers
• Periodicals / newsletters

From the firm’s Form ADV. Read the guides:

• Item 5F — Regulatory AUM
• Item 5G — Advisory services
• Full firm profile

Current Employers

Employment History

• 04/2015 → 12/2021
  Metlife Investors Distribution Company
  New York, NY
• 03/2017 → 12/2021
  Brighthouse Securities, Llc
  Waxhaw, NC
• 01/2022 → Present
  Arete Wealth Management Llc
  Chicago, IL
• 01/2022 → Present
  Arete Wealth Advisors Llc
  Chicago, IL

Other Businesses

THE BIER SHED LLC: STORAGE SHED; 232 3RD ST N SUITE 202, LACROSSE WI 54601; NOT INVESTMENT RELATED; START DATE = 06/2020; 0 HRS/MTH. BURK AND CARLSON LLC: OWNS PFS WEALTH MANAGEMENT AND PERSONAL WEALTH STRATEGIES; PARTNER; 160 HRS/MTH; INVESTMENT RELATED; START DATE = 12/2021. PFS WEALTH MANAGEMENT: REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR; PARTNER; 240 HRS/MTH; INVESTMENT RELATED; START DATE = 01/2022. INSURANCE AGENT: FIXED ANNUITIES & FIXED/TERM LIFE INSURANCE; 10 HRS/MTH; NOT INVESTMENT RELATED; START DATE = 01/2022. USSA ALPINE SKI COACH: WINTER MONTHS ONLY; NOT INVESTMENT RELATED; START DATE = 06/2023. SPEAKER: INSURANCE & ANNUITY BUSINESS RELATED TOPICS; 1 HR/MTH; NOT INVESTMENT RELATED; START DATE = 05/2023.

Exams

• S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  2022-02-23

Other Names

• Benjamin Robert Carlson