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Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

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

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
IL RA APPROVED 2025-09-05
TX RA APPROVED_RES 2025-09-05
  • IL RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-09-05
  • TX RA
    APPROVED_RES
    Since 2025-09-05

Branch Locations

227 South Seventh Street, Springfield, IL 62701 • 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
Eck, Schafer & Punke, Llp Springfield IL 11/1994 Present
Wealth Management Services, Llc Springfield IL 09/1998 Present
1St Global Capital Corp. Springfield IL 12/2008 10/2019
1St Global Advisors, Inc. Springfield IL 12/2008 10/2019
Avantax Insurance Services, Inc. Springfield IL 11/2010 09/2025
Avantax Advisory Services Springfield TX 10/2019 09/2025
Avantax Investment Services, Inc. Springfield IL 10/2019 09/2025
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc Springfield IL 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 11/1994 → Present
    Eck, Schafer & Punke, Llp
    Springfield, IL
  • 09/1998 → Present
    Wealth Management Services, Llc
    Springfield, IL
  • 12/2008 → 10/2019
    1St Global Capital Corp.
    Springfield, IL
  • 12/2008 → 10/2019
    1St Global Advisors, Inc.
    Springfield, IL
  • 11/2010 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Services, Inc.
    Springfield, IL
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Springfield, TX
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
    Springfield, IL
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    Springfield, IL
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2019-10-25 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Springfield, IL
  • 2008-12-17 → 2019-10-25
    1St Global Advisors Inc
    Springfield, IL
    Springfield, IL
  • 1999-08-31 → 2009-03-04
    Springfield, IL
    Springfield, IL
  • 1999-08-31 → 2002-12-31
    Springfield, IL
Other Businesses

1) ESP PROPERTIES, LLC; MEMBER; RENTAL REAL ESTATE; IR; HRS 0; HRS 0; 09/01/2014; Springfield IL; MEMBER OF LLC. 2) ESP WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC (FORMERLY ESP FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC); MEMBER; FINANCIAL SERVICES; IR; HRS 20; HRS 1; 10/31/2007; Springfield IL; Provide financial services to clients. 3) ESP INVESTORS; MEMBER; INVESTMENT CLUB INVESTMENT; IR; HRS 0; HRS 0; 08/01/2009; Springfield IL; NO DUTIES. 4) JIM AND TRACY ORR IRREVOCABLE TRUST; Independent Person; Irrevocable Life insurance trust. Assist Trustee with the administration of the Trust.A copy of the Trust agreement has been sent to compliance at Avantax; NIR; HRS 0; HRS 0; 06/01/2022; Springfield IL; Irrevocable Life insurance trust Assist Trustee with the administration of the Trust. A copy of the Trust agreement has been sent to compliance at Avantax. 5) Stephen W. Baker Beneficiary GST Trust; Trust Protector; Power is limited to amend Trust, subject to unanimous decision with 2nd Trust Protector; NIR; HRS 0; HRS 0; 6/4/2022; Springfield IL; Power is limited to amend Trust, subject to unanimous decision with 2nd Trust Protector. 6) Stephen W. Baker SLAT; Trust Protector; Power is limited to amend Trust, subject to unanimous decision with 2nd Trust Protector; NIR; HRS 0; HRS 0; 6/4/2022; Springfield IL; Power is limited to amend Trust, subject to unanimous decision with 2nd Trust Protector. 7) ECK, SCHAFER & PUNKE, LLP POSITION: PARTNER NATURE: Eck, Schafer & Punke, LLP is the CPA firm INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 40 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 40 START DATE: 11/01/1994 ADDRESS: 227 S 7th Street, Springfield IL 62701, United States DESCRIPTION: CPA firm partner. 8) ARLENE PUNKE ESTATE POSITION: Executor NATURE: Executor of estate for my Mother. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 5 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 5 START DATE: 06/15/2024 ADDRESS: 227 South Seventh Street, Springfield IL 62701, United States DESCRIPTION: Responsible for all financial and tax matters of the estate.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2009-09-18
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 1999-08-20
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2009-09-18
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    1999-08-20

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