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Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

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

Current Registrations

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

Branch Locations

2635 Forest Avenue Suite 100, Chico, CA 95928 • 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
Tax Pro Chico CA 03/1990 Present
1St Global Capital Corp. Chico CA 05/2004 10/2019
Avantax Insurance Services, Inc. Chico CA 04/2005 09/2025
1St Global Advisors, Inc. Chico CA 11/2006 10/2019
Avantax Advisory Services Chico CA 10/2019 09/2025
Avantax Investment Services, Inc. Chico CA 10/2019 09/2025
Avantax Insurance Agency Chico CA 12/2019 09/2025
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc Chico CA 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 03/1990 → Present
    Tax Pro
    Chico, CA
  • 05/2004 → 10/2019
    1St Global Capital Corp.
    Chico, CA
  • 04/2005 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Services, Inc.
    Chico, CA
  • 11/2006 → 10/2019
    1St Global Advisors, Inc.
    Chico, CA
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Chico, CA
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
    Chico, CA
  • 12/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Agency
    Chico, CA
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    Chico, CA
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2019-10-25 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Chico, CA
  • 2006-11-22 → 2019-10-25
    1St Global Advisors Inc
    Chico, CA
    Chico, CA
Other Businesses

1) JEFF ROSS FINANCIAL (A DBA OF ROSS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC) POSITION: PRESIDENT NATURE: FINANCIAL SERVICES I used to market as Ross & Vincent Financial Group, re-branding as Jeff Ross Financial, no other changes. INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 160 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 7 START DATE: 06/01/2014 ADDRESS: Chico CA 95928, United States DESCRIPTION: PRESIDENT / OWNER / INVESTMENT ADVISOR 2) RENTAL PROPERTY - CHICO, CA POSITION: 100% Owner NATURE: Rental Property located at 2635 Forest Ave Chico CA 95928 INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 4 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 11/15/2015 ADDRESS: , Chico CA , United States DESCRIPTION: Rent out 1/2 the building and utilize the other 1/2 for business purposes. 3) ROSS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC POSITION: PRESIDENT, CEO NATURE: ACCOUNTING/EA INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 200 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 8 START DATE: 07/01/2012 ADDRESS: 2635 Forest Ave Suite 100, Chico CA 95928, DESCRIPTION: ROSS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC DBA TAXPRO WILL BE THE ENTITY THAT I MANAGE MY TAX PRACTICE THROUGH. I AM THE SOLE OWNER OF THIS ENTITY THAT PROVIDES TAX AND INVESTMENT SERVICES TO MY CLIENTS AND HAS 2 EMPLOYEES. 4) CHICO ELKS LODGE POSITION: Trustee NATURE: Provide oversight of budget Approve bills to pay (don't write checks) INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 12 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 12/01/2018 ADDRESS: 1705 Manzanita Ave, Chico CA 95926, DESCRIPTION: Review financials / give guidance to bookkeeper Assist with interpreting internal financial reports approve bills to pay I have signature authority on account but have not signed any checks. checks need 2 signatures. there are 6 people that can sign. I don't plan on signing any checks 5) JOSEPH PATRICK LAFFERTY TRUST POSITION: First Successor Trustee (2nd position) NATURE: My good friend and tax/investment client Joseph Lafferty sent me a copy of his newly created revocable trust. He has listed a primary successor trustee and has listed me as a "backup" trustee as a contingency. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 0 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 11/01/2023 ADDRESS: 2635 Forest Ave, Suite 100, Chico CA 95928, United States DESCRIPTION: Listed as Contingent successor trustee, so good chance there is NO responsibility. 7)Taxpro; Owner/ Tax Preparer; Tax; NIR; 03/01/1990; Chico CA ; Audit and Collection

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2006-11-13
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 1998-10-21
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2006-11-13
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    1998-10-21
Designations
Other Names
  • Jeffrey Michael Ross

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