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Principal Securities, Inc.

711 High Street, Des Moines, IA 50392 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
IA RA APPROVED 2025-03-13
  • IA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-03-13

Branch Locations

6701 Westown Pkwy Ste 200, West Des Moines, IA 50266 • 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
Drake University Des Moines IA 08/2014 12/2017
Principal Life Insurance Company W Des Moines IA 10/2015 02/2018
Principal Securities Inc W Des Moines IA 02/2018 08/2022
Principal Life Insurance Co W Des Moines IA 02/2018 08/2022
Bral Niedert Private Wealth Advisors West Des Moines IA 06/2022 02/2025
Commonwealth Financial Network San Diego CA 08/2022 02/2025
Principal Life Insurance Company West Des Moines IA 03/2025 Present
Principal Securities, Inc. West Des Moines IA 03/2025 Present
Aligned Wealth Advisors West Des Moines IA 03/2025 Present
  • 08/2014 → 12/2017
    Drake University
    Des Moines, IA
  • 10/2015 → 02/2018
    Principal Life Insurance Company
    W Des Moines, IA
  • 02/2018 → 08/2022
    W Des Moines, IA
  • 02/2018 → 08/2022
    Principal Life Insurance Co
    W Des Moines, IA
  • 06/2022 → 02/2025
    Bral Niedert Private Wealth Advisors
    West Des Moines, IA
  • 08/2022 → 02/2025
    San Diego, CA
  • 03/2025 → Present
    Principal Life Insurance Company
    West Des Moines, IA
  • 03/2025 → Present
    West Des Moines, IA
  • 03/2025 → Present
    Aligned Wealth Advisors
    West Des Moines, IA
Previous Registrations
Other Businesses

**NOTARY POSITION: Notary - Laura Hertges NATURE: Notary INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 1 START DATE: 02/08/2025 ADDRESS: 6701 Westown Pkwy Ste 200, West Des Moines IA 50266, United States DESCRIPTION: Notary. **ALIGNED WEALTH ADVISORS (DBA) POSITION: Operations Manager NATURE: Other INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 1 START DATE: 03/01/2025 ADDRESS: 6701 Westown Pkwy Ste 200, West Des Moines IA 50266, United States DESCRIPTION: DBA marketing name. **ALIGNED WEALTH ADVISORS POSITION: Operations Manager NATURE: Employee of Aligned Wealth Advisors INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 160 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 130 START DATE: 03/01/2025 ADDRESS: 6701 Westown Pkwy Ste 200, West Des Moines IA 50266, United States DESCRIPTION: I am supporting Derek Hertges and Conor Boffeli to help execute administrative duties. This would include client communications, scheduling, trading as directed by the advisors and well as any other client servicing requests. **HERTGES PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC POSITION: Partner NATURE: Owner/Partner/of LLC/S-Corp/REIT INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 10 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 10 START DATE: 12/11/2025 ADDRESS: 555 SE Esker Ridge Dr, Waukee IA 50263, United States DESCRIPTION: Opened an LLC called Hertges Property Holdings, LLC for the sole purpose of holding a building that will be acquired in Decorah, Iowa. This building is a commercial building that will be rented. This is jointly owned by myself and my husband, Derek Hertges. We do not have any tenants in the building as of now and will be doing repairs and then seeking commercial tenants.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2018-08-02
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2018-08-02
Other Names
  • Laura Munkel
  • Laura Jane Munkel
  • Laura Jane Hertges
  • Laura Hertges

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