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Christopher Douglas Gleason

Independent Financial Group, LLC

Sarasota, FL

Southbury, CT

CRD 2268918

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Employer firm

Independent Financial Group, LLC CRD 7717

$12.9B regulatory AUM 301 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

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

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

Current Employers
Independent Financial Group, Llc

12671 High Bluff Dr Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92130 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
FL RA APPROVED 2025-01-01
CT RA APPROVED 2021-08-03
  • FL RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-01-01
  • CT RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2021-08-03

Branch Locations

Sarasota, FL • United States

Southbury, CT • United States

Disclosures

1 disclosure category reported Yes on this SEC record. Read each Yes below, then review the firm’s Form ADV Item 11 guide for how disclosure questions work.

  • Regulatory action Yes
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Self-Employed Southbury CT 08/1990 Present
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Comp Springfield MA 06/1992 Present
Girard Securities Inc. San Diego CA 04/2004 11/2017
Cetera Advisor Networks Llc El Segundo CA 09/2017 07/2021
Independent Financial Group Sarasota FL 08/2021 Present
  • 08/1990 → Present
    Self-Employed
    Southbury, CT
  • 06/1992 → Present
    Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Comp
    Springfield, MA
  • 04/2004 → 11/2017
    Girard Securities Inc.
    San Diego, CA
  • 09/2017 → 07/2021
    Cetera Advisor Networks Llc
    El Segundo, CA
  • 08/2021 → Present
    Independent Financial Group
    Sarasota, FL
Previous Registrations
  • 2017-09-06 → 2021-08-02
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    Sarasota, FL
    Corpus Christi, TX
    El Segundo, CA
    Southbury, CT
    Sarasota, FL
    Southbury, CT
    Sarasota, FL
    Sarasota, FL
    Southbury, CT
    San Diego, CA
    Southbury, CT
  • 2004-04-22 → 2017-11-01
    Girard Securities, Inc.
    Southbury, CT
    San Diego, CA
    Sarasota, FL
  • 1996-08-22 → 2004-04-22
    Main Street Management Company
    Southbury, CT
  • 1999-05-20 → 2002-12-31
    Southbury, CT
Other Businesses

(1) INSURANCE POSITION: Agent/Representative NATURE: Insurance outside of IFG INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 1 START DATE: 01/01/1800 ADDRESS: 3827 Camino Real, Sarasota FL 34239, United States DESCRIPTION: Insurance Agent (2) GLEASON FINANCIAL POSITION: Officer/Director NATURE: DBA Name for Marketing Purposes Only INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 160 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 130 START DATE: 01/01/1992 ADDRESS: 3827 Camino Real, Sarasota FL 34239, United States DESCRIPTION: DBA used for marketing purposes

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 1995-04-10
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 1993-04-23
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    1995-04-10
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    1993-04-23
Other Names
  • Christopher Douglas Gleason
  • Christopher Douglas Gleason

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