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Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

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

Current Registrations

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

Branch Locations

1450 American Lane 6Th Floor, Suite 650, Schaumburg, IL 60173-2096 • 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 No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint Yes
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Linus Whitlock Charlotte NC 01/1984 Present
Financial Network Investment Corporation Charlotte NC 07/1996 Present
Linus Whitlock Charlotte NC 05/1998 Present
1St Global Capital Corp. Charlotte NC 08/1999 10/2019
1St Global Advisors, Inc Huntersville NC 10/1999 10/2019
Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc Greensboro NC 03/2006 09/2025
Avantax Advisory Services Greensboro NC 10/2019 09/2025
Avantax Investment Services, Inc. Greensboro NC 10/2019 09/2025
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc El Segundo CA 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 01/1984 → Present
    Linus Whitlock
    Charlotte, NC
  • 07/1996 → Present
    Financial Network Investment Corporation
    Charlotte, NC
  • 05/1998 → Present
    Linus Whitlock
    Charlotte, NC
  • 08/1999 → 10/2019
    1St Global Capital Corp.
    Charlotte, NC
  • 10/1999 → 10/2019
    1St Global Advisors, Inc
    Huntersville, NC
  • 03/2006 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc
    Greensboro, NC
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Greensboro, NC
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
    Greensboro, NC
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    El Segundo, CA
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2019-10-25 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Greensboro, NC
    Mount Holly, NC
    Ocean Isle Beach, NC
    Greensboro, NC
    Dallas, TX
  • 2002-06-19 → 2019-10-25
    1St Global Advisors Inc
    Huntersville, NC
Other Businesses

1) WISDOM WEALTH CARE POSITION: Director of Financial Services NATURE: DBA for Cheryl David's financial services entity INV RELATED: Yes # OF HRS: 140 SECURITIES TRADING HRS: 6 START: 03/01/2017 ADDR: 528 College Rd., Greensboro NC DESC: Manage all financial services activity, engage with clients for discovery, plan presentation, implementation, & review meetings. 2) VARIOUS INSURANCE CARRIERS- LINCOLN FINANCIAL, PROTECTIVE, AVIVA, JACKSON NATIONAL POSITION: REGISTERED REPRESENTARIVE NATURE: INSURANCE INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 1 START DATE: 10/01/2013 ADDRESS: Greensboro NC DESCRIPTION: EIA Sales/Service 3) FIXED INSURANCE POSITION: OWNER NATURE: Insurance sales INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 10 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 06/01/1993 ADDRESS: Greensboro NC DESCRIPTION: Insurance sales 4) CHERYL DAVID, LLC POSITION: DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES NATURE: FINANCIAL SERVICES INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 30 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 30 START DATE: 06/01/2004 ADDRESS: Greensboro NC DESCRIPTION: Handle all aspects of financial services with clients & oversee junior financial advisor and assistant. 5) STATE OF NC POSITION: Consultant NATURE: FORENSIC SCIENCE CONSULTING INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 0 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 DESCRIPTION: Consulting services 6) WHITLOCK WEALTHCARE, INC POSITION: PRESIDENT NATURE: Financial adviser. INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 180 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 6 START DATE: 01/01/2003 ADDRESS: 522 College Rd., #208, Greensboro NC DESCRIPTION: SERVICES ENTITY; 100% OWNERSHIP; OWNER; 01/01/2003; 180 HRS/MO; 6 HRS/TRADE; PROVIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES TO CLIENTS & ACT AS FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR CHERYL DAVID, LLC 7) RENTAL PROPERTY POSITION: Co-owner NATURE: Beach condo my wife and I have bought together that we will rent INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 5 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 11/21/2017 ADDRESS: 14120 Rhiannon Ln, Huntersville, NC DESCRIPTION: We own it, have hired a local management company to manage the day to day rental operations. Occasionally go to it and do some maintenance work on it. Write checks to pay for bills, may list it on VRBO or AirBnB to solicit more rentals. 8) RENTAL PROPERTY POSITION: Co-owner NATURE: Beach condo is rented out, : a second condo we rent out : a third my wife and I own jointly with others INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 10 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 2 START DATE: 11/21/2017 ADDRESS: 961 Raffaelo View, Mount Holly NC 28120, United States DESCRIPTION: Owners. We have listed it on VRBO and AirBnB to solicit rentals. 9) RENTAL PROPERTY; Co-owner; One beach condo we rent out, and a second condo we rent out; NIR; HRS 10; HRS 1; 11/21/2017; 961 Raffaelo View, Mount Holly NC 28120; We will write checks to pay for bills on it. We have listed it on VRBO and AirBnB to solicit rentals. 10) FIXED ANNUITY SALES POS: Agent NATURE: Annuity Sales and Service INV RELATED: Yes # OF HRS: 2 SECURITIES TRADING HRS: 2 START: 11/29/2023 ADDR: 528 College Rd, Greensboro NC 27410, United States DESC: Agent 11) IMAGERY HOA FINANCE COMMITTEE POS: Member/Officer TBD NATURE: This committee provides advice and recommendations to the HOA Board of Directors. This includes reviews of financial reports on Operating and Reserve Funds for the HOA, developing recommendations for how to structure the savings accounts (checking, money market, CD), policies and procedures for actions that touch on the financial operations of the HOA INV RELATED: Yes # OF HRS: 6 SECURITIES TRADING HRS: 2 START: 06/30/2025 ADDR: 520 Horseshoe Bend Beach Rd., Mount Holly NC 28120, United States DESC: Review monthly financial reports Develop cash management recommendations Review policies to ensure proper oversight of employees. Attend monthly meetings of committee Make recommendations to the Board of Directors as we deem appropriate.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 1999-05-26
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 1993-09-09
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    1999-05-26
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    1993-09-09
Designations
Other Names
  • Linus Whitlock

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