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Richard Raymond Brown

Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC

Valley Village, CA

CRD 2541545

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Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC CRD 145488

$2.75B regulatory AUM 35 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

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

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

Current Employers
Arete Wealth Advisors, Llc

1115 W Fulton Market 3Rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60607 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
CA RA APPROVED 2025-12-21
  • CA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-12-21

Branch Locations

Valley Village, CA • 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
Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation Westlake Village CA 06/1998 12/2019
Arete Wealth Management Llc Chicago IL 12/2019 Present
Arete Wealth Advisors Llc Chicago IL 12/2019 Present
  • 06/1998 → 12/2019
    Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation
    Westlake Village, CA
  • 12/2019 → Present
    Arete Wealth Management Llc
    Chicago, IL
  • 12/2019 → Present
    Chicago, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 1997-12-19 → 2019-12-26
    Osaic Fa, Inc.
    Campbell, CA
    Westlake Village, CA
Other Businesses

APHETA 8581 SANTA MONICA BLVD SUITE 430 WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 CATEGORY: INSURANCE INVESTMENT-RELATED: YES TITLE: SALESPERSON DUTIES: FIXED LIFE INSURANCE SALES INCLUDING PREMIUM FINANCING START DATE: 2014 HOURS PER MONTH: 80 HOURS PER MONTH DURING TRADING HOURS: 40 CPA ACADEMY 160 N MARTEL AVE LOS ANGELES, CA 90036 CATEGORY: CONTINUING EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR FOR CPAS AND ATTORNEYS INVESTMENT-RELATED: NO TITLE: AGENT DUTIES: CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASSES REGARDING FIXED INSURANCE START DATE: 04/01/2020 HOURS PER MONTH: 5 HOURS PER MONTH DURING TRADING HOURS: 3

Exams
CodeExamDate
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 1994-10-07
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    1994-10-07

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