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Kestra Advisory Services, Llc

5707 Southwest Parkway Building 2, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78735 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
TX RA APPROVED_RES 2023-07-27
NJ RA APPROVED 2020-10-15
  • TX RA
    APPROVED_RES
    Since 2023-07-27
  • NJ RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2020-10-15

Branch Locations

5707 Southwest Parkway Building 2, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78735 • United States

100 Passaic Ave Suite 100A, Fairfield, NJ 07004 • United States

Ridgewood, NJ • 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
Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. New York NY 06/2011 10/2020
Raymond James Financial Services New York NY 09/2015 10/2020
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. Fairfield NJ 01/2016 10/2020
O'KEeffe Financial Partners Fairfield NJ 10/2020 Present
Kestra Investment Services, Llc Fairfield NJ 10/2020 Present
Kristin Merrick Llc Fairfield NJ 08/2018 Present
Kestra Advisory Services, Llc Fairfield NJ 10/2020 Present
  • 06/2011 → 10/2020
    Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
    New York, NY
  • 09/2015 → 10/2020
    Raymond James Financial Services
    New York, NY
  • 01/2016 → 10/2020
    Fairfield, NJ
  • 10/2020 → Present
    O'KEeffe Financial Partners
    Fairfield, NJ
  • 10/2020 → Present
    Kestra Investment Services, Llc
    Fairfield, NJ
  • 08/2018 → Present
    Kristin Merrick Llc
    Fairfield, NJ
  • 10/2020 → Present
    Fairfield, NJ
Previous Registrations
Other Businesses

Busi Name: Kristin Merrick LLC Investment Related: No Address: 437 UPPER BLVD RIDGEWOOD NJ 07450 Nature of Business: Consulting Position, Title or Relationship: Money Expert Start Date: 1/4/2017 Hours per month: 0% - 10% (0 - 16 hours) Hours per month during trading hours: 0% - 10% (0 - 14 hours) Duties: Creating plans for people who need to get out of debt; creating savings plans or budgets for people who want to get their spending under control; speaking to groups of people (in person or virutally) about money; writing in publications about personal finance; speaking on television (this is rarely paid) Busi Name: Associated Life Brokerage, Inc; Capitas Financial, Inc Investment Related: Yes Address: 1170 US Highway 22, Suite 308 Bridgewater NJ 08807 Nature of Business: Insurance Position, Title or Relationship: I receive 1099 income from them when I sell an insurance policy Start Date: 3/31/2016 Hours per month: 0% - 10% (0 - 16 hours) Hours per month during trading hours: 0% - 10% (0 - 14 hours) Duties: selling life/LTC/disability insurnce to clients and they are my wholesaler Business Name: Ridgewood YMCA Investment Related: No Address: 112 Oak Street RIDGEWOOD NJ 07450 Nature of Business: Board Position (Board of Directors, Board of Trustees, etc.) Position, Title or Relationship: Director on Board of Directors of YMCA Start Date: 6/13/2018 Hours per month: 0% - 10% (0 - 16 hours) Hours per month during trading hours: 0% - 10% (0 - 14 hours) Duties: monthly board meetings; talking to people in the community about becoming more engaged in the YMCA Busi Name: Kestra Advisory Services, LLC Investment Related: Yes Address: 5707 Southwest Parkway Building 2 Ste. 400 Austin TX 78735 Nature of Business: Investment Advisory services through Kestra Advisory Services, LLC Position, Title or Relationship: Financial Advisor Start Date: 10/14/2020 Hours per month: 0% - 10% (0 - 16 hours) Hours per month during trading hours: 11% - 20% (15 - 28 hours) Duties: Financial planning and investment mgmt Busi Name: O'Keeffe Financial Partners, LLC Investment Related: Yes Address: 100 Passaic Ave, Suite 100A Fairfield NJ 07004 Nature of Business: Registered Rep Activities through Kestra Investment Services, LLC using a DBA name Position, Title or Relationship: Financial Advisor Start Date: 9/7/2015 Hours per month: 21% - 30% (33 - 48 hours) Hours per month during trading hours: 21% - 30% (29 - 42 hours) Duties: advising clients on investments and acting as their financial planner Busi Name: Women Work F#cking Hard Investment Related: No Address: 437 UPPER BLVD RIDGEWOOD NJ 07450 Nature of Business: Other Other/None of the Above Host parties, update website, do interviews/podcasts to share our message Position, Title or Relationship: Co-Founder Start Date: 2/13/2018 Hours per month: 0% - 10% (0 - 16 hours) Hours per month during trading hours: 0% - 10% (0 - 14 hours) Duties: Hosting a few parties a year; keeping up our website; webinars to connect women with resources; possibly a podcast in the future (not developed yet) HOUSE OF PUFF POSITION: advisory board member NATURE: Board position (Board of Directors, Board of Trustees, etc.) INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 5 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 02/07/2022 ADDRESS: 1412 Broadway, New York NY 10018, United States DESCRIPTION: 1) helping them create a strategic plan to grow business 2) helping them navigate fundraising and business decisions 3) giving insight on product development 4) grow business via fundraising efforts

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2015-10-30
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 2009-09-23
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2015-10-30
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    2009-09-23
Other Names
  • Kristin Angela O'KEefe
  • Kristin Angela O'KEeffe
  • Kristin Okeeffe
  • Kristin O Merrick
  • Kristin Angela Merrick

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