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5707 Southwest Parkway Building 2, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78735 • United States
Current Registrations
| Authority | Category | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | RA | APPROVED_RES | 2023-07-27 |
| NJ | RA | APPROVED | 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
No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.
| Organization | City | State | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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
| Code | Exam | Date |
|---|---|---|
| S66 | Uniform Combined State Law Examination | 2015-10-30 |
| S63 | Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination | 2009-09-23 |
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