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Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

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

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
LA RA APPROVED 2025-09-05
  • LA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-09-05

Branch Locations

434 E. Main Street, Ville Platte, LA 70586 • 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
1St Global Capital Corp. Lafayette LA 04/2013 10/2019
1St Global Advisors Inc. Lafayette LA 04/2013 10/2019
Kolder, Champagne, Slaven & Company, Llc Ville Platte LA 01/2008 Present
Avantax Advisory Services Irving TX 10/2019 09/2025
Avantax Investment Services, Inc. Ville Platte LA 10/2019 09/2025
Kcs Wealth Advisors, Llc Dba Kore Financial Group Ville Platte LA 12/2023 Present
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc Ville Platte LA 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 04/2013 → 10/2019
    1St Global Capital Corp.
    Lafayette, LA
  • 04/2013 → 10/2019
    1St Global Advisors Inc.
    Lafayette, LA
  • 01/2008 → Present
    Kolder, Champagne, Slaven & Company, Llc
    Ville Platte, LA
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Irving, TX
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
    Ville Platte, LA
  • 12/2023 → Present
    Kcs Wealth Advisors, Llc Dba Kore Financial Group
    Ville Platte, LA
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    Ville Platte, LA
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2019-10-25 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Ville Platte, LA
  • 2013-12-02 → 2019-10-25
    1St Global Advisors Inc
    Lafayette, LA
    Ville Platte, LA
Other Businesses

1) KOLDER, SLAVEN & COMPANY LLC POSITION: Partner NATURE: Became equity partner on 1/1/22. Manage/oversee the day to day operations of the firm's Ville Platte office. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 200 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 120 START DATE: 01/01/2022 ADDRESS: 434 E. Main Street, Ville Platte LA 70586, United States DESCRIPTION: Partner in charge of the Ville Platte office. See clients and perform tax and audit services. 2) KCS WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC DBA KORE FINANCIAL GROUP POSITION: Referring Advisor NATURE: Wealth management services INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 10 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 3 START DATE: 12/01/2023 ADDRESS: 434 E. Main Street, Ville Platte LA 70586, United States DESCRIPTION: Referring advisor 3) CASEY L. ARDOIN, CPA, APC POSITION: PRESIDENT NATURE: THIS ENTITY IS A SHAREHOLDER OF KOLDER, SLAVEN AND COMPANY LLC. I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF THIS ENTITY. I RECEIVE MY COMPENSATION FROM KOLDER, SLAVEN AND COMPANY THROUGH THIS ENTITY. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 20 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 10 START DATE: 05/01/2024 ADDRESS: 434 E. Main Street, Ville Platte LA 70586, United States DESCRIPTION: THIS ENTITY IS A SHAREHOLDER OF KOLDER, SLAVEN AND COMPANY LLC. I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF THIS ENTITY. I RECEIVE MY COMPENSATION FROM KOLDER, SLAVEN AND COMPANY THROUGH THIS ENTITY. 4) KCS WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC (FORMERLY KCSC FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC); REFERRAL ADVISOR; WEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES; IR; 20; 11/04/2013; Bldg. 2 Lafayette LA 70508; Referring advisor 5) KCSC Financial Services, LLC; Referral Advisor; Wealth Management Services; NIR; 20; 04/01/2013; Ville Platte LA 70586; 6) KCS Wealth Advisors LLC; Equity Partner; I am now an equity partner in the entity.; NIR; 1; 01/01/2022; 434 E. Main Street Ville Platte LA 70586; Not heavily involved in the day to day operations.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2013-12-02
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2013-12-02

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