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Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

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

Current Registrations

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

Branch Locations

401 N Main St, Lancaster, SC 29720 • 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
Founders Federal Credit Union Lancaster SC 04/2016 10/2022
Avantax Investment Services Inc. Lancaster SC 03/2022 09/2025
Avantax Advisory Services Lancaster SC 03/2022 09/2025
Hess Financial Planning Inc Lancaster SC 10/2022 Present
Hess Tax & Accounting Group Llc Lancaster SC 01/2023 Present
Avantax Insurance Agency And/Or Avantax Insurance Services. Lancaster SC 07/2023 09/2025
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc Lancaster SC 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 04/2016 → 10/2022
    Founders Federal Credit Union
    Lancaster, SC
  • 03/2022 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services Inc.
    Lancaster, SC
  • 03/2022 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Lancaster, SC
  • 10/2022 → Present
    Hess Financial Planning Inc
    Lancaster, SC
  • 01/2023 → Present
    Hess Tax & Accounting Group Llc
    Lancaster, SC
  • 07/2023 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Agency And/Or Avantax Insurance Services.
    Lancaster, SC
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    Lancaster, SC
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2023-02-21 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Lancaster, SC
Other Businesses

1) HESS FINANCIAL PLANNING INC POSITION: Investment Advisor NATURE: Work with clients and their investment accounts as licenses allow INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 160 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 130 START DATE: 10/26/2022 ADDRESS: 401 N Main St, Lancaster SC 29720, United States DESCRIPTION: Open client accounts, manage investments, meet with clients, recommend suitable investments, complete tax returns 2) HESS TAX & ACCOUNTING GROUP LLC POSITION: Tax Advisor NATURE: Provide tax and write up work for clients year end quarterly and monthly needs. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 80 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 48 START DATE: 01/01/2023 ADDRESS: 401 N Main St, Lancaster SC 29720, United States DESCRIPTION: Prepare tax returns, P&Ls, balance sheets, and other accounting services 3) MORIAH BAPTIST ASSOCIATION POSITION: Treasurer NATURE: The treasurer in accord with the finance committee, sets and reviews budgets, payroll, and income resources. The treasurer is responsible to report financial health for monthly and annual meetings of the Moriah Association. The Treasurer is a non-voting position. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 2 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 2 START DATE: 10/01/2023 ADDRESS: 914 W Meeting St, Lancaster SC 29720, United States DESCRIPTION: Sign checks, review budgets, report to other committees and association members, and meet with committees when needed on financial questions

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2023-02-21
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2023-02-21
Other Names
  • Drake C Hess
  • Drake Hess

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