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Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

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

Current Registrations

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

Branch Locations

4407 Bee Caves Rd Bldg 6 Ste 621, Austin, TX 78746 • United States

Austin, TX • 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
Carpenter & Langford, Pllc Austin TX 06/2019 09/2022
Avantax Advisory Services Giddings TX 09/2022 09/2025
Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc Giddings TX 09/2022 09/2025
Carpenter And Langford, P.C. Austin TX 08/2010 Present
Carpenter & Langford Pllc West Lake Hills TX 06/2019 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 06/2019 → 09/2022
    Carpenter & Langford, Pllc
    Austin, TX
  • 09/2022 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Giddings, TX
  • 09/2022 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc
    Giddings, TX
  • 08/2010 → Present
    Carpenter And Langford, P.C.
    Austin, TX
  • 06/2019 → Present
    Carpenter & Langford Pllc
    West Lake Hills, TX
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2022-09-19 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Austin, TX
    Austin, TX
    Giddings, TX
    Austin, TX
    Austin, TX
    Dallas, TX
Other Businesses

1) AVANTAX INSURANCE AGENCY AND/OR AVANTAX INSURANCE SERVICES; POSITION: insurance agent NATURE: selling insurance products approved through Avantax INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 20 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 10 START DATE: 08/26/2022; ADDRESS: 4407 Bee Caves Rd, #621, West Lake Hills TX 78746, US; meet with clients find client insurance needs provide best options/solutions. 2) CARPENTER & LANGFORD PLLC; POSITION: Member NATURE: Tax preparation Tax consulting business advisory services IRS representation Bookkeeping Payroll INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 160 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 130 START DATE: 06/25/2019; ADDRESS: 4407 Bee Caves Rd, #621, West Lake Hills TX 78746, US; Individual and business tax compliance and consulting Tax preparation Review of tax returns Staff training Firm management Use this entity to market Avantax business. 3) CARPENTER & LANGFORD, PC; POSITION: Member NATURE: Accounting and tax firm no longer active, replaced by new entity, Carpenter & Langford, PLLC INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 0 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 08/05/2010; 4407 Bee Caves Rd, Bldg 6 Ste 621, Austin TX 78748, US; no duties, inactive entity. 4) LAINE ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC POSITION: single member NATURE: single member LLC (disregarded entity) used to receive funds from Avantax agreements (commissions, advisory fees, rev share, etc.) mainly from Avantax affiliates. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/21/2022 ADDRESS: 12604 white eagle rd, Austin TX 78748, United States DESCRIPTION: single member, disregarded entity, used to report fees related to Avantax affiliates for commissions, advisory fees, rev share, etc.

Designations
Other Names
  • Brett E Laine
  • Brett Laine

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