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Merit Financial Advisors

2400 Lakeview Parkway Suite 550, Alpharetta, GA 30009 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
LA RA APPROVED 2022-03-06
TX RA APPROVED 2022-03-06
CA RA APPROVED 2020-09-16
  • LA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2022-03-06
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2022-03-06
  • CA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2020-09-16

Branch Locations

2400 Lakeview Parkway Suite 550, Alpharetta, GA 30009 • United States

4747 Morena Boulevard Suite 102, San Diego, CA 92117 • 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 San Diego CA 08/2006 10/2019
1St Global Advisors, Inc. San Diego CA 01/2007 10/2019
Avantax Insurance Services, Inc. San Diego CA 03/2007 08/2020
Reason Financial, Inc. (Previously Rawdin-Baron Financial, Inc.) San Diego CA 11/2010 09/2020
Avantax Advisory Services San Diego CA 10/2019 08/2020
Avantax Investment Services, Inc. San Diego CA 10/2019 08/2020
Avantax Insurance Agency San Diego CA 12/2019 08/2020
Lpl Financial, Llc San Diego CA 09/2020 08/2024
Merit Financial Advisors San Diego CA 09/2020 Present
Pks Investments Albany NY 08/2024 Present
  • 08/2006 → 10/2019
    1St Global Capital Corp
    San Diego, CA
  • 01/2007 → 10/2019
    1St Global Advisors, Inc.
    San Diego, CA
  • 03/2007 → 08/2020
    Avantax Insurance Services, Inc.
    San Diego, CA
  • 11/2010 → 09/2020
    Reason Financial, Inc. (Previously Rawdin-Baron Financial, Inc.)
    San Diego, CA
  • 10/2019 → 08/2020
    Avantax Advisory Services
    San Diego, CA
  • 10/2019 → 08/2020
    Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
    San Diego, CA
  • 12/2019 → 08/2020
    Avantax Insurance Agency
    San Diego, CA
  • 09/2020 → 08/2024
    San Diego, CA
  • 09/2020 → Present
    San Diego, CA
  • 08/2024 → Present
    Pks Investments
    Albany, NY
Previous Registrations
  • 2020-09-17 → 2024-08-16
    San Diego, CA
    San Diego, CA
    Alpharetta, GA
  • 2021-01-22 → 2022-06-30
    Reason Financial
    San Diego, CA
  • 2010-12-09 → 2020-12-31
    Reason Financial
    San Diego, CA
  • 2019-10-25 → 2020-09-16
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Irving, TX
  • 2007-01-24 → 2019-10-25
    1St Global Advisors Inc
    San Diego, CA
Other Businesses

1.) Merit Financial Advisors Investment Related. At Registered Location. RIA. IAR Started 9/2020. 160.160. provide investment advisory services through Merit Financial Group LLC, an independent investment advisor firm. 2.) Fixed Insurance. Investment Related. At the registered location. Insurance. Agent. Agent.07/15/2024.10.10. Provide insurance advice based on the needs of client(s). 3. )Reason Tax Group, LLC. Not Investment Related. At the registered location. Tax Prep. Owner. Owner. 20.20. Tax Prep 4.)PKS. Investment Related. At the registered location. RR of BD. Commission compensation. 5.)Friends of Kate Sessions; Not investment related; 2150 Beryl St, San Diego, CA 92109; Elementary Parent Teacher Organization; Co-Treasurer; 08/01/2025; 4 hours monthly; 0 hours during securities trading hours; bookkeeping and payments

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2007-01-09
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2007-01-09
Designations
Other Names
  • Steve Pollock

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