Edward Marvin Watkins

Employer firm

Ifg Advisory, LLC CRD 168012

$4.76B regulatory AUM 298 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

• Financial planning
• Portfolio management (individuals)
• Pension consulting
• Selection of other advisers
• Periodicals / newsletters
• Educational seminars

From the firm’s Form ADV. Read the guides:

• Item 5F — Regulatory AUM
• Item 5G — Advisory services
• Full firm profile

Current Employers

Employment History

• 11/1985 → 02/2022
  Delta Financial Inc
  Pinehurst, NC
• 11/1985 → 02/2022
  Minnesota Life
  St. Paul, MN
• 01/1984 → 02/2022
  Edward Watkins & Associates, Inc
  Raleigh, NC
• 07/2016 → 01/2022
  Securities America Inc.
  Raleigh, NC
• 07/2016 → 03/2022
  Securities America Advisors
  Raleigh, NC
• 03/2022 → Present
  Lpl Financial Llc
  Raleigh, NC
• 03/2022 → Present
  Ifg Advisory, Llc
  Atlanta, GA

Previous Registrations

• 2016-08-01 → 2022-03-01
  Securities America Advisors, Inc.
  Raleigh, NC
  Raleigh, NC
• 2005-06-03 → 2016-08-09
  Woodbury Financial Services, Inc.
  Raleigh, NC
  Raleigh, NC
  Raleigh, NC
• 2001-12-31 → 2005-05-26
  Securian Financial Services, Inc.
  Raleigh, NC

Other Businesses

1)02/18/2022 - Franklin Watkins Financial Group - DBA for LPL Business (entity for LPL business) - Inv Rel - At Reported Business Location(s) 2) 03/18/2022 - IFG Advisory, LLC - Investment Related - At Reported Business Location(s) - Registered Investment Advisor Hybrid - IAR - Start Date - 03/01/2022 - 30 Hours Per Month/ 5 Hours During Securities Trading - I provide investment advisory services through IFG Advisory, LLC, an independent investment advisor firm. I started this business activity in 03/2022. I expect to spend approximately 30 hours per month on this activity. Please see the advisory firm's Form ADV for more information about its address, the nature of its business, its owners, and its services at http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD. The firm is separate from and independent of LPL Financial. 3) 12/08/2023 - Edward Watkins & Associates, Inc. - Inv Related - At Reported Business Location(s) - Insurance Agency - Started: 1/1/1995 - 2 Hrs/Mo; 1 Hr During Trading.

Exams

• S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
  1999-04-28
• S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  1983-07-25

Designations

• Chartered Financial Consultant

Other Names

• Eddie Watkins