William Vaughn Groves

Employer firm

Cetera Investment Advisers LLC CRD 105644

$257B regulatory AUM 24,019 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

• Financial planning
• Portfolio management (individuals)
• Portfolio management (institutions)
• Pension consulting
• Selection of other advisers
• 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

• 03/2003 → 10/2019
  1St Global Corp.
  Lake Oswego, OR
• 09/2002 → Present
  Corben Financial Services, Llc
  Lake Oswego, OR
• 03/2003 → 10/2019
  1St Global Advisors, Inc
  Lake Oswego, OR
• 12/2004 → 09/2025
  Avantax Insurance Services, Inc.
  Beaverton, OR
• 10/2019 → 09/2025
  Avantax Advisory Services
  Beaverton, OR
• 10/2019 → 09/2025
  Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
  Beaverton, OR
• 01/2007 → Present
  Private Wealth Services, Llc (Formally Rhb Wealth Advisors, Llc)
  Beaverton, OR
• 05/2024 → 09/2025
  Avantax Insurance Agency And/Or Avantax Insurance Services
  Beaverton, OR
• 08/2025 → Present
  Fortress-Financial
  Ashland, OR
• 09/2025 → Present
  Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
  El Segundo, CA
• 09/2025 → Present
  Cetera Investment Advisers Llc
  Schaumburg, IL

Previous Registrations

• 2019-10-25 → 2025-09-05
  Avantax Advisory Services
  Beaverton, OR
  Beaverton, OR
  Dallas, TX
• 2003-03-11 → 2019-10-25
  1St Global Advisors Inc
  Beaverton, OR
• 2002-10-04 → 2003-04-14
  Signator Investors, Inc.
  Lake Oswego, OR

Other Businesses

1) PRIVATE WEALTH SERVICES, LLC (FORMALLY RHB WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC) POSITION: Financial Advisor NATURE: FINANCIAL SERVICES INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 160 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 130 START DATE: 01/01/2007 ADDRESS: 4800 SW Griffith Dt, Suite 350, Beaverton OR 97705, United States DESCRIPTION: Advise clients in financial related matters 2) FORTRESS-FINANCIAL POSITION: Registered Financial Consultant NATURE: I will be providing financial planning advise and acting as a point of contact when implementing and maintaining the ongoing review of their financial plan. This may include, Insurance, Managed Money, Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds as an example. INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 120 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 80 START DATE: 08/25/2025 ADDRESS: 295 E Main Street, Suite 10, Ashland OR 97520, United States DESCRIPTION: My primary duty is to maintain, review, monitor and advise clients on their financial planning. Often times this includes face to face of telephone calls to ensure we are meeting expectations and achieving our goals.

Exams

• S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  1999-06-11

Other Names

• Bill Groves