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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)25 years in industry

PAULA DEE PORSCH

Advisor at CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC

KANSAS CITY, MO

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 8:38 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 1, 2001 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jan 1, 2001earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 25derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Sep 27, 2001
First registration: Jan 1, 2001
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: PAULA DEE LUTH
IAPD individual key: 4423917

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 21, 2024	n/a	yes	KANSAS CITY, MO	Current employment
NATIONS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	Independent wealth	Mar 8, 2021	Jul 17, 2023	no	Kansas City, MO\|CEDAR RAPIDS, IA	Previous registration
VSR ADVISORY SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Sep 2, 2016	Nov 2, 2016	no	OVERLAND PARK, KS\|TOPEKA, KS\|KANSAS CITY, MO	Previous registration
SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 1, 2016	Mar 11, 2021	no	KANSAS CITY, MO	Previous registration
VSR ADVISORY SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	May 1, 2009	Sep 1, 2016	no	OVERLAND PARK, KS\|KANSAS CITY, MO	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Jan 1, 2001	May 5, 2009	no	KANSAS CITY, MO\|KANSAS CITY, MO	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
NATIONS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Jul 17, 2023	Mar 21, 2024	248	Firm change	RIA to ibd
SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	VSR ADVISORY SERVICES	Mar 11, 2021	Sep 2, 2016	-1,651	Firm change after gap	Other
VSR ADVISORY SERVICES	NATIONS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	Nov 2, 2016	Mar 8, 2021	1,587	Firm change after gap	Other
VSR ADVISORY SERVICES	SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	Sep 1, 2016	Sep 1, 2016	0	Bulk transfer	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	VSR ADVISORY SERVICES	May 5, 2009	May 1, 2009	-4	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 21, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ NATIONS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 8, 2021 to Jul 17, 2023factForm ADV
→ SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 1, 2016 to Mar 11, 2021factForm ADV
→ VSR ADVISORY SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 2, 2016 to Nov 2, 2016factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 1, 2001 to May 5, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jul 17, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Paula Dee Porsch left Nations Financial Group, Inc. for Cetera Investment Advisers Llc (registered 2024-03-21)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago