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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)16 years in industry

CHRISTIAN GRUNDEL

Advisor at CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC

Worcester, MA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 4, 2010 to Sep 14, 2026

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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: Feb 27, 2010earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 16derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Feb 27, 2010
First registration: Mar 4, 2010
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: CHRIS A GRUNDEL
IAPD individual key: 5541530

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	Worcester, MA	Current employment
EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES	Independent wealth	Nov 30, 2016	Feb 23, 2021	no	WARWICK, RI	Previous registration
FINANCIAL ENGINES ADVISOR CENTER, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 12, 2016	Nov 30, 2016	no	WARWICK, RI\|OVERLAND PARK, KS	Previous registration
MSI FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Mar 4, 2010	Sep 8, 2016	no	WARWICK, RI	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
EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES	CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Feb 23, 2021	Mar 21, 2024	1,122	Firm change after gap	RIA to ibd
FINANCIAL ENGINES ADVISOR CENTER, LLC	EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES	Nov 30, 2016	Nov 30, 2016	0	Bulk transfer	Other
MSI FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	FINANCIAL ENGINES ADVISOR CENTER, LLC	Sep 8, 2016	Sep 12, 2016	4	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 21, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 30, 2016 to Feb 23, 2021factForm ADV
→ FINANCIAL ENGINES ADVISOR CENTER, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 12, 2016 to Nov 30, 2016factForm ADV
→ MSI FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 4, 2010 to Sep 8, 2016factForm ADV

Dated events

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