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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Analystdual registered (broker-dealer)43 years in industry

DRAKE HOWARD ZIMMERMAN

Advisor at LPL FINANCIAL LLC

NORMAL, IL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 2:27 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 7, 1997 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: LPL FINANCIAL 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: Oct 22, 1982earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 43derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Analyst
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Oct 22, 1982
First registration: Dec 7, 1997
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 1070600

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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 30, 2024	n/a	yes	NORMAL, IL	Current employment
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 12, 2020	Oct 9, 2024	no	NORMAL, IL	Previous registration
FIRST ALLIED ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jul 2, 2012	Nov 12, 2020	no	NORMAL, IL	Previous registration
ZIMMERMAN & ARMSTRONG INVESTMENT ADVISORS	n/a	Jul 19, 1998	Oct 17, 2024	no	NORMAL, IL	Previous registration
FIRST ALLIED SECURITIES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Dec 7, 1997	Jul 2, 2012	no	NORMAL, IL\|NORMAL, IL	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
ZIMMERMAN & ARMSTRONG INVESTMENT ADVISORS	FIRST ALLIED ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Oct 17, 2024	Jul 2, 2012	-4,490	Firm change after gap	Other
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Oct 9, 2024	Sep 30, 2024	-9	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
FIRST ALLIED ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Nov 12, 2020	Nov 12, 2020	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
FIRST ALLIED SECURITIES, INC.	ZIMMERMAN & ARMSTRONG INVESTMENT ADVISORS	Jul 2, 2012	Jul 19, 1998	-5,097	Firm change after gap	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
105644:6413:IL:2024-10-09	Oct 9, 2024	Sep 30, 2024	NORMAL, IL	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 30, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ ZIMMERMAN & ARMSTRONG INVESTMENT ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 19, 1998 to Oct 17, 2024factForm ADV
→ CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 12, 2020 to Oct 9, 2024factForm ADV
→ FIRST ALLIED ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 2, 2012 to Nov 12, 2020factForm ADV
→ FIRST ALLIED SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 7, 1997 to Jul 2, 2012factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Oct 17, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Drake Howard Zimmerman left Zimmerman & Armstrong Investment Advisors for First Allied Advisory Services, Inc. (registered 2012-07-02)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Oct 9, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Drake Howard Zimmerman left Cetera Investment Advisers Llc for Lpl Financial Llc (registered 2024-09-30)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago