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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultantdual registered (broker-dealer)16 years in industry

QIADONG ZHAO

Advisor at CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC

EDISON, NJ | FLUSHING, NY

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 1:18 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 6, 2014 to Sep 15, 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: Mar 20, 2010earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 16derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 8derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Designations: Certified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultant
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Mar 20, 2010
First registration: Jan 6, 2014
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Jackson Zhao
IAPD individual key: 5696736

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	Sep 26, 2017	n/a	yes	EDISON, NJ\|FLUSHING, NY	Current employment
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Feb 28, 2017	Sep 25, 2017	no	BROOKLYN, NY\|EDISON, NJ\|BROOKLYN, NY\|FLUSHING, NY\|NEW YORK, NY\|BROOKLYN, NY\|SAN DIEGO, CA\|Boston, MA\|Rockville, MD	Previous registration
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 21, 2014	Feb 28, 2017	no	NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration
CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jan 6, 2014	Jan 21, 2014	no	NEW YORK, NY\|BROOKLYN, NY\|EDISON, NJ\|BROOKLYN, NY\|NEW YORK, NY\|NEW YORK, NY	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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Sep 25, 2017	Sep 26, 2017	1	Firm change	Other
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Feb 28, 2017	Feb 28, 2017	0	Firm change	Other
CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC	CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Jan 21, 2014	Jan 21, 2014	0	Bulk transfer	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:NY:2017-02-28	Feb 28, 2017	Feb 28, 2017	NEW YORK, NY	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 21, 2014 to Feb 28, 2017factForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 28, 2017 to Sep 25, 2017factForm ADV
→ CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 6, 2014 to Jan 21, 2014factForm ADV

Dated events

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