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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)18 years in industry

RYAN JOHN BALKS

Advisor at CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC

LANSING, MI | Lansing, MI

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Data as of Sep 17, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Feb 18, 2014 to Sep 17, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

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 1, 2008earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 18derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 8derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 2
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: May 27, 2008
First registration: Feb 18, 2014
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: RYAN JOHN BALKS|RYAN BALKS
IAPD individual key: 5501947

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 16, 2026	n/a	yes	Lansing, MI	Current employment
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	National bd RIA	Jun 5, 2018	n/a	yes	LANSING, MI	Current employment
SIGNATOR INVESTORS, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Dec 28, 2015	Jun 11, 2018	no	Haslett, MI\|Bellevue, WA\|SOUTHFIELD, MI	Previous registration
SIGNATOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Feb 18, 2014	Dec 28, 2015	no	Haslett, MI\|Bellevue, WA	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
SIGNATOR INVESTORS, INC.	COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	Jun 11, 2018	Jun 5, 2018	-6	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
SIGNATOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	SIGNATOR INVESTORS, INC.	Dec 28, 2015	Dec 28, 2015	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORKRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 5, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
→ SIGNATOR INVESTORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 28, 2015 to Jun 11, 2018factForm ADV
→ SIGNATOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 18, 2014 to Dec 28, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:8c7756d2-a8a6-6c7e-cac5-e308075c779d
First observed: Feb 18, 2014
Last observed: Sep 17, 2026 3 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

RYAN JOHN BALKS

Advisor at CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC

LANSING, MI | Lansing, MI

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Data as of Sep 17, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Sep 16, 2026

n/a

yes

Lansing, MI

Current employment

COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

National bd RIA

Jun 5, 2018

n/a

yes

LANSING, MI

Current employment

SIGNATOR INVESTORS, INC.

Former SEC adviser

Dec 28, 2015

Jun 11, 2018

Haslett, MI|Bellevue, WA|SOUTHFIELD, MI

Previous registration

SIGNATOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

Former SEC adviser

Feb 18, 2014

Dec 28, 2015

Haslett, MI|Bellevue, WA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

SIGNATOR INVESTORS, INC.

COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

Jun 11, 2018

Jun 5, 2018

-6

Firm change

Ibd to ibd

SIGNATOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

SIGNATOR INVESTORS, INC.

Dec 28, 2015

Bulk transfer

Other