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RIA / WealthAdvisorPersonal Financial Specialistdual registered (broker-dealer)40 years in industry

JAMES JOSEPH GIBSON

Advisor at CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC

YARDLEY, PA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 7:52 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 17, 2006 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: Feb 5, 1986earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 40derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Personal Financial Specialist
Exams: S63
First exam: Feb 5, 1986
First registration: May 17, 2006
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 1420473

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	YARDLEY, PA	Current employment
PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 18, 2015	Nov 6, 2017	no	Yardley, PA\|MORRISTOWN, NJ	Previous registration
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 8, 2009	Sep 8, 2016	no	YARDLEY, PA	Previous registration
WATERSTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	n/a	May 17, 2006	Sep 8, 2009	no	BOSTON, MA\|YARDLEY, PA\|YARDLEY, PA	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
PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLC	CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Nov 6, 2017	Mar 21, 2024	2,327	Firm change after gap	Other
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLC	Sep 8, 2016	Sep 18, 2015	-356	Firm change after gap	Other
WATERSTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Sep 8, 2009	Sep 8, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 21, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 18, 2015 to Nov 6, 2017factForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 8, 2009 to Sep 8, 2016factForm ADV
→ WATERSTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 17, 2006 to Sep 8, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

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