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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)15 years in industry

John Cliffton Massar

Advisor at CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC

Oxnard, CA | OXNARD, CA | DUBUQUE, IA

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 8
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 20, 2012 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: Dec 4, 2010earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 15derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 2
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66|S63
First exam: Dec 4, 2010
First registration: Sep 20, 2012
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: JOHN MASSAR|TREY MASSAR|John Cliffton Massar|John Cliffton Massar
IAPD individual key: 5862648

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 5, 2025	n/a	yes	OXNARD, CA	Current employment
AVANTAX PLANNING PARTNERS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Dec 22, 2022	n/a	yes	DUBUQUE, IA\|Oxnard, CA	Current employment
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Dec 13, 2022	Sep 5, 2025	no	Oxnard, CA\|DALLAS, TX	Previous registration
PRUCO SECURITIES, LLC	No RAUM reported	Feb 10, 2022	Dec 5, 2022	no	SHERMAN OAKS, CA	Previous registration
ADVICE AND PLANNING SERVICES	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 11, 2018	Feb 9, 2022	no	PASADENA, CA	Previous registration
D.A. DAVIDSON & CO.	Independent wealth	Nov 25, 2013	Jan 23, 2018	no	PASADENA, CA\|LOS ANGELES, CA\|LOS ANGELES, CA	Previous registration
CROWELL WEEDON & CO.	Former SEC adviser	Nov 4, 2013	Nov 25, 2013	no	PASADENA, CA	Previous registration
CROWELL, WEEDON & CO.	Former SEC adviser	Sep 20, 2012	Nov 4, 2013	no	PASADENA, CA	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
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	AVANTAX PLANNING PARTNERS, INC.	Sep 5, 2025	Dec 22, 2022	-988	Channel change	Ibd to RIA
PRUCO SECURITIES, LLC	AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Dec 5, 2022	Dec 13, 2022	8	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
ADVICE AND PLANNING SERVICES	PRUCO SECURITIES, LLC	Feb 9, 2022	Feb 10, 2022	1	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
D.A. DAVIDSON & CO.	ADVICE AND PLANNING SERVICES	Jan 23, 2018	Jul 11, 2018	169	Firm change	RIA to ibd
CROWELL WEEDON & CO.	D.A. DAVIDSON & CO.	Nov 25, 2013	Nov 25, 2013	0	Bulk transfer	Other
CROWELL, WEEDON & CO.	CROWELL WEEDON & CO.	Nov 4, 2013	Nov 4, 2013	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
104556:106237:CA:2025-09-05	Sep 5, 2025	Dec 22, 2022	OXNARD, CA	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (8)

→ CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 5, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ AVANTAX PLANNING PARTNERS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Dec 22, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 13, 2022 to Sep 5, 2025factForm ADV
→ PRUCO SECURITIES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 10, 2022 to Dec 5, 2022factForm ADV
→ ADVICE AND PLANNING SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 11, 2018 to Feb 9, 2022factForm ADV
→ D.A. DAVIDSON & CO.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 25, 2013 to Jan 23, 2018factForm ADV
→ CROWELL WEEDON & CO.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 4, 2013 to Nov 25, 2013factForm ADV
→ CROWELL, WEEDON & CO.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 20, 2012 to Nov 4, 2013factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Dec 5, 2022
Advisor changed firm
John Cliffton Massar left Pruco Securities, Llc for Avantax Advisory Services (registered 2022-12-13)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Feb 9, 2022
Advisor changed firm
John Cliffton Massar left Advice And Planning Services for Pruco Securities, Llc (registered 2022-02-10)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago