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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)18 years in industry

Matthew Stephens

Advisor at CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC

BENTON, LA | ATLANTA, TX

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 8:21 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 8
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Feb 26, 2013 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: Feb 1, 2008earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 18derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 7
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Feb 22, 2013
First registration: Feb 26, 2013
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Matthew Stephens|MATTHEW RUSSELL STEPHENS
IAPD individual key: 6137307

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	ATLANTA, TX\|BENTON, LA	Current employment
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Nov 24, 2020	Sep 5, 2025	no	Atlanta, TX\|Shreveport, LA\|Dallas, TX\|Bossier City, LA\|Benton, LA\|DALLAS, TX	Previous registration
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Jul 22, 2019	Nov 18, 2020	no	Shreveport, LA	Previous registration
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	May 24, 2019	Jul 9, 2019	no	BOSSIER CITY, LA\|SHREVEPORT, LA	Previous registration
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Jul 18, 2016	Mar 1, 2019	no	Irving, TX\|Boosier City, LA	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Feb 9, 2016	Jun 10, 2016	no	Dallas, TX	Previous registration
PNC MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jan 13, 2015	Nov 25, 2015	no	DALLAS, TX	Previous registration
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	Feb 26, 2013	Dec 15, 2014	no	ALLEN, TX\|DALLAS, TX\|ST LOUIS, MO	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	CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Sep 5, 2025	Sep 5, 2025	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
EDWARD JONES	AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Jul 9, 2019	Jul 22, 2019	13	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	EDWARD JONES	Mar 1, 2019	May 24, 2019	84	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
MORGAN STANLEY	AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Jun 10, 2016	Jul 18, 2016	38	Firm change	Other
PNC MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS, INC.	MORGAN STANLEY	Nov 25, 2015	Feb 9, 2016	76	Firm change	Other
EDWARD JONES	PNC MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS, INC.	Dec 15, 2014	Jan 13, 2015	29	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 5, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 24, 2020 to Sep 5, 2025factForm ADV
→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 24, 2019 to Jul 9, 2019factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 9, 2016 to Jun 10, 2016factForm ADV
→ PNC MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 13, 2015 to Nov 25, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

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