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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)28 years in industry

PATRICK THOMAS BULGER

Advisor at CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC

FT LAUDERDALE, FL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 9:21 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 24, 1999 to Sep 14, 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

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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: Nov 13, 1997earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 28derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63
First exam: Nov 13, 1997
First registration: Mar 24, 1999
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 2910611

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	May 11, 2023	n/a	yes	FT LAUDERDALE, FL	Current employment
SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	Former SEC adviser	May 16, 2014	May 20, 2021	no	FT LAUDERDALE, FL	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Jan 1, 2008	May 14, 2014	no	FORT LAUDERDALE, FL\|FORT LAUDERDALE, FL\|FT. LAUDERDALE, FL\|AVENTURA, FL	Previous registration
A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.	n/a	Mar 24, 1999	Jan 1, 2008	no	FT. LAUDERDALE, FL\|FORT LAUDERDALE, FL\|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
SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	May 20, 2021	May 11, 2023	721	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	May 14, 2014	May 16, 2014	2	Firm change	Other
A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Jan 1, 2008	Jan 1, 2008	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
May 11, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 16, 2014 to May 20, 2021factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 1, 2008 to May 14, 2014factForm ADV
→ A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 24, 1999 to Jan 1, 2008factForm ADV

Dated events

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