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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)31 years in industry

WILLIAM WALTER CATHRINER

Advisor at GFS ADVISORS LLC

HOUSTON, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 6:10 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 9, 2010 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: GFS ADVISORS LLC
Current firm class: mixed wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Sep 29, 1994earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 31derivedfrom 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|S65
First exam: Sep 29, 1994
First registration: Sep 9, 2010
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: BILL CATHRINER|BILL CATHRINER
IAPD individual key: 1686950

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
GFS ADVISORS LLC	Mixed wealth	Jan 3, 2023	n/a	yes	HOUSTON, TX	Current employment
BANORTE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.	Independent wealth	Mar 18, 2020	Dec 16, 2022	no	Houston, TX\|The Woodlands, TX	Previous registration
ALTERNA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.	Independent wealth	Feb 17, 2017	Dec 19, 2019	no	HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration
SALIENT CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 9, 2010	Oct 31, 2016	no	HOUSTON, TX	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
BANORTE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.	GFS ADVISORS LLC	Dec 16, 2022	Jan 3, 2023	18	Firm change	RIA to RIA
ALTERNA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.	BANORTE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.	Dec 19, 2019	Mar 18, 2020	90	Firm change	RIA to RIA
SALIENT CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	ALTERNA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.	Oct 31, 2016	Feb 17, 2017	109	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ GFS ADVISORS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 3, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ BANORTE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 18, 2020 to Dec 16, 2022factForm ADV
→ ALTERNA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 17, 2017 to Dec 19, 2019factForm ADV
→ SALIENT CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 9, 2010 to Oct 31, 2016factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Dec 16, 2022
Advisor changed firm
William Walter Cathriner left Banorte Asset Management, Inc. for Gfs Advisors Llc (registered 2023-01-03)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago