CETERA FINANCIAL SPECIALISTS LLC
Firm details
- Headquarters
- SCHAUMBURG, Illinois
- CRD number
- 10358
- Registered since
- January 21, 1982
- Website
- www.cetera.com
Firm profile
FINTRXOverview
Cetera Financial Specialists LLC is organized as a limited liability company and is classified in FINTRX as an independent broker‑dealer. The firm appears in regulatory records dating back to 1982. The snapshot characterizes the entity as owned by domestic interests and individuals and indicates it does not act as a capital allocator — i.e., it is not presented as a manager that directly deploys institutional capital. FINTRX does not list advisory fee schedules or detailed advisory activities for the firm. The profile also notes several negative flags in FINTRX fields: the firm is not marked as an active ESG investor, is not recorded as a multi‑state adviser, is not a newly formed adviser, and is not identified as a pension consultant or a related adviser. Those entries suggest the database treats Cetera Financial Specialists primarily as a broker‑dealer platform rather than a fee‑based RIA or specialized institutional consultant.
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Owners & executives
3 of 36KAREN TOPOLINSKI
CEO & PresidentCRD 4230220
MARGARET MCNINCH
Operations CoordinatorCRD 6287296
JOSEPH MICELI
President, CEOCRD 2100678
Contacts
3 of 1627Cheryl Pointer
Senior Investment ManagerCRD 5342675
CYNDI RICHARDSON
President & OwnerCRD 4679638
RENE LUCERO
EmployeeCRD 4676472
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FINTRXLocation
SCHAUMBURG, IL
COOK
Location
SCHAUMBURG, IL
Headquartered in SCHAUMBURG, IL, anchoring the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI metro in the Midwest.
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
- Region
- Midwest
- County
- COOK
- Address
- 1450 American Ln
- Time zone
- CT (UTC-6)
- Office locations
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