About Eleven Point Financial Advisors
As an independent advisor, we have the autonomy and discretion to place you at the center of every investment strategy and business decision. One of the main reasons we started our own firm—after decades of working with large financial institutions—was to step away from excessive regulations and bureaucracy so we could dedicate more time to our clients.
While we operate as a smaller, relationship-focused firm, we are supported by strong, well-established partners, including our broker-dealer, Cetera Wealth Services, LLC, and our custodian, Pershing. These organizations enhance our ability to serve you by providing robust resources, advanced technology, and operational support that elevate the client experience.
Because they play an important role in helping us serve you effectively, we believe it’s important for you to know who our partners are and why we chose to work with them.
Our Broker-Dealer: Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
I am affiliated with Cetera Wealth Services, LLC, one of the premier broker-dealers in the industry. As our broker-dealer, they are responsible for executing trades on your behalf. Like all broker-dealers, they must undergo regular auditing, and are required to meet specific net capital requirements to ensure it can meet its obligations to investors like you. This means complying with the SEC, FINRA and other financial regulators to ensure transparency and solvency.
Cetera gives us pure independence meaning that we are not under a sales quota or forced to only sell their products. We have the freedom to recommend the financial solutions that best suit your needs, ensuring your objectives are what drive all decisions. Their network and vast resources help us prepare for your short and long term goals, without hidden agendas nor conflicts of interest.
Their Parent Company: Cetera Financial Group
Cetera Financial Group is the second largest independent financial advisors network and provides award-winning wealth management and advisory platforms to banks as well as brokerage firms. It’s also known for being an innovative company by providing world-class technology and the like to its family of broker-dealer firms along with registered investment advisors nationwide.
Cetera Financial Group offers the stability of a large, well-capitalized broker-dealer and registered investment adviser. However, it also provides customized solutions to both independent and institutional financial advisors. Cetera Financial Group is committed to helping advisors grow their businesses and strengthen their relationships with their investor clients. All of Cetera Financial Group’s broker-dealer firms are members of FINRA/SIPC, which holds them to high legal and ethical standards
Our Custodian: Pershing
While Cetera Wealth Services, LLC helps supervise and facilitate the trading for your investments, those assets are held by Pershing LLC.
Pershing LLC is a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, the nation’s oldest continuously operating bank, and one of the world’s leading providers of securities services. Pershing acts as a custodian for brokerage accounts, IRAs and other retirement accounts under Cetera Wealth Services. It also provides administrative services like the settlement of purchases, tax and account record keeping, monthly statements, confidentiality, and data integration. All these services ensure that your accounts will be organized, accurate, secure and updated in real time.
Like Cetera Wealth Services, LLC, Pershing must meet certain net capital requirements, and is subject to regular audits, both internally and by independent firms. These standards ensure that it’s held to high expectations and that investors’ assets are appropriately handled, segregated and protected.
Our Most Important Connection: With You
While the firms behind us play important roles in our day-to-day servicing of your needs, the most important relationship we have is without a doubt, you the client. These firms make it easier for us to provide top-notch financial planning services and please don’t hesitate to ask us for more information about these partners. This page’s intent is to show you how and why we work with these firms. While these firms are valued partners, our absolute priority is the relationship we have with you and my other clients.