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Credentials
Series 63, Series 65
Experience Industry experience
35 years
Location
Covington, LA
Smith Securities LLC
Supported
Thomas Hughs is a financial advisor at Smith Securities LLC in Covington, LA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 35 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Consortium Private Wealth LLC, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the boards of several social and nonprofit Mardi Gras organizations in Louisiana. Smith Securities provides advisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on portfolio analysis, financial consulting, and referrals to third-party investment advisers. The firm emphasizes long-term trading strategies and tailored recommendations based on fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, without managing assets internally.
Based on Smith Securities LLC
Portfolio MRI service $500 (one-time), financial planning fixed fees up to $10,000 (one-time), ongoing financial planning fixed fees up to $3,000 per year
$0 - $500,000: 0.95% $500,000 - $1,000,000: 0.95% $1,000,000 - $4,000,000: 0.45% $4,000,000+: 0.20%
Up to $250/hour
Fee-only: Fixed fees up to $10,000 (one-time), ongoing fixed fees up to $3,000/year, hourly fees up to $250/hour, Portfolio MRI service $500 (one-time)
Covington, LA
Covington LA
Advisors at this office
2
Louisiana
35 years of industry experience
Smith Securities LLC
2025 - Present • 1 year
Covington, LA
Consortium Private Wealth LLC
2024 - 2025 • 1 year
Mandeville, LA
The Consortium, LLC
2020 - 2025 • 5 years
Mandeville, LA
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
2019 - 2020 • 1 year
Metairie, LA
PRUCO Securities, LLC
2019 - 2020 • 1 year
Metairie, LA
Bankers Life & Casualty
2018 - 2019 • 1 year
Baton Rouge, LA
Bankers Life Securities
2018 - 2019 • 1 year
Baton Rouge, LA
Mass Mutual Investors Services
2017 - 2018 • 1 year
Metairie, LA
MassMutual Life insurance Company
2017 - 2018 • 1 year
Metairie, LA
Penn Mutual Life Ins Co
2015 - 2017 • 2 years
Horsham, PA
Hornor Townsend & Kent Inc
2015 - 2017 • 2 years
Horsham, PA
SELF EMPLOYED
2014 - 2017 • 3 years
Madisonvile, LA
Hancock Whitney Investment Services Inc.
2013 - 2014 • 1 year
Denham Springs, LA
PRUCO Securities, LLC.
2012 - 2013 • 1 year
Ridgeland, MS
Securian Financial Services, Inc.
2010 - 2012 • 2 years
Metairie, LA
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ChFC®, Series 63
Abita Springs, LA
KLK Capital Wealth Advisors LLC
Kevin Keleher is a ChFC® credentialed advisor with 15 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at KLK Capital Wealth Advisors LLC, where he has worked since 2020. Prior to that, he was associated with Lewer Financial Advisors, LLC and The Lewer Agency Inc. He is also a licensed insurance agent specializing in fixed insurance sales. KLK Capital Wealth Advisors provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm employs fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to tailor investment strategies and offers public seminars and workshops on investment topics.
PFS™, Series 65
Mandeville, LA
GT Financial, Ltd., L.L.C.
Gary Thomas is the principal and sole advisor at GT Financial, Ltd., L.L.C. He holds the PFS™ designation and Series 65 registration, with 16 years of experience in financial advising and over 35 years as a CPA. He is also the owner of Gary M. Thomas, CPA, P.C., a public accounting firm that shares office space with his advisory practice, and he divides his time between both businesses. GT Financial serves individual investors as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and estates, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, limited financial and estate planning, and project-based consulting. The firm emphasizes a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach and provides retirement plan advisory services, including ERISA plan consulting and discretionary management for plan assets.
Series 65
Abita Springs, LA
Common Cents Financial Planning
John Casassa is a financial advisor at Common Cents Financial Planning with one year of industry experience. Prior to entering financial services, he worked at Shell Oil Company for 39 years before retiring in 2020. The firm is operated by Casassa on a part-time basis and plans to allocate volunteer time to first-responder support. Common Cents Financial Planning provides fee-based comprehensive financial planning services to individuals, families, and small-business owners, including discounted or pro bono planning for current and retired firefighters. The firm offers investment recommendations without discretionary management, emphasizes diversified allocations tailored to client objectives, and operates under a fiduciary standard without taking custody of client assets.
Series 63, Series 65
Madisonville, LA
ICOM Advisors, LLC
Paul Scoggins is a financial advisor with ICOM Advisors, LLC in Covington, LA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. He has been with ICOM Advisors since 2010. Outside of his advisory role, he is president and manager of Permian Services Co., LLC, an oil field services company, and serves as managing member of several investment holding and private equity firms. ICOM Advisors, LLC provides portfolio management and analysis services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $123 million in client assets, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management with an investment approach that includes mutual funds, ETFs, fundamental and technical analysis, and private equity investments when suitable.
Series 65
Mandeville, LA
Toce Financial Group LLC
Gianni Toce is a financial advisor at Toce Financial Group LLC with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Toce Financial Group in 2021, he worked at UL Lafayette and the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired. Toce Financial Group provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals and legal entities, focusing on low-cost, broadly diversified, index-based allocations primarily using ETFs and mutual funds. The firm accommodates clients preferring active management but generally emphasizes passive, long-term asset allocation with tax-aware strategies.
CFP®, Series 66
Mandeville, LA
Kropog Financial Group, LLC
Ryan Kropog is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Kropog Financial Group, LLC since 2016 and was previously associated with LPL Financial LLC for 20 years. Kropog Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $160 million across about 220 client relationships, focusing on long-term, customized portfolios primarily built from low-cost ETFs and other diversified investments.
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