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Victor James Hazard III

Advisor at Cetera — Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

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Credentials

PFS™, Series 63, Series 65

Experience

39 years

Location

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275

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Cetera

Institution

Total advisors

10,190

Across 5,086 offices

Clients per advisor

79 Low

Avg AUM per client

$306,089 Low

HNW client ratio

10% Low

About

Victor Hazard III is a financial advisor with Cetera, holding the PFS™ designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, and has 39 years of industry experience. His background includes roles at Fiduciary Trust and Avantax Advisory Services, with over four decades of experience managing his own consulting practice, Hazard Financial. He is also a partner at a tax preparation and accounting firm. Cetera Investment Advisers LLC is an SEC-registered firm serving a broad range of clients including individuals, retirement plans, corporate, charitable, and institutional accounts. The firm offers various portfolio management and financial planning services through a multi-manager platform, supporting both discretionary and non-discretionary strategies.

Client services

Based on Cetera

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops

Expertise

Based on Cetera

Wealth management Tax-loss harvesting Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Business exit / sale strategy

Occupation focus

Based on Cetera

Founder/Business Owner Executive

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Fee options

Fixed

Flat fees may be charged for financial planning and consulting services as negotiated with advisor.

Percentage

$0 - $250,000: up to 2.90% $250,001 - $500,000: up to 2.90% $500,001 - $1,000,000: up to 2.70% $1,000,001 - $2,000,000: up to 2.00% $2,000,001+: up to 1.50%

Commissions

Advisors may be registered representatives and licensed insurance agents earning commissions on securities and insurance products.

Project-based

Consulting and financial planning services may be charged on an hourly rate basis, ranges not specifically stated.

Other

Account minimum: $5,000 Fee-only: Flat fees for financial planning and consulting services; hourly fees for financial planning and consulting according to client agreement; fees negotiated with advisor.

Location

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Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

3354 Crownview Drive

Rancho Palos Verdes CA 90275

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

California

Work history

39 years of industry experience

Cetera Wealth Services, LLC

2025 - Present • 1 year

Lomita, CA

Cetera

2025 - Present • 1 year

Schaumburg, IL

Fiduciary Trust

2007 - 2017 • 10 years

Lomita, CA

Avantax Advisory services

2004 - 2025 • 21 years

Lomita, CA

Fiduciary Trust

2003 - 2017 • 14 years

Lomita, CA

Avantax Insurance Agency, LLC.

1994 - 2025 • 31 years

Lomita, CA

Avantax Investment Services, INC.

1987 - 2025 • 38 years

Lomita, CA

Hazard Financial

1982 - Present • 44 years

Lomita, CA

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

Marie T

CFP®

Hawthorne, CA

Modern Assets, LLC

I'm Marie Thomasson, CFP®, and I built Mothered to offer financial planning for women so that money supports your human experience instead of dictating it. My clients carry a lot of labels: wife, divorcee, widow, mother, daughter, or single. At Mothered, you’re more than any of them. Whether you’re planning for the next three generations or “just” yourself, we support your needs and desires fully, without judgment, and with the care you deserve. You’ve carried the weight financially and emotionally, whether you’re in the midst of figuring out the moving parts or in a place to stop and get organized. Let Mothered share the load by caring for your finances like a mother would. Mothered keeps a small client load to give each person depth of care and attention. My job is to collaborate with you to build a framework that nurtures your financial empowerment so that your will outshines the pull of fear. My clients often bring me problems that aren’t financial, and I organize a financial gameplan to dispel the fear at the root of the issue. Mothered’s services transmute your emotional responses to money so you can use it as the tool for the life you want: a life of art and culture, hotels with robes, travel, and care for your loved ones and community. Money gets to be a resource for connection and expression as well as freedom from want and security from fear. Wild, worldly matriarchs and childless cat ladies, please apply.

Inherited wealth ESG / Sustainable investing Inheritance planning Multi-generational wealth transfer Retired Artists or Creative Public Service Employee Caretaker Intergenerational Families Gen X (Born 1965-1980)
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George B

CFA®

Palos Verdes Estates, CA

Confido Capital, LLC

Brad Boyd, CFA, is founder and CIO of Confido Capital, LLC. He helps individuals, families and business owners build portfolios around their income needs, long-term goals and tolerance for risk. He brings 20+ years of investment-industry experience, with expertise in fixed income, income strategies, multi-asset investing, portfolio construction and risk management. Before founding Confido, Brad held executive and portfolio management roles at Oaktree and Payden & Rygel. Today, he combines that experience with personal, approachable investment management and wealth advisory, with a focus on the South Bay of Los Angeles.

Private / alternative investments Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management
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Nelson W

Series 65

Los Alamitos, CA

Open Square Capital, LLC

Nelson Wu is a financial advisor at Open Square Capital, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has worked at Open Square Capital since 2015, with prior experience at Open Insights Capital from 2022 to 2025. Open Square Capital provides discretionary portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals through separately managed accounts and serves as the general partner and manager of a private investment limited partnership. The firm employs a value-oriented, long-term investment approach that focuses on concentrated holdings and combines private fund sponsorship with pooled-vehicle management within a solo-practitioner structure.

Active portfolio management Concentrated stock management Wealth management
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Linda W

CFP®, Series 63, Series 65

Long Beach, CA

Linda A. Walker, CFP

Linda Walker is a Certified Financial Planner® with 46 years of industry experience. She has served as principal of her independent firm, Linda A. Walker, CFP, since 1996 and has also been affiliated with LPL Financial since 1991. Her outside activities include limited involvement in non-variable insurance related to long-term care. Her firm provides financial planning and consulting services to a small client base, focusing on retirement, education, tax, and budgeting projections. The firm offers non-discretionary, fee-for-service advice emphasizing asset allocation using Morningstar tools and a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

General retirement planning Income planning Cash flow / budgeting
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Stephen K

Series 63, Series 65

Cerritos, CA

Sierra Madre Partners LLC

Stephen Kim is a financial advisor with Sierra Madre Partners LLC in Cerritos, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience, including 12 years with Sierra Madre Partners. Sierra Madre Partners provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on a proprietary global all-cap strategy aimed at long-term capital appreciation. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical research and manages accounts on a discretionary basis with client-specific investment guidelines.

Active portfolio management Options & derivatives strategies
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Jeffrey B

CFA®, Series 63, Series 65

Hermosa Beach, CA

Cove Street Capital, LLC

Jeffrey Bronchick is a CFA® charterholder and principal at Cove Street Capital, LLC, where he has worked since 2011. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Cove Street Capital is an independent advisory firm that offers discretionary portfolio management to individuals, institutions, and various organizations. The firm uses a research-driven, value-oriented approach focusing on undervalued small- and micro-cap stocks through fundamental analysis and systematic screening.

Active portfolio management Concentrated stock management Private / alternative investments Real estate investing
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