Atlanta, GA Office

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Firm-wide stats for OSAIC

Total advisors

7,828

Across 3,556 offices

Clients per advisor

73 Low

Avg AUM per client

$398,336 Typical

HNW client ratio

10% Low

About

Osaic Wealth, Inc. serves a broad mix of retail and institutional clients — including individual and high‑net‑worth investors, pension and profit‑sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations — through a large network of affiliated financial advisers and multiple advisory platforms. The firm offers integrated brokerage and investment advisory services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, unified managed accounts, advisor‑managed portfolios, and access to third‑party money managers and wrap programs.

The firm’s advisers use firm‑provided asset‑allocation tools, risk‑tolerance questionnaires, efficient‑frontier analysis, and automated rebalancing to construct portfolios that may include stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, ETFs and alternative investments; accounts can be managed on either a discretionary or non‑discretionary basis and clients may impose reasonable investment restrictions. Osaic also supports legacy platform programs and transitions (including accounts transferred from prior mergers) and makes available third‑party services such as Envestnet and SEI for model and managed‑account solutions.

What is noteworthy about Osaic relative to many peers is its complex corporate and platform footprint — including multiple mergers that consolidated broker‑dealer and RIA businesses, significant private‑equity ownership, and an established connection to an alternative‑investment distribution platform — and its use of a variety of third‑party commercial arrangements (revenue sharing, platform payments and other referral or structuring arrangements). The firm has also disclosed multiple regulatory enforcement matters in recent years (including SEC orders and penalties) and maintains advisor recruitment and transition programs and lender‑linked services (sweep and lending arrangements and advisor loan/acceleration incentives) that create identifiable conflicts of interest which the firm discloses and says it manages.

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Expertise

Annuities Wealth management Tax-loss harvesting Private / alternative investments Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k)

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Occupation focus

Founder/Business Owner Executive

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Location

Atlanta GA

Advisors at this office

5

Advisors at this office

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Kent B

Series 63, Series 65

Atlanta, GA

OSAIC

Kent Balch Jr. is a financial advisor at OSAIC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has held roles at firms including Woodbury Financial Services and Questar Capital Corporation. He is also involved in health and life insurance sales as an owner of a related business. OSAIC serves a diverse client base ranging from individual investors to institutions, offering integrated brokerage and advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisors. The firm employs various asset-allocation tools and third-party platforms to construct and manage portfolios across multiple investment types.

Annuities Wealth management Tax-loss harvesting Private / alternative investments Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Robert R

Series 63

Atlanta, GA

OSAIC

Robert Rollauer is a financial advisor at OSAIC with 46 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and previously worked at Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation for 27 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is also an insurance agent offering disability, fixed annuity, equity indexed annuity, life settlement, and traditional life products. OSAIC serves a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm provides integrated brokerage and advisory services with a variety of investment options and uses multiple platforms and asset-allocation tools to construct portfolios tailored to client risk tolerance.

Annuities Wealth management Tax-loss harvesting Private / alternative investments Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Cristopher G

Series 66

Atlanta, GA

OSAIC

Cristopher Gossett is a financial advisor at OSAIC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 credential and has worked previously at FSC Securities Corp. He is also a C-130 navigator in the Georgia Air National Guard. OSAIC Wealth, Inc. serves a broad range of retail and institutional clients through a large network of financial advisers, offering integrated brokerage and advisory services, financial planning, and access to third-party money managers across multiple platforms. The firm employs asset-allocation tools, risk-tolerance assessments, and automated rebalancing to construct diversified portfolios tailored to client preferences.

Annuities Wealth management Tax-loss harvesting Private / alternative investments Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Brian R

Series 66

Atlanta, GA

OSAIC

Brian Ritchie is a financial advisor at Osaic with 26 years of industry experience. He held positions at FSC Securities Corporation and Financial Service Corporation from 1998 to 2023 before joining Osaic in 2023. He holds the Series 66 designation. Ritchie is the owner of Singletrack Financial LLC, where he performs MFA/OSJ duties at Osaic. Osaic Wealth, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations through a large network of affiliated advisers and multiple advisory platforms. The firm offers integrated brokerage and investment advisory services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money managers and wrap programs.

Annuities Wealth management Tax-loss harvesting Private / alternative investments Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Michael L

Series 63, Series 65

Atlanta, GA

OSAIC

Michael Lopata is a financial advisor with OSAIC in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He previously worked for Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation for 15 years before joining OSAIC in 2025. Outside of his advisory role, Lopata serves as a volunteer on the Dekalb County Audit Oversight Committee. OSAIC serves a wide range of clients including individual investors, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations through a large network of advisors. The firm offers integrated brokerage and advisory services with a focus on diversified portfolio construction using asset-allocation tools, risk-tolerance assessments, and access to third-party money managers and managed account solutions.

Annuities Wealth management Tax-loss harvesting Private / alternative investments Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Founder/Business Owner Executive
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