Tuscaloosa, AL University Boulevard Office

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Firm-wide stats for OSAIC

Total advisors

7,830

Across 3,558 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

2220 University Boulevard

Tuscaloosa AL 35401

Advisors at this office

3

Advisors at this office

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Elizabeth C

CFP®, Series 66

Tuscaloosa, AL

OSAIC

Elizabeth Childress is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at OSAIC since 2023. She previously worked at Sagepoint Financial, Inc. for eight years and has been affiliated with Bank of America, N.A. since 2009. Outside of her advisory role, she maintains a long-term involvement as a consultant with Mary Kay Cosmetics and serves as a consumer advocate on the Alabama Liquified Petroleum Gas Board. OSAIC serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and charitable clients. The firm provides integrated brokerage and advisory services through a wide network of advisors, employing asset-allocation tools, risk assessment, and third-party platforms to construct and manage portfolios across various asset classes.

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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James D

Series 63, Series 66

Tuscaloosa, AL

OSAIC

James Duren is a financial advisor with OSAIC in Tuscaloosa, AL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 54 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Sagepoint Financial, Inc. for 14 years and has been involved with Pathway Financial Resources LLC for over two decades, where he is an owner managing the sales of life, health, and disability insurance products. Duren is also a partner in Downtown Professional Building, LLC, which owns the building housing his financial services offices. OSAIC serves a broad range of retail and institutional clients through a large network of affiliated advisers, offering integrated brokerage, investment advisory, and financial planning services. The firm employs advanced asset-allocation tools and multiple third-party platforms to construct diversified portfolios tailored to client needs.

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 C

Series 66

Tuscaloosa, AL

OSAIC

Robert Cornelius is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with OSAIC and previously worked at SagePoint Financial, Inc. for seven years. Outside of his financial advisory role, he has extensive involvement in accounting and farming, including managing several family farming and cattle operations. OSAIC Wealth, Inc. serves a diverse client base ranging from individual investors to institutions, offering brokerage, investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement consulting services through a large network of affiliated advisors and multiple platforms. The firm employs asset-allocation tools and third-party solutions to construct diversified portfolios tailored to client risk tolerances and investment 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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