Huntington Beach, CA Gothard St Office
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PRIMERICA Advisors
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About
Primerica Advisors is the sponsor and discretionary portfolio manager of a wrap-fee asset management program that serves primarily individual investors (including both non-HNW and high-net-worth clients), as well as corporate and charitable clients. The firm operates at scale — roughly 3,698 financial advisors, about 1,829 offices, and approximately $15.5 billion in AUM — and delivers advisory services through advisors who collect client information and present model recommendations.
The Program relies largely on model-delivery strategies created and managed by unaffiliated asset managers, with a limited number of discretionary separately managed account options; an overlay manager (BNY Mellon Advisors) and Pershing custody/clearing support trade execution and account custody. Models span strategic, tactical, tax-managed and income-distribution approaches and the brochure discloses recently added models that allocate to exchange-traded funds investing in cryptocurrency; advisory arrangements are billed as percentage-of-AUM rather than on a fixed-fee basis.
Compared with many large institutional advisers, Primerica does not provide portfolio management for institutional clients, does not serve pension or profit‑sharing plan clients, and does not offer a formal “selection of other advisers” service for clients — features that the firm’s disclosure highlights as absent. The firm also discloses several program-specific operational features and conflicts (use of third‑party due diligence, certain proprietary fund limitations through its broker‑dealer, an exclusion of parent-company stock from Program accounts, and compensation arrangements tied to wrap fees and asset managers) that distinguish its program governance and product availability from some peers.
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16541 Gothard St, Ste 109 C
Huntington Beach CA 92647
Advisors at this office
3
Advisors at this office
Jeremy C
Series 63, Series 65
Huntington Beach, CA
Primerica Advisors
Jeremy Celentano is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Huntington Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Primerica Financial Services since 1999 and PFS Investments Inc. since 2001. Outside of investment advisory, he is involved in the sales of loan products and home security services through affiliated companies. Primerica Advisors sponsors a wrap-fee asset management program primarily serving individual investors, including both non-HNW and high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and charitable clients. The firm offers advisory services through a large network of advisors using model-driven strategies managed by unaffiliated asset managers, supported by BNY Mellon Advisors and Pershing for trade execution and custody.
Joan W
Series 63, Series 65
Huntington Beach, CA
Primerica Advisors
Joan Williams is a financial advisor at Primerica Advisors with 31 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Primerica Advisors since 1994, following a year with Primerica Financial Services. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved in sales of loan products and home-related services through Primerica Mortgage, LLC and Primerica Client Services, Inc. Primerica Advisors provides discretionary asset management through its Lifetime Investment Program, offering model-delivery strategies and a limited number of separately managed account options to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm curates third-party asset managers and uses an exclusively percentage-based, tiered wrap fee structure.
Justin G
Series 63, Series 65
Huntington Beach, CA
Primerica Advisors
Justin Gilia is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Huntington Beach, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Primerica Advisors since 2005 and Primerica Financial Services since 2004. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as CEO of The Gilia Team, a legal entity formed for Primerica business purposes, and is involved in sales of loan products and home-related services through Primerica affiliates. Primerica Advisors provides discretionary asset management through its Lifetime Investment Program, offering model-based strategies and a limited number of separately managed account options primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses third-party asset managers and maintains an operational model that includes a tiered wrap fee structure and delegated trading through BNY Mellon Advisors.
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