FAQ's About Our Broker Dealer, LPL Financial

While the advisors at Krietzberg Wealth Management are independent business owners, our broker/dealer, LPL Financial, provides back-office operational infrastructure, compliance oversight, leading-edge cybersecurity protections, and advanced wealth management technology. LPL Financial, a publicly traded Fortune 500 company, is the largest independent broker/dealer in the United States as well as the fourth largest RIA (Registered Investment Advisor) custodian*. We affiliate with LPL Financial so that our clients can benefit from all these services that a large broker/dealer can offer, along with the focus, personalization and high-level client service our family-owned business provides. 

*No. 1 Independent Broker-Dealer in the U.S (Based on total revenues, Financial Planning magazine 1996-2025); No. 1 provider of third-party brokerage services to banks and credit unions (2020-2021 Kehrer Bielan Research & Consulting Annual TPM Report); Fortune 500 Company as of June 2021. LPL and its affiliated companies provide financial services only from the United States.

At Krietzberg Wealth Management, we take our clients’ privacy very seriously. LPL Financial applies rigorous state-of-the-art security measures that comply with federal law to keep your information protected. LPL’s massive scale allows them to invest heavily in cybersecurity and data privacy technology. These measures include computer safeguards like multifactor authentication, secure files with advanced encryption, threat monitoring, AI safeguards, and extremely strict access controls at all physical and data facilities.

Your investment assets are managed by Krietzberg Wealth Management and safely housed and protected with our broker/dealer, LPL Financial acting as the primary custodian. LPL Financial holds physical custody of your funds, clears all transactions, and generates your official statements and tax documents. Because LPL Financial is a registered broker/dealer and custodian, your accounts are protected by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, providing an extra layer of security. At Krietzberg Wealth Management, keeping your investments safe and secure is our largest priority.

If you have questions about your accounts, please reach out to your Krietzberg Wealth Management team at 732-867-7470 and we can assist you. However, we encourage you to register for LPL Financials’ Account View, a secure online portal enabling you to access all of your accounts held at LPL Financial. You can view your asset allocations and current values, and view and download your statements and tax documents, and more. Navigate to Krietzberg Secure Account Log-In Page to go to your LPL Account View access.