Annette Kitchen: Equitable Advisor $350K Investor Complaint

Newport, Kentucky financial advisor Annette Kitchen (CRD# 4417535) allegedly recommended unsuitable investments, according to a recent investor complaint. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority records show that she is registered as a broker and an investment advisor with Equitable Advisors.

Ms. Kitchen’s BrokerCheck report discloses one investor complaint. Filed in August 2024, it alleges that as a representative of Equitable Advisors, she recommended unsuitable variable annuities in 2013 and 2022 and an unsuitable universal life insurance policy in 2016. The pending complaint alleges damages of $350,976.

Equitable Advisors’ website includes a profile of Ms. Kitchen in which she describes her approach to working with her clients. “I am dedicated to helping individuals and business owners build and protect their financial future,” she explains. “Through an ‘open architecture’ of solutions available through Equitable Advisors, Equitable Network, and LPL Financial, my clients have access to hundreds of companies and affiliates who are leaders in the financial industry. This diversification and expansive network gives me a broad depth of strategies to provide to you.”

According to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Annette Kitchen holds 19 years of securities industry experience. Based in Newport, Kentucky, she has been registered as a broker and an investment advisor with Equitable Advisors since 2011. Her past registrations include Valic Financial Advisors (Columbus, Ohio; 2005-2011) and American Fidelity Securities (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 2004-2005). Her credentials include the passage of four securities industry qualifying exams: the Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Representative Examination, or Series 6; the Securities Industry Essentials Examination, or SIE; the Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination, or Series 63; and the Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination, or Series 65. She is licensed in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. (Information current as of September 22, 2024.)

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