FAIRFIELD, IA – January 23, 2024 — Cambridge is pleased to announce Family Investors Company, a broker-dealer located in Fanwood, New Jersey, has joined the firm as an affiliate branch. Family Investors was founded by Fred Chemidlin in 1960 and has served clients for more than 60 years. The group is joining Cambridge to support its future growth, citing a desire to access Cambridge’s corporate RIA, gain access to the firm’s wide product footprint and flexible range of supportive services, and leverage compliance resources.

“We’re thrilled to have Family Investors join the Cambridge Family,” said Executive Vice President and Chief Business Development Officer, Tammy Robbins. “From our initial conversations with the firm’s leadership team, it was clear to us that this was a perfect fit backed by shared values. We congratulate Peter Chemidlin, Darraugh Valli, and the rest of the Family Investors team for their decision to join Cambridge and accelerate their growth.”

For more than six decades, Family Investors has supported clients through a "family" approach to investing. Among many services, the firm assists clients with investing, retirement planning, insurance, and estate planning, and will look to expand on those offerings by leveraging Cambridge’s suite of customized solutions. Following the lead set by founder Fred Chemidlin, who served as an officer and pilot in the U.S. Air Force, Family Investors is also highly active in the communities it serves. The firm has established annual scholarships at local high schools in the area, and President Peter Chemidlin serves as Past President and current board member of the Fanwood Community Foundation.

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Cambridge is a financial solutions firm focused on serving independent financial professionals and their clients while preserving its internal control. Cambridge offers a broad range of choices for independent financial professionals regarding solutions for advice, growth, technology, and independence. Cambridge’s national reach includes: Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. – a large corporate RIA; and Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. – an independent broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC, that is among the largest internally controlled independent broker-dealers in the country.

Contact: Jeff Wulf, Senior Vice President, Cambridge: jeff.wulf@cir2.com or 800-777-6080

Securities offered through Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., a broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC, and investment advisory services offered through Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser. Both are wholly owned subsidiaries of Cambridge Investment Group, Inc. Cambridge and Family Investors are not affiliated.