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Ascend Retirement & Investment Services

The Ascend Retirement & Investment Services program is offered through LPL Financial (LPL), a registered investment advisor and broker-dealer. For more information about LPL, visit LPL.com.

Ascend Retirement & Investment Services offers no-cost, no-obligation professional financial guidance to all credit union members. Whether you're beginning to invest or want to catch up on retirement savings, advisors can help you pursue your goals.

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An investment in Exchange Traded Funds (ETF), structured as a mutual fund or unit investment trust, involves the risk of losing money and should be considered as part of an overall program, not a complete investment program. An investment in ETFs involves additional risks such as non-diversification, price volatility, competitive industry pressure, international political and economic developments, possible trading halts, and index tracking errors.

Guided Wealth Portfolios (GWP) is a centrally managed investment program sponsored by LPL Financial LLC (LPL). GWP generates investment recommendations based upon model portfolios constructed by LPL. If you are receiving advisory services in GWP from a separately registered investment advisor firm other than LPL, LPL is not an affiliate of such advisor. LPL investment advisors are registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and LPL is also a Member FINRA/SIPC.

All investing involves risk including loss of principal. No strategy assures success or protects against loss. There is no guarantee that a diversified portfolio will enhance overall returns or outperform a non-diversified portfolio. Diversification does not protect against market risk.

Securities and advisory services are offered through, LPL Financial, a registered investment advisor and broker-dealer (member FINRA/SIPC). Insurance products are offered through LPL or its licensed affiliates. Ascend Federal Credit Union and Ascend Retirement and Investment Services are not registered as a broker-dealer or investment advisor. Registered representatives of LPL offer products and services using Ascend Retirement and Investment Services, and may also be employees of Ascend Federal Credit Union. These products and services are being offered through LPL or its affiliates, which are separate entities from, and not affiliates of, Ascend Federal Credit Union or Ascend Retirement and Investment Services.

Securities and insurance offered through LPL or its affiliates are:

Not Insured by NCUA or Any
Other Government Agency

Not Credit Union
Guaranteed

Not Credit Union Deposits
or Obligations

May Lose
Value

Ascend Federal Credit Union ("Ascend") provides referrals to financial professionals of LPL Financial LLC (“LPL”) pursuant to an agreement that allows LPL to pay Ascend for these referrals. This creates an incentive for Ascend to make these referrals, resulting in a conflict of interest. Ascend is not a current client of LPL for advisory services. Visit lpl.com/disclosures/is-lpl-relationship-disclosure for more information.

The LPL Financial registered representative(s) associated with this website may discuss and/or transact business only with residents of the states in which they are properly registered or licensed. No offers may be made or accepted from any resident of any other state.

LPL Financial Form CRS.