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Thrivent Investment Management Inc. Investment Attorney

October 23, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

The investment lawyers at Gana Weinstein LLP have experience helping investors determine whether their portfolio losses at investment firms, such as Thrivent Investment Management Inc., were caused by broker misconduct. There are many different ways that your broker can impermissibly drain your accounts. Our attorneys can help you understand the cause of your investment losses, uncover misconduct, and apply the law to hold accountable those responsible.

Thrivent Investment Management is a broker-dealer and investment adviser that offers mutual funds, annuities, investment advisory programs, and financial planning, together with life insurance and estate planning solutions through its affiliates. Based in Minneapolis, the firm is part of Thrivent, a national financial services organization whose financial advisors work with clients from local offices across the country.

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Broker Michael Gerken in Thrivent Investment Management INC. Firm Has Customer Complaint

August 20, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Michael Gerken (Gerken), currently associated with Thrivent Investment Management INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Gerken recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $8,538.80 on May 12, 2026.

Client alleged unauthorized Qualified Charitable Distributions occurred due to handwriting of corrected dollar amount initials and date on corrected form not matching that of the owner. Client named two RRs in allegations. Firm\\u2019s investigation concluded RR had no knowledge of this client at the time of distribution request, nor did RR know that date and initials had been placed on the corrected form. Alleged activity occurred months prior to RR\\u2019s affiliation with the client. RRs current affiliation with the client is due to RR\\u2019s purchase of practice from other RR named in the complaint months after the date of the allegations.

Broker Doris Cheek in Thrivent Investment Management INC. Firm Has Customer Complaint

July 28, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Doris Cheek (Cheek), currently associated with Thrivent Investment Management INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Cheek recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $22,014.00 on March 13, 2020.

Client alleges financial advisor misrepresented the tax withholding on his IRA distributions.

Broker Jonathan Hendrickson in Thrivent Investment Management INC. Firm Has Customer Complaint

July 27, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Jonathan Hendrickson (Hendrickson), previously associated with Thrivent Investment Management INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Hendrickson recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $26,000.00 on March 17, 2020.

Customer alleged representative failed to follow instructions in February 2020 to redeem sub-accounts in variable annuity timely, which resulted in market losses.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Erik Teig in Firm Thrivent Investment Management INC.

July 21, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Erik Teig (Teig), currently associated with Thrivent Investment Management INC., has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Teig recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $52,000.00 on April 03, 2020.

Customer alleged VUL purchased in August 2018 was not issued as requested.

Broker Elvira Makarevich in Thrivent Investment Management INC. Firm Has Customer Complaint

July 7, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Elvira Makarevich (Makarevich), previously associated with Thrivent Investment Management INC., has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Makarevich recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $6,003.00 on July 22, 2020.

Customer alleged Variable Universal Life insurance contract purchased in April 2019 was unaffordable and should never have been issued to her.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Glenn Deal in Firm Thrivent Investment Management INC.

June 25, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Glenn Deal (Deal), currently associated with Thrivent Investment Management INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Deal recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $8,538.80 on May 12, 2026.

Client alleged unauthorized Qualified Charitable Distributions occurred due to handwriting of corrected dollar amount and initials on corrected form not matching that of the owner. RR admitted that he placed the dollar amount and client initials on the corrected form.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Erik Teig in Firm Thrivent Investment Management INC.

June 23, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Erik Teig (Teig), currently associated with Thrivent Investment Management INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Teig recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $52,000.00 on April 03, 2020.

Customer alleged VUL purchased in August 2018 was not issued as requested.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Neil Zeller in Firm Thrivent Investment Management INC.

May 28, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Neil Zeller (Zeller), currently associated with Thrivent Investment Management INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Zeller recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $10,473.00 on December 23, 2020.

Client alleged the recommendation to exchange mutual funds in March 2020 was not in her best interest.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Mark Peterson in Firm Thrivent Investment Management INC.

May 9, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Mark Peterson (Peterson), currently associated with Thrivent Investment Management INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Peterson recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $300,000.00 on April 25, 2020.

Customers (husband and wife) allege RR Peterson failed to consider certain government offsets when preparing their financial plan in 2014. Such alleged failure purportedly caused losses to the customers’ net worth. Customers allege in doing so, RR Peterson allegedly breached certain fiduciary duties, and contractual and regulatory obligations. RR Peterson intends to vigorously contend the allegations.