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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner11 years in industry

DAVID SCOTT TRETTEL

Advisor at BEACON FINANCIAL STRATEGIES CORP.

RALEIGH, NC

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 1:23 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 8
Dated events: 4
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 20, 2015 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: BEACON FINANCIAL STRATEGIES CORP.
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Mar 11, 2015earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 11derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 7
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Mar 11, 2015
First registration: Apr 20, 2015
Dual registered: no
Other names: Dave Trettel
IAPD individual key: 6432359

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
BEACON FINANCIAL STRATEGIES CORP.	Independent wealth	Oct 29, 2024	n/a	yes	RALEIGH, NC	Current employment
ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INCORPORATED	Mixed wealth	Aug 2, 2023	Jan 25, 2024	no	RALEIGH, NC	Previous registration
STRATEGIC WEALTH INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC	Independent wealth	Jun 15, 2022	Jan 23, 2023	no	Raleigh, NC\|LOUISVILLE, KY	Previous registration
PROSPERA FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 12, 2022	Apr 20, 2022	no	RALEIGH, NC	Previous registration
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	National bd RIA	Aug 13, 2020	Jan 20, 2022	no	Chapel Hill, NC\|Raleigh, NC	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Nov 10, 2015	Jul 27, 2020	no	RALEIGH, NC	Previous registration
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 15, 2015	Oct 23, 2015	no	Raleigh, NC	Previous registration
MUTUAL OF OMAHA INVESTOR SERVICES, INC.	Independent wealth	Apr 20, 2015	Aug 17, 2015	no	RALEIGH, NC\|WILMINGTON, NC\|RALEIGH, NC	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INCORPORATED	BEACON FINANCIAL STRATEGIES CORP.	Jan 25, 2024	Oct 29, 2024	278	Firm change	RIA to RIA
STRATEGIC WEALTH INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC	ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INCORPORATED	Jan 23, 2023	Aug 2, 2023	191	Firm change	RIA to RIA
PROSPERA FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	STRATEGIC WEALTH INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC	Apr 20, 2022	Jun 15, 2022	56	Firm change	RIA to RIA
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	PROSPERA FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Jan 20, 2022	Jan 12, 2022	-8	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	Jul 27, 2020	Aug 13, 2020	17	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Oct 23, 2015	Nov 10, 2015	18	Firm change	Other
MUTUAL OF OMAHA INVESTOR SERVICES, INC.	PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.	Aug 17, 2015	Sep 15, 2015	29	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (8)

→ BEACON FINANCIAL STRATEGIES CORP.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 29, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 2, 2023 to Jan 25, 2024factForm ADV
→ STRATEGIC WEALTH INVESTMENT GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 15, 2022 to Jan 23, 2023factForm ADV
→ PROSPERA FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 12, 2022 to Apr 20, 2022factForm ADV
→ CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 13, 2020 to Jan 20, 2022factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 10, 2015 to Jul 27, 2020factForm ADV
→ PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 15, 2015 to Oct 23, 2015factForm ADV
→ MUTUAL OF OMAHA INVESTOR SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 20, 2015 to Aug 17, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jan 25, 2024
Advisor changed firm
David Scott Trettel left Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated for Beacon Financial Strategies Corp. (registered 2024-10-29)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jan 23, 2023
Advisor changed firm
David Scott Trettel left Strategic Wealth Investment Group, Llc for Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated (registered 2023-08-02)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Apr 20, 2022
Advisor changed firm
David Scott Trettel left Prospera Financial Services, Inc. for Strategic Wealth Investment Group, Llc (registered 2022-06-15)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jan 20, 2022
Advisor changed firm
David Scott Trettel left Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. for Prospera Financial Services, Inc. (registered 2022-01-12)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago