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RIA / WealthAdvisor26 years in industry

Edward Allen Smith

Advisor at RIA ADVISORY GROUP, LLC

DES MOINES, IA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 8, 2000 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: RIA ADVISORY GROUP, LLC
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: May 8, 2000earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 26derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 6derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Jan 6, 2007
First registration: May 8, 2000
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 4071649

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
RIA ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Independent wealth	Aug 3, 2020	n/a	yes	DES MOINES, IA	Current employment
BALEFIRE, LLC	Independent wealth	Jul 27, 2018	Nov 20, 2020	no	Des Moines, IA\|DALLAS, TX	Previous registration
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 17, 2018	Jul 31, 2020	no	PERRY, IA\|DES MOINES, IA\|PERRY, IA	Previous registration
BALEFIRE, LLC	Independent wealth	Jun 16, 2017	Dec 31, 2017	no	West Des Moines, IA	Previous registration
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	Dec 4, 2006	Jun 16, 2017	no	PERRY, IA	Previous registration
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	National bd RIA	May 8, 2000	Oct 22, 2002	no	HIAWATHA, IA	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
BALEFIRE, LLC	RIA ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Nov 20, 2020	Aug 3, 2020	-109	Firm change after gap	RIA to RIA
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	BALEFIRE, LLC	Jul 31, 2020	Jul 27, 2018	-735	Firm change after gap	Ibd to RIA
BALEFIRE, LLC	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Dec 31, 2017	Jan 17, 2018	17	Firm change	RIA to RIA
EDWARD JONES	BALEFIRE, LLC	Jun 16, 2017	Jun 16, 2017	0	Firm change	Other
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	EDWARD JONES	Oct 22, 2002	Dec 4, 2006	1,504	Firm change after gap	Ibd to ibd

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ RIA ADVISORY GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Aug 3, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
→ BALEFIRE, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 27, 2018 to Nov 20, 2020factForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 17, 2018 to Jul 31, 2020factForm ADV
→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 4, 2006 to Jun 16, 2017factForm ADV
→ AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 8, 2000 to Oct 22, 2002factForm ADV

Dated events

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