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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

Registered advisor

Donald Pete Peterson

Balefire, LLCindependent RIADallas, Txdual registrantIAPD 4402496

Feed of 09/14/2026

Also filed as Pete Peterson

At current firm

2 y

since Jan 10, 2024

In the industry

25 y

since Jun 26, 2001 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S65, S63

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Professional profile

what the firm itself publishes, with the page it was read from

Title: Executive Director Corporate Solutionsreportedbalefirewealth.comfirm site, Sep 15, 2026
Professional profile: balefirewealth.com/team-members/pete-petersonreportedbalefirewealth.comfirm site, Sep 15, 2026

Only business contact points the firm published under its own name are shown; nothing is inferred, and personal accounts are never read. What the bio page says is printed as the firm printed it, with the sentence it came from; years are the firm’s claim, not a count of registrations.

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

Balefire, LLC independent RIA current
since Jan 10, 2024 · Dallas, Tx
Balefire, LLC independent RIA
Nov 4, 2013 to Dec 31, 2023 · Dallas, Tx
LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated
Oct 9, 2013 to Jun 29, 2022 · Dallas, Tx
Securian Financial Services, Inc. former
Feb 11, 2010 to Oct 2, 2013 · Dallas, Tx
Principal Securities, Inc. BD affiliated
Jun 17, 2003 to Feb 3, 2010 · Sioux Falls, Sd

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

LPL Financial LLC to Balefire, LLC
left Jun 29, 2022, registered Nov 4, 2013 (-3159 days) · Other · moved with a team
Securian Financial Services, Inc. to LPL Financial LLC
left Oct 2, 2013, registered Oct 9, 2013 (7 days) · Other
Principal Securities, Inc. to Securian Financial Services, Inc.
left Feb 3, 2010, registered Feb 11, 2010 (8 days) · Other

Signals

Donald Pete Peterson left Lpl Financial Llc for Balefire, Llc (registered 2013-11-04)
Jun 29, 2022 · Advisor changed firm · fact

Transition signals

Mobility scoring is not published yet. The observable conditions this page will draw on once the historical validation is done: tenure, the firm’s own departures and ownership changes, new state registrations, a new adviser entity with this person on Schedule A, and colleagues’ moves. Until precision and lead time are measured on known moves, no label is printed. Read the methodology.

Provenance

Source: IAPD individual compilation feedreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
Firm class: Independent wealth managerderived
Years in industry: 25derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address