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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

Peter Abbate

LPL Financial LLCBD affiliatedWinter Park, Fl dual registrantIAPD 6127350

Feed of 09/15/2026

At current firm

1 y

since Jun 24, 2025

In the industry

14 y

since Sep 13, 2012 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S66, S65

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated current
since Jun 24, 2025 · Lakeland, Fl
Cetera Investment Advisers LLC BD affiliated
Jan 12, 2024 to Jun 9, 2025 · Celebration, Fl
Merit Financial Advisors BD affiliated
May 4, 2022 to Jan 2, 2024 · Alpharetta, Ga
Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. BD affiliated
Nov 3, 2020 to May 3, 2022 · Orlando, Fl
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse
Aug 19, 2019 to Feb 24, 2020 · Orlando, Fl
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse
Apr 5, 2018 to Aug 28, 2019 · Orlando, Fl
Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. BD affiliated
Apr 28, 2016 to Mar 9, 2018 · Orlando, Fl
MML Investors Services, LLC BD affiliated
May 18, 2015 to Dec 31, 2015 · Orlando, Fl
Transamerica Financial Advisors, LLC BD affiliated
Mar 5, 2013 to Apr 6, 2015 · Carmel, In
First Command Financial Planning, Inc. former
Dec 10, 2012 to Dec 21, 2012 · Orlando, Fl

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Cetera Investment Advisers LLC to LPL Financial LLC
left Jun 9, 2025, registered Jun 24, 2025 (15 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to another
Merit Financial Advisors to Cetera Investment Advisers LLC
left Jan 2, 2024, registered Jan 12, 2024 (10 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. to Merit Financial Advisors
left May 3, 2022, registered May 4, 2022 (1 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Valic Financial Advisors, Inc.
left Feb 24, 2020, registered Nov 3, 2020 (253 days) · Wirehouse to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
left Aug 28, 2019, registered Aug 19, 2019 (-9 days) · Wirehouse to wirehouse
Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
left Mar 9, 2018, registered Apr 5, 2018 (27 days) · Other
MML Investors Services, LLC to Valic Financial Advisors, Inc.
left Dec 31, 2015, registered Apr 28, 2016 (119 days) · Other
Transamerica Financial Advisors, LLC to MML Investors Services, LLC
left Apr 6, 2015, registered May 18, 2015 (42 days) · Other
First Command Financial Planning, Inc. to Transamerica Financial Advisors, LLC
left Dec 21, 2012, registered Mar 5, 2013 (74 days) · Other

Signals

Peter Abbate left Cetera Investment Advisers Llc for Lpl Financial Llc (registered 2025-06-24)
Jun 9, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Peter Abbate left Merit Financial Advisors for Cetera Investment Advisers Llc (registered 2024-01-12)
Jan 2, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Peter Abbate left Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. for Merit Financial Advisors (registered 2022-05-04)
May 3, 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: Broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Years in industry: 14derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address