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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

William August Kientz

Balefire, LLCindependent RIARidgeland, Msdual registrantIAPD 814850

Certified Financial Planner · Chartered Financial Consultant

Feed of 09/14/2026

Also filed as Bill Kientz

At current firm

1 y

since Apr 1, 2025

In the industry

39 y

since Aug 1, 1987 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

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: Wealth Advisorreportedbalefirewealth.comfirm site, Sep 15, 2026
Designations: CLU, ChFC, CFPreportedbalefirewealth.comas printed on the bio page, Sep 16, 2026
Founder: “William founded his own firm in 1991 after spending 15 years with a national financial services firm.”reportedbalefirewealth.comthe sentence on the bio page
Years, as the firm states: 50reportedbalefirewealth.com“With over 50 years of experience in the industry, William has built strong relationships with trusted advisors, including CPAs and attorneys, to help deliver comprehensive financial strategies.”
Professional profile: balefirewealth.com/team-members/bill-kientzreportedbalefirewealth.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 Apr 1, 2025 · Ridgeland, Ms
Csenge Advisory Group, LLC independent RIA
Oct 11, 2019 to Mar 31, 2025 · Clearwater, Fl
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC BD affiliated
May 9, 2016 to Sep 27, 2019 · Ridgeland, Ms
Nfp Advisor Services, LLC former
Aug 27, 2003 to May 9, 2016 · Jackson, Ms
Kientz, Martin, Hill & Breazeale LLC unclassified
Mar 21, 2002 to Dec 31, 2002 · Jackson, Ms
Kientz, Martin, Hill & Breazeale LLC unclassified
May 26, 2000 to Aug 25, 2003 · Jackson, Ms

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Csenge Advisory Group, LLC to Balefire, LLC
left Mar 31, 2025, registered Apr 1, 2025 (1 days) · RIA to RIA · moved with a team
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC to Csenge Advisory Group, LLC
left Sep 27, 2019, registered Oct 11, 2019 (14 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA · moved with a team
Nfp Advisor Services, LLC to Kestra Advisory Services, LLC
left May 9, 2016, registered May 9, 2016 (0 days) · Other · moved with a team
Kientz, Martin, Hill & Breazeale LLC to Nfp Advisor Services, LLC
left Dec 31, 2002, registered Aug 27, 2003 (239 days) · Other

Signals

William August Kientz left Csenge Advisory Group, Llc for Balefire, Llc (registered 2025-04-01)
Mar 31, 2025 · 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: 39derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address