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Asset manager · Del MAR, CA

First Light Retirement, LLC

SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 314509 · SEC 801-121422

At a glance

First Light Retirement, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in Del MAR, California, with $844 million in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed September 17, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is pension and profit sharing plans. By Form ADV it is a asset manager, ranked 1,440th of 3,218 asset managers and 5,920th of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.

Main office 858-692-1283firstlightretirement.comAs filed on Form ADV

Regulatory AUM
$844M
Rank among asset managers
#1,440 of 3,218
Rank among all SEC RIAs
#5,920 of 17,210
Rank in California
#686 of 1,873
Clients
22
Accounts
22
Discretionary
0% of AUM
Employees
2
Advisory staff
2
Offices
1

Owners and executives on its Form ADV

Custody and brokerage

Custodian

First Light Retirement, LLC’s Form ADV lists no custodian for separately managed accounts. Firms report one only when they manage $10 million or more in those accounts.

Broker-dealer

No broker-dealer ties

Other RIAs with no broker-dealer ties

Who it serves

Client typeClientsRegulatory AUMShare
Pension and profit sharing plans22$844M100%

Disciplinary disclosures

First Light Retirement, LLC reports no disciplinary disclosures in Item 11 of Form ADV. Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗

Services

  • Pension consulting

How it’s paid

  • A percentage of assets under management

Form ADV and brochures on the SEC’s adviser search ↗firstlightretirement.com ↗

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Background

Questions

How much does First Light Retirement, LLC manage?

First Light Retirement, LLC reports $844 million in regulatory assets under management across 22 accounts, on its Form ADV filed September 17, 2026.

What kind of firm is First Light Retirement, LLC?

First Light Retirement, LLC is a asset manager by its Form ADV answers. Most of its assets are managed for funds, institutions or other businesses rather than individuals.

Who are First Light Retirement, LLC’s clients?

By assets, its largest client types are pension and profit sharing plans ($844 million, 22 clients).

Does First Light Retirement, LLC have any disciplinary history?

First Light Retirement, LLC reports no disciplinary disclosures in Item 11 of its Form ADV. Check the SEC’s adviser search for the latest record.

Where these numbers come from

Every figure is First Light Retirement, LLC’s own answer on its latest Form ADV, from the SEC’s registered-adviser list as of October 1, 2026: regulatory assets and accounts (Item 5.F), clients by type (5.D), employees (5.A and 5.B), compensation (5.E) and services (5.G). Custodians come from Schedule D 5.K(3) of its latest filing (2026-09-17), which lists those holding 10% or more of separately managed account assets and the amount at each. “Hybrid” means some employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2)); affiliated broker-dealers are the related persons it lists in Item 7.A and Schedule D. Firm type comes from its own answers: broker-dealer firms are registered broker-dealers themselves (Item 6.A); private fund advisers manage mostly private funds (Item 7.B, 5.D); wealth managers manage at least half their assets for individuals (5.D). Ranks compare it by regulatory assets with every SEC-registered adviser and with firms of its type. Figures are as of the firm’s last annual update, so they can lag recent deals and market moves. Regulatory AUM counts assets the firm continuously supervises and can differ from what a firm markets.

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