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First Light Retirement, LLC

Del Mar, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 314509

Filed as FIRST LIGHT RETIREMENT, LLC

First Light Retirement, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Del Mar, CA, registered since 2021, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 17, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$843,658,362
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is First Light Retirement, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), First Light Retirement, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

What does First Light Retirement, LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.25% of assets a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is First Light Retirement, LLC located?

First Light Retirement, LLC's principal office is in Del Mar, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is First Light Retirement, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

First Light Retirement, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 314509.

How much does First Light Retirement, LLC manage?

First Light Retirement, LLC reports $843,658,362 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 17, 2026 (0% discretionary).

How have First Light Retirement, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for First Light Retirement, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2021 data and $843,658,362 in the October 2026 data. Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does First Light Retirement, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (22).

Does First Light Retirement, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/314509

Does First Light Retirement, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 says: "There is no account minimum for any of FLRL’s services."

What changed in First Light Retirement, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in MN.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

Asset-based fee: 0.25% of assets a year

The brochure's wording
All Assets 0.25%

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
There is no account minimum for any of FLRL’s services.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$843,658,362

$843,658,362 as of October 2026, filing dated September 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $0.Non-discretionary: $843,658,362.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 22 Assets $843,658,362 (100%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Pension consulting services

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
4 states or jurisdictions
CAIDMNTX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$0 2021 $668M 2022 $571M 2023 $666M 2024 $718M 2025 $844M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$843,658,3622September 17, 2026
October 2025$717,738,7632March 15, 2025
October 2024$666,207,9712January 16, 2024
October 2023$571,136,4792March 10, 2023
October 2022$668,000,0002January 12, 2022
October 2021$02June 17, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2021 data and $843,658,362 in the October 2026 data.

Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 2 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. October 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in MN.
  2. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $717,738,763 to $843,658,362 (+18%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
firstlightretirement.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. First Light Retirement, LLC (CRD 314509): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/first-light-retirement-llc-del-mar-ca-314509