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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated CRD 7691

$1.78T regulatory AUM 16,844 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

  • Portfolio management (individuals)
  • Portfolio management (institutions)
  • Pension consulting
  • Selection of other advisers
  • Educational seminars
  • PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT REPORTS, ALLOCATION MODELING, IPS, RESEARCH REPORTS AND SERVICES, SEE SCHEDULE D

From the firm’s Form ADV. Read the guides:

Current Employers
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

One Bryant Park, New York, NY 10036 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
TX RA APPROVED 2026-05-11
CA RA APPROVED 2026-04-06
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2026-05-11
  • CA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2026-04-06

Branch Locations

555 California St Pbig - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94104 • United States

Disclosures

No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Bank Of America, N.A. San Francisco CA 06/2026 Present
Goldman, Sachs & Co. San Francisco CA 09/2015 02/2019
Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na San Francisco CA 04/2019 09/2021
Jpmorgan Securities Llc San Francisco CA 04/2019 09/2021
Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na Austin TX 10/2021 04/2026
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated San Francisco CA 04/2026 Present
  • 06/2026 → Present
    Bank Of America, N.A.
    San Francisco, CA
  • 09/2015 → 02/2019
    Goldman, Sachs & Co.
    San Francisco, CA
  • 04/2019 → 09/2021
    Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na
    San Francisco, CA
  • 04/2019 → 09/2021
    Jpmorgan Securities Llc
    San Francisco, CA
  • 10/2021 → 04/2026
    Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na
    Austin, TX
  • 04/2026 → Present
    San Francisco, CA
Previous Registrations
Other Businesses

I*4376279, Entity Type: , Name of OBA: P L TTEE S L TTEE U/A DTD 04/23/2021 , Address: San Anselmo, California, 94960, Investment Related: N, Position, Title, Association: Co-Trustee, Employee Start Date: 04/10/2026, No Hours: 0 Yearly, No Hours during Trading: 0 Yearly, Duties:

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2013-04-17
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2013-04-17
Other Names
  • Peter Laidlaw
  • Peter Clifton Laidlaw

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