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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 2021-03-18
CA RA APPROVED 2020-01-21
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2021-03-18
  • CA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2020-01-21

Branch Locations

Irvine, CA • United States

500 Newport Ctr Dr, Newport Beach, CA 92660 • 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
Jp Morgan Securities Llc Irvine CA 06/2015 05/2017
Jp Morgan Chase Bank Irvine CA 12/2014 05/2017
Hsbc Bank Usa, N.A. Irvine CA 05/2017 11/2019
Hsbc Securities (Usa) Inc Irvine CA 06/2017 11/2019
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Costa Mesa CA 11/2019 Present
Bank Of America, N.A Costa Mesa CA 12/2019 Present
  • 06/2015 → 05/2017
    Jp Morgan Securities Llc
    Irvine, CA
  • 12/2014 → 05/2017
    Jp Morgan Chase Bank
    Irvine, CA
  • 05/2017 → 11/2019
    Hsbc Bank Usa, N.A.
    Irvine, CA
  • 06/2017 → 11/2019
    Hsbc Securities (Usa) Inc
    Irvine, CA
  • 11/2019 → Present
    Costa Mesa, CA
  • 12/2019 → Present
    Bank Of America, N.A
    Costa Mesa, CA
Other Businesses

I*137538 For profit or not for profit: For-Profit Organization Name of outside business organization: Formosa Capital LLC Investment related: Address of business: Lake Forest, California 92630 Nature of business: LLC, Compensation for Activity: Position, title, association: Owner, Start date of relationship: 12/1/2020 Number of hours devoted: 1 hour(s) Monthly Number of hours devoted during trading hours: 0 Duties: LLC set up to accept rental payments

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 2020-01-17
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 2015-09-14
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    2020-01-17
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    2015-09-14
Other Names
  • Nicholas J Hardi
  • Nicholas Hardi
  • Nicholas Joseph Hardi

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