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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 2020-09-18
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2020-09-18

Branch Locations

800 N Shoreline Blvd, Corpus Christi, TX 78401 • 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
Edward Jones St Louis MO 05/2016 09/2020
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Corpus Christi TX 09/2020 Present
Bank Of America, N.A. Corpus Christi TX 09/2020 Present
Previous Registrations
  • 2016-10-07 → 2020-09-21
    Portland, TX
    St Louis, MO
    Portland, TX
    Corpus Christi, TX
    Tomball, TX
    Corpus Christi, TX
Other Businesses

I*133518 For profit or not for profit: For-Profit Organization Name of outside business organization: KHDS Partners, LLC Investment related: Y Address of business: Portland, Texas 78374 Nature of business: LLC, Position, title, association: Other, Member of the LLC and not involved in daily ops Start date of relationship: 3/18/2016 Number of hours devoted: 0 hour(s) Annually Number of hours devoted during trading hours: 0 Duties: This entity has an E*TRADE account and it buys and sells stocks, options, etc. It is managed by other members of the LLC. I am not involved in the daily activity of the LLC. This is a passive investment. I*133525 For profit or not for profit: For-Profit Organization Name of outside business organization: South Coast Angel Network Investment related: N Address of business: Corpus Christi, Texas 78418 Nature of business: Other,Membership Organization Position, title, association: Other, Member of Organization Start date of relationship: 2/14/2017 Number of hours devoted: 0 hour(s) Annually Number of hours devoted during trading hours: 0 Duties: This is an angel investor network. There are investment pitches made by startup companies. There is a Q&A and due diligence process, then one can decide to make an investment or not. South Coast Angel Network forms partnerships for each investment. I*133512 For profit or not for profit: For-Profit Organization Name of outside business organization: Coastal Hotelier, Inc Investment related: N Address of business: Corpus Christi, Texas 78408 Nature of business: S-Corp, Position, title, association: Officer, Start date of relationship: 9/1/1994 Number of hours devoted: 0 hour(s) Annually Number of hours devoted during trading hours: 0 Duties: This was once a hotel, but it got sold in January 2008. Since then, the only asset this entity owns is some vacant land in Corpus Christi, TX for a possible future real estate development or the land may be sold to a buyer. I*133511 For profit or not for profit: For-Profit Organization Name of outside business organization: Navigation Hotelier, Inc. Investment related: N Address of business: Corpus Christi, Texas 78408 Nature of business: S-Corp Position, title, association: Officer, Start date of relationship: 1/5/2008 Number of hours devoted: 0 hour(s) Annually Number of hours devoted during trading hours: 0 Duties: This is a hotel. The entity that owns it is Navigation Hotelier, Inc. and I am an officer (shareholder). I am not involved in the daily operations, it is a passive investment. I*2131278, Entity Type: Fiduciary, Name of OBA: A B, Address: Portland, Texas, 78374, Investment Related: N, Position, Title, Association: Power of Attorney, Employee State Date: 17-Dec-2024, No Hours: 1 Yearly, No Hours during Trading: 1 Yearly, Duties: I*2131277, Entity Type: Fiduciary, Name of OBA: T B, Address: Portland, Texas, 78374, Investment Related: N, Position, Title, Association: Power of Attorney, Employee State Date: 17-Dec-2024, No Hours: 1 Yearly, No Hours during Trading: 1 Yearly, Duties:

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2016-07-19
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2016-07-19
Other Names
  • Sheik Bhakta
  • Kaushik Rajendra Bhakta

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