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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
WI RA APPROVED 2008-01-28
TX RA APPROVED_RES 2005-05-18
CT RA APPROVED 2004-03-02
  • WI RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2008-01-28
  • TX RA
    APPROVED_RES
    Since 2005-05-18
  • CT RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2004-03-02

Branch Locations

100 Federal St, Boston, MA 02110 • United States

Duxbury, MA • United States

Disclosures

1 disclosure category reported Yes on this SEC record. Read each Yes below, then review the firm’s Form ADV Item 11 guide for how disclosure questions work.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint Yes
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Quincy MA 02/2004 Present
Previous Registrations
  • 1994-07-18 → 2004-03-02
    Morgan Stanley Dw Inc.
    Hyannis, MA
Other Businesses

I*756249 For profit or not for profit: Entity For Profit Name of outside business organization: blufish Investment related: N Address of business: Duxbury, Massachusetts, 02332 Nature of business: ["Sole Proprietorship"] Position, title, association: ["Other"], Start date of relationship: 5/5/2022 Number of hours devoted: 4 hour(s) Weekly Number of hours devoted during trading hours: 0 Duties: Playing music, Play music I*2947281, Entity Type,n/a. Name of OBA:J B ML IRA, Address:DuxburyMassachusetts 02332, Investment Related:no, Position, Title, Power of Attorney, Association: Employee Start Date: 08/07/2025 No Hours:1 No Hours during trading: 0 yearly Duties:Power of Attorney/spouse.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 1993-10-01
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 1993-09-24
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    1993-10-01
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    1993-09-24
Other Names
  • Christopher Taylor Bettencourt
  • Chris Bettencourt

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