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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_RES 2002-08-13
CA RA APPROVED 2002-08-07
  • TX RA
    APPROVED_RES
    Since 2002-08-13
  • CA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2002-08-07

Branch Locations

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

520 Newport Center Dr Pbig - Fashion Island, 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
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated San Francisco CA 08/2002 Present
Bank Of America, N.A. San Francisco CA 08/2011 Present
Previous Registrations
  • 1999-10-18 → 2002-08-14
    Robertson Stephens, Inc.
    San Francisco, CA
Other Businesses

I*2062313, Entity Type Fiduciary, Name of OBA: C R G Trust Address: Parker, Arizona, 85344 Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: Co/Trustee Employee Start Date:19/Nov/2007 No Hours: 1 monthly No Hours during trading: 0 Duties: I*3097291 Entity Type: N/A Name of OBA:V.L.G Address:Port Angeles Washington Investment Related:No Position, Title, Association:Power of Attorney Start Date:11/01/2025 No Hours: 1 Monthly No Hours during trading:0 Monthly Duties:Power of Attorney for Parents

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 1998-11-17
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 1995-01-10
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    1998-11-17
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    1995-01-10
Other Names
  • Valerie L Garcia
  • Valerie Lynn Garcia
  • Valerie Garcia Houts
  • Valerie Garcia Houts
  • Valerie G Houts

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