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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated CRD 7691
$1.78T regulatory AUM 16,844 advisory clients
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One Bryant Park, New York, NY 10036 • United States
Current Registrations
| Authority | Category | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | RA | APPROVED | 2025-06-03 |
| TX | RA | APPROVED_RES | 2025-03-31 |
| CA | RA | APPROVED | 2025-03-05 |
Branch Locations
110 N Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606 • United States
1020 Marsh St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 • United States
No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.
| Organization | City | State | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuveen Securities, Llc | San Francisco | CA | 11/2013 | 10/2022 |
| Lord Abbett | San Francisco | CA | 10/2022 | 08/2024 |
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated | San Luis Obispo | CA | 01/2025 | Present |
| Homemaker | Paso Robles | CA | 09/2024 | 12/2024 |
| Bank Of America, N.A. | San Luis Obispo | CA | 03/2025 | Present |
I*: 2187288 Name: Stanley Family Farms Position: Land Owner Investment Related: No Hours: 0 During Trading Hours: 0 Start Date: 1/1/2022 Address: Paso Robles, CA Duties: I am the land owner. I own land that grows grapes and the grapes could be sold I*: 2187286 Entity Type: For Profit Name of OBA: W Montrose Building, LLC. Address: Chicago, IL 60641 Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: General Partner/Managing Member Employee Start Date: 02/03/2025 Number of Hours: 0 Number of Hours during trading: 0 Duties: I own a building with two units with my brother. My brother lives in one of the units, we are renting one apartment. My brother manages the property, I currently have a passive role. I*: 2499280 Entity Type: Charitable Name of OBA: ECHO Address: Paso Robles, CA 93446 Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: Volunteer Literacy Coach Employee Start Date: 6/17/2025 Number of Hours: 2-4 hrs mthly Number of Hours during trading: 0 Duties: Echo is a homeless shelter that helps people secure long term housing, I will be a volunteer financial literacy coach I*2656276, Entity Type, Name of OBA:I K Irrevocable Trust 04/09/2020 Address:ChicagoIllinois60641, Investment Related:no, Position, Title, Association:Successor Trustee, Employee Start Date:04/09/2020 No Hours:0 yearly No Hours during trading: 0 Duties:Successor Trustee for parents. I*2656278, Entity Type, For Profit, Name of OBA: Katz Mgmt LLC,Address:ChicagoIllinois60641, Investment Related:no, Position, Title, Association: General Partner/Managing Member,Employee Start Date: 07/01/2018,No Hours:20 yearly, No Hours during trading 0: Duties: rental property .I am not involved in the day to day activities my brother who is my partner handles the day to day activities I*2656281, Entity Type, Name of OBA:Rental Property 1, Address: Investment Related:no, Position, Title, AssociationSole owner,: Employee Start Date:05/20/2025, No Hours:20yeraly. No Hours during trading:0 Duties:Rental Property 1/Sole Owner I*2670291, Entity Type non profit , Name of OBA: HerIdea Address: San FranciscoCalifornia94121 Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: Volunteer Employee Start Date: 07/31/2025 No Hours: 10 yearly No Hours during trading: 2 yearly Duties:I will be a volunteer financial literacy coach
| Code | Exam | Date |
|---|---|---|
| S65 | Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination | 2014-03-31 |
| S63 | Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination | 2013-12-12 |
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