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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
IL RA APPROVED 2025-06-03
TX RA APPROVED_RES 2025-03-31
CA RA APPROVED 2025-03-05
  • IL RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-06-03
  • TX RA
    APPROVED_RES
    Since 2025-03-31
  • CA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-03-05

Branch Locations

110 N Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606 • United States

1020 Marsh St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 • 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
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
  • 11/2013 → 10/2022
    Nuveen Securities, Llc
    San Francisco, CA
  • 10/2022 → 08/2024
    Lord Abbett
    San Francisco, CA
  • 01/2025 → Present
    San Luis Obispo, CA
  • 09/2024 → 12/2024
    Homemaker
    Paso Robles, CA
  • 03/2025 → Present
    Bank Of America, N.A.
    San Luis Obispo, CA
Previous Registrations
Other Businesses

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

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 2014-03-31
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 2013-12-12
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    2014-03-31
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    2013-12-12
Other Names
  • Elena Renee Katz
  • Elena Renee Katz
  • Elena R Katz

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