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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
NY RA APPROVED 2025-12-26
  • NY RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-12-26

Branch Locations

One Bryant Park Investment Solutions Group, New York, NY 10036 • 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 Yes
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
New York Life Insurance Company New York NY 11/2011 03/2019
Jpmorgan Securities Llc Jersey City NJ 11/2020 05/2022
Grb Real Estate New York NY 04/2019 10/2020
Morgan Stanley New York NY 06/2022 06/2024
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated New York NY 07/2024 Present
  • 11/2011 → 03/2019
    New York Life Insurance Company
    New York, NY
  • 11/2020 → 05/2022
    Jpmorgan Securities Llc
    Jersey City, NJ
  • 04/2019 → 10/2020
    Grb Real Estate
    New York, NY
  • 06/2022 → 06/2024
    Morgan Stanley
    New York, NY
  • 07/2024 → Present
    New York, NY
Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 2025-12-26
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 2010-07-19
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    2025-12-26
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    2010-07-19
Other Names
  • Matthew Paul Collins
  • Matthew P Collins
  • Matthew Collins

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