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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 2015-10-12
IL RA APPROVED 2015-10-08
  • TX RA
    APPROVED_RES
    Since 2015-10-12
  • IL RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2015-10-08

Branch Locations

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

300 Crescent Ct Pbig - Dallas Private Wealth, Dallas, TX 75201 • 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 Chicago IL 10/2015 Present
Bank Of America, N.A. Chicago IL 02/2016 Present
Previous Registrations
  • 2003-01-17 → 2015-11-03
    Credit Suisse Securities (Usa) Llc
    Chicago, IL
    Chicago, IL
  • 1992-06-15 → 2003-01-17
    Pershing Llc
    Chicago, IL
Other Businesses

I*87210FOR PROFIT OR NOT FOR PROFIT: NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONNAME OF OUTSIDE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION: CENTER PARTNERS I, LLCINVESTMENT RELATED: YADDRESS OF BUSINESS:LAKE BLUFF, ILLINOIS 60044NATURE OF BUSINESS: LLC,POSITION, TITLE, ASSOCIATION: GENERAL PARTNER, START DATE OF RELATIONSHIP: 42298NUMBER OF HOURS DEVOTED: 1 HOUR(S) MONTHLYNUMBER OF HOURS DEVOTED DURING TRADING HOURS: 0DUTIES: FAMILY INVESTMENT VEHICLEI*2248278, Entity Type: , Name of OBA: B B, Address: Lake Bluff, Illinois, 60044, Investment Related: N, Position, Title, Association: Power of Attorney, Employee State Date: 19-Mar-2025, No Hours: 0 Monthly, No Hours during Trading: 0 Monthly, Duties: I*2249283, Entity Type: , Name of OBA: B B, Address: Lake Bluff, Illinois, 60044, Investment Related: N, Position, Title, Association: Power of Attorney, Employee State Date: 19-Mar-2025, No Hours: 0 Weekly, No Hours during Trading: 0 Weekly, Duties: I*3841278 Entity Type: Entity Charitable Name of OBA: Church of the Holy Spirit Address: Lake Forest, Illinois, 60045 Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: Other Employee Start Date: 02/25/2026 Number of Hours: 4, Monthly Number of Hours during trading: 0, Monthly Duties: I have been nominated to the Vestry of The Church of the Holy Spirit. The Vestry members oversee the committees that run the basic operations of the church and the growth of the ministry. It's a learning process but I expect to be helping the church in all aspects of their organization

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 1998-05-15
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 1983-08-31
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    1998-05-15
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    1983-08-31
Other Names
  • Chris Baldwin

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