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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 2025-11-06
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-11-06

Branch Locations

8616 S Interstate 35, Austin, TX 78745 • United States

701 E Stassney Ln Bldg F, Austin, TX 78745 • United States

9912 Manchaca Rd, Austin, TX 78748 • 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
Austin Awe Llc Austin TX 06/2022 01/2023
Capitol Credit Union Austin TX 11/2021 08/2022
Jos. A. Bank Austin TX 08/2021 01/2022
Texas Running Company Austin TX 12/2021 04/2022
Cabela's/Bass Pro Tooele UT 05/2020 01/2021
Hofstra University Hempstead NY 11/2019 10/2020
Hofstra University A/V Department Hempstead NY 08/2019 05/2020
Tooele High School Tooele UT 09/2018 05/2019
Frontline Auto Sales Tooele UT 05/2018 07/2018
J.P. Morgan Securities Llc San Antonio TX 07/2023 10/2025
The University Of Texas At Austin Austin TX 01/2021 05/2023
Self Employment - Dj/Wedding Services San Antonio TX 09/2021 Present
Tooele High School Tooele UT 08/2015 05/2019
Unemployed Tooele UT 08/2018 08/2018
Unemployed Tooele UT 06/2019 07/2019
Generationtux/ Gen Tux Inc San Antonio TX 01/2024 02/2024
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. San Antonio TX 07/2023 10/2025
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Austin TX 10/2025 Present
Fleet Feet Incorporated Austin TX 03/2021 08/2021
Bank Of America, N.A. Austin TX 11/2025 Present
  • 06/2022 → 01/2023
    Austin Awe Llc
    Austin, TX
  • 11/2021 → 08/2022
    Capitol Credit Union
    Austin, TX
  • 08/2021 → 01/2022
    Jos. A. Bank
    Austin, TX
  • 12/2021 → 04/2022
    Texas Running Company
    Austin, TX
  • 05/2020 → 01/2021
    Cabela's/Bass Pro
    Tooele, UT
  • 11/2019 → 10/2020
    Hofstra University
    Hempstead, NY
  • 08/2019 → 05/2020
    Hofstra University A/V Department
    Hempstead, NY
  • 09/2018 → 05/2019
    Tooele High School
    Tooele, UT
  • 05/2018 → 07/2018
    Frontline Auto Sales
    Tooele, UT
  • 07/2023 → 10/2025
    San Antonio, TX
  • 01/2021 → 05/2023
    The University Of Texas At Austin
    Austin, TX
  • 09/2021 → Present
    Self Employment - Dj/Wedding Services
    San Antonio, TX
  • 08/2015 → 05/2019
    Tooele High School
    Tooele, UT
  • 08/2018 → 08/2018
    Unemployed
    Tooele, UT
  • 06/2019 → 07/2019
    Unemployed
    Tooele, UT
  • 01/2024 → 02/2024
    Generationtux/ Gen Tux Inc
    San Antonio, TX
  • 07/2023 → 10/2025
    Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    San Antonio, TX
  • 10/2025 → Present
    Austin, TX
  • 03/2021 → 08/2021
    Fleet Feet Incorporated
    Austin, TX
  • 11/2025 → Present
    Bank Of America, N.A.
    Austin, TX
Previous Registrations
Other Businesses

I*3094283 Entity Type: Entity For Profit Name of OBA: Self Employment - DJ/Wedding Services Address: San Antonio, Texas, 78247 Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: Consultant/Independent Contractor Employee Start Date: 09/18/2021 Number of Hours: 16, Monthly Number of Hours during trading: 0, Monthly Duties: I provide DJ, lighting, and wedding coordination services on a part time basis. This does not occur during market hours. This has nothing to do with the investment industry. This only occurs outside of business hours. I am the only employee and I self report all income on Schedule C. The "business" is based out of my primary residential address. DJing, Lighting, event coordination

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2025-05-16
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 2023-10-04
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2025-05-16
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    2023-10-04
Other Names
  • Simon L Ignat
  • Simon Luca Ricardo Ignat

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