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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 2025-12-01
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-12-01

Branch Locations

607 W 3Rd St, Austin, TX 78701 • United States

194 Wood Ave S, Iselin, NJ 08830 • 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
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Austin TX 07/2025 Present
Charles Schwab Austin TX 05/2025 06/2025
Charles Schwab Austin TX 05/2024 08/2024
College Possible Austin TX 05/2022 08/2022
Columbia University New York NY 08/2021 05/2025
Aisd Austin TX 08/2014 05/2021
Austin Community College Austin TX 08/2017 12/2024
Theriot Interests I L P Lake Travis TX 04/2019 07/2019
College Possible Austin TX 05/2023 08/2023
Theriot Interests I L P Lake Travis TX 07/2023 09/2023
Destiny Foods Inc Pflugerville TX 01/2020 03/2020
Foot Locker, Inc Austin TX 03/2021 06/2021
H-E-B, Lp Pflugerville TX 03/2020 12/2020
Columbia University In The City Of Ny New York NY 11/2022 01/2023
Columbia University In The City Of Ny New York NY 09/2023 01/2024
Bank Of America, N.A. Austin TX 10/2025 Present
  • 07/2025 → Present
    Austin, TX
  • 05/2025 → 06/2025
    Charles Schwab
    Austin, TX
  • 05/2024 → 08/2024
    Charles Schwab
    Austin, TX
  • 05/2022 → 08/2022
    College Possible
    Austin, TX
  • 08/2021 → 05/2025
    Columbia University
    New York, NY
  • 08/2014 → 05/2021
    Aisd
    Austin, TX
  • 08/2017 → 12/2024
    Austin Community College
    Austin, TX
  • 04/2019 → 07/2019
    Theriot Interests I L P
    Lake Travis, TX
  • 05/2023 → 08/2023
    College Possible
    Austin, TX
  • 07/2023 → 09/2023
    Theriot Interests I L P
    Lake Travis, TX
  • 01/2020 → 03/2020
    Destiny Foods Inc
    Pflugerville, TX
  • 03/2021 → 06/2021
    Foot Locker, Inc
    Austin, TX
  • 03/2020 → 12/2020
    H-E-B, Lp
    Pflugerville, TX
  • 11/2022 → 01/2023
    Columbia University In The City Of Ny
    New York, NY
  • 09/2023 → 01/2024
    Columbia University In The City Of Ny
    New York, NY
  • 10/2025 → Present
    Bank Of America, N.A.
    Austin, TX
Other Businesses

I*3806265 Entity Type: Entity For Profit Name of OBA: TTW Transportation Inc. Address: Hutto, Texas, 78634 Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: Officer,Consultant/Independent Contractor Employee Start Date: 02/28/2026 Number of Hours: 10, Weekly Number of Hours during trading: 0, Weekly Duties: TTW Transportation Inc. is a privately held trucking and logistics company that provides local and regional delivery and transportation services, including scheduled on-demand transport of general freight, medical equipment, and non-regulated supplies for commercial and institutional clients. The business operates as a standard transportation carrier and does not provide financial, investment, insurance, or securities related services. Its activities are limited to logistics, delivery, and related operational support within the transportation industry. My role will be limited to a part-time, non-managing business development and advisory capacity. Responsibilities include: Assisting with general business development strategy and relationship outreach to potential commercial clients. Providing high level financial planning, budgeting, and operational growth guidance for the business. Supporting marketing, pricing, and service planning discussions. I will not participate in day-to-day transportation operations, dispatching, driving, hiring/firing, or operational management. I will have no authority over company funds, bank accounts, or financial custody, and I will not provide investment, insurance, or securities related services, All activities will occur outside of Merrill working hours and will remain separate from my role at Merrill, with no solicitation of Merrill clients.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2025-12-01
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2025-12-01
Other Names
  • Brendan Jones-Williams
  • Brendan Bilal Jones

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