Hossain Benny Varzi

CRD 1005759 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Atlanta, GA

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Benny Varzi; Hossain Varzi

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (5): Series 65Series 63SIESeries 31Series 7
Registered states (34): Alabama · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Illinois · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oregon · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia
Years in the industry (source record): 45
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

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Current firm

From the firm record

Firm: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Firm CRD: 7691
SEC number: 801-14235
Assets under management: $1.8T as of Jun 29, 2026
Website: www.merrilledge.com/GUIDED-INVESTING ↗
Phone: 800-637-7455
Firm location: New York, NY, 10036

Employment history (13)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Atlanta, GA · IA capacity

Nov 7, 2008 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Atlanta, GA · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
BD capacity

Apr 2, 2007 → Nov 11, 2008
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
IA capacity

Apr 2, 2007 → Nov 11, 2008
Morgan Stanley
IA capacity

Nov 14, 2002 → Apr 2, 2007
Morgan Stanley Dw Inc.
BD capacity

Jun 23, 2000 → Apr 2, 2007
Cibc World Markets Corp.
BD capacity

Aug 19, 1991 → Jul 14, 2000
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
BD capacity

Mar 29, 1995 → Apr 18, 1995
Prudential-Bache Securities Inc.
BD capacity

Aug 25, 1989 → Sep 12, 1990
Prudential-Bache Securities Inc.
BD capacity

Sep 6, 1985 → Sep 12, 1990
Thomson Mckinnon Securities Inc.
BD capacity

Feb 13, 1989 → Aug 25, 1989
Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., Incorporated
BD capacity

Jan 5, 1984 → Sep 24, 1985
Hereth, Orr & Jones, Inc.
BD capacity

Oct 14, 1981 → Dec 2, 1983

Source & corrections

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