Edward Gibson Hynes

CRD 1021780 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Stamford, CT

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Edward Gibson Hynes III

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (10): Series 65Series 63Series 10Series 4Series 9Series 24Series 8SIESeries 3Series 7
Registered states (14): Arizona · California · Connecticut · Florida · Hawaii · Kansas · Massachusetts · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Rhode Island · Texas
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 (17)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Stamford, CT · IA capacity

Mar 27, 2012 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Stamford, CT · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
BD capacity

Jul 30, 2009 → Mar 5, 2012
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
IA capacity

Jul 21, 2009 → Mar 5, 2012
Princor Financial Services Corporation
IA capacity

Sep 10, 2007 → Dec 14, 2007
Princor Financial Services Corporation
BD capacity

Aug 20, 2007 → Dec 14, 2007
Farm Creek Securities, LLC
IA capacity

May 19, 2006 → Aug 3, 2007
Farm Creek Securities, LLC
BD capacity

Jan 2, 2004 → Aug 3, 2007
Princor Financial Services Corporation
BD capacity

May 1, 2007 → Jul 10, 2007
Ubs Warburg LLC
BD capacity

Jun 29, 1998 → Sep 17, 2001
Sbc Warburg Dillon Read Inc.
BD capacity

Sep 2, 1997 → Jun 29, 1998
Sbc Warburg, Inc.
BD capacity

Jan 3, 1995 → Sep 2, 1997
Sbci Swiss Bank Corporation Investment Banking Inc.
BD capacity

Nov 2, 1992 → Jan 3, 1995
Sbc Government Securities Inc
BD capacity

Aug 4, 1992 → Nov 4, 1992
Cs First Boston Corporation
BD capacity

Aug 20, 1986 → Aug 19, 1991
Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc.
BD capacity

Nov 27, 1981 → Jul 28, 1986
Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb Incorporated
BD capacity

Dec 11, 1981 → Jun 27, 1984

Source & corrections

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