George Edwin Smith

CRD 1357861 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Bel Air, MD

IA RegisteredBroker

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (9): Series 65Series 63Series 10Series 9Series 8SIESeries 31Series 7Series 6
Registered states (33): Alabama · Arizona · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Illinois · Kentucky · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Missouri · Nevada · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin
Years in the industry (source record): 41
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 (9)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Bel Air, MD · IA capacity

Oct 10, 2008 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Bel Air, MD · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Ferris, Baker Watts Incorporated
BD capacity

Sep 30, 2005 → Oct 24, 2008
Ferris, Baker Watts, LLC
IA capacity

Sep 30, 2005 → Oct 24, 2008
Morgan Stanley
IA capacity

Apr 8, 1996 → Oct 3, 2005
Morgan Stanley Dw Inc.
BD capacity

Nov 17, 1995 → Oct 3, 2005
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
BD capacity

Jul 24, 1987 → Nov 29, 1995
American Express Financial Advisors Inc.
BD capacity

May 7, 1986 → Jul 13, 1987
Financial Planners Equity Corporation
BD capacity

Jul 25, 1985 → May 13, 1986

Source & corrections

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