Helen H Balch

CRD 1394218 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Chicago, IL

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Helen Elizabeth Balch; Helen Hadjigeorge Balch; Helen Elizabeth Hadjigeorge; Helen Hodjigeorge Hofmann

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (4): Series 65Series 63SIESeries 7
Registered states (45): Alabama · Arizona · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Years in the industry (source record): 40
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

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No disclosure events are flagged in the source record as of Aug 20, 2026.

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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 (10)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Chicago, IL · IA capacity

Oct 23, 2009 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Chicago, IL · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Banc Of America Investment Services, Inc.
BD capacity

Oct 24, 2008 → Oct 23, 2009
Banc Of America Investment Services, Inc.
IA capacity

Oct 24, 2008 → Oct 23, 2009
Lasalle Financial Services, Inc.
IA capacity

Oct 15, 2001 → Oct 24, 2008
Lasalle Financial Services, Inc.
BD capacity

Jun 4, 1998 → Oct 24, 2008
Abn Amro Incorporated
BD capacity

Apr 27, 1994 → May 29, 1998
Abn Amro Investment Services, Inc.
BD capacity

Feb 1, 1994 → Apr 26, 1994
Rodman & Renshaw Inc.
BD capacity

Nov 15, 1991 → Nov 30, 1993
Tucker Anthony Incorporated
BD capacity

Oct 22, 1986 → Jul 12, 1991

Source & corrections

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