Gary Ovsak

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration

Active

Investment adviser registration

Active

Exams passed (10)

Series 52TOSIESeries 7Series 10Series 9Series 4Series 53Series 24Series 66Series 63

Registered states (53)

Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Puerto Rico · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virgin Islands · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming

Years in the industry (source record)

26

Professional designations

Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

Copied from the official record

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 (19)

From the source registration record · current first

• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent

  Bellevue, WA · IA capacity
  start not retrieved → present
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent

  Bellevue, WA · BC capacity
  start not retrieved → present
• Cetera Advisor Networks LLC

  Tacoma, WA · IA capacity
  Feb 21, 2017 → Nov 7, 2017
• Cetera Advisor Networks LLC

  Tacoma, WA · BC capacity
  Feb 21, 2017 → Nov 7, 2017
• Planmember Securities Corporation

  Tacoma, WA · IA capacity
  Feb 12, 2015 → Feb 2, 2017
• Planmember Securities Corporation

  Tacoma, WA · BC capacity
  Feb 12, 2015 → Feb 2, 2017
• Sandlapper Securities, LLC

  Vancouver, WA · BC capacity
  Jan 29, 2014 → Dec 1, 2014
• Reliance Investing, Inc.

  Vancouver, WA · IA capacity
  Feb 5, 2014 → Nov 19, 2014
• Allstate Financial Services, LLC

  Newcastle, WA · BC capacity
  Jan 14, 2013 → Aug 20, 2013
• Allstate Financial Advisors, LLC

  Newcastle, WA · IA capacity
  Jan 8, 2013 → Aug 20, 2013
• Symetra Investment Services, Inc.

  Bellevue, WA · IA capacity
  Oct 10, 2008 → Jan 5, 2012
• Symetra Investment Services, Inc.

  Bellevue, WA · BC capacity
  Oct 10, 2008 → Jan 5, 2012
• Pacific West Financial Consultant Inc

  Renton, WA · IA capacity
  Sep 29, 2004 → Aug 8, 2008
• Pacific West Securities, Inc.

  Renton, WA · BC capacity
  Sep 29, 2004 → Aug 8, 2008
• American Express Financial Advisors, Inc.

  Seattle, WA · IA capacity
  Aug 20, 2002 → Sep 23, 2004
• Ids Life Insurance Company

  Minneapolis, MN · BC capacity
  Jun 13, 2002 → Sep 23, 2004
• American Express Financial Advisors Inc.

  Minneapolis, MN · BC capacity
  Jun 13, 2002 → Sep 23, 2004
• Sharebuilder Securities Corporation

  Mclean, VA · BC capacity
  Jul 21, 2000 → Apr 4, 2002
• National Securities Corporation

  Boca Raton, FL · BC capacity
  Apr 9, 1998 → Jul 13, 2000

Source & corrections

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