Gary A Fee

CRD 1790901 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Akron, OH

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Gary Albert Fee

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (6): Series 65Series 63Series 26SIESeries 7Series 6
Registered states (22): Alabama · Arizona · California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Kentucky · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Washington · Wyoming
Years in the industry (source record): 38
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 (12)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Akron, OH · IA capacity

May 13, 2014 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Akron, OH · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC
BD capacity

Dec 3, 2012 → Nov 26, 2013
Hartford Life Distributors, LLC
BD capacity

Mar 7, 2011 → Dec 3, 2012
Blackrock Investments, LLC
BD capacity

Sep 29, 2006 → Mar 21, 2011
Blackrock Investment Management, LLC
IA capacity

Sep 29, 2006 → Mar 11, 2011
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers LP
IA capacity

Apr 30, 2004 → Sep 29, 2006
Fam Distributors, Inc.
BD capacity

Apr 29, 2004 → Sep 29, 2006
Aim Private Asset Management
IA capacity

Jun 21, 2002 → Feb 6, 2004
A I M Distributors, Inc.
BD capacity

Oct 7, 1999 → Feb 6, 2004
John Nuveen & Co., Incorporated
BD capacity

Jan 1, 1997 → Oct 4, 1999
Flagship Funds Inc.
BD capacity

Jan 18, 1988 → Jan 1, 1997

Source & corrections

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