Christopher Nathanael Blair

CRD 1923588 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Pennington, NJ

IA RegisteredBroker

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (6): Series 65Series 63SIESeries 7Series 6Series 22
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): 37
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 (8)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Milwaukee, WI · IA capacity

Dec 23, 2014 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Pennington, NJ · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Foreside Fund Services, LLC
BD capacity

Sep 23, 2014 → Oct 22, 2014
Aviva Securities, LLC
BD capacity

Sep 2, 2011 → Dec 31, 2012
Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Inc.
BD capacity

Jul 20, 1999 → Dec 2, 2008
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
BD capacity

Jun 17, 1991 → Mar 29, 1999
Metlife Securities Inc.
BD capacity

Jun 17, 1991 → Mar 29, 1999
Preferred Capital Securities, Inc.
BD capacity

Feb 17, 1989 → Apr 14, 1989

Source & corrections

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