Deborah Peinovich Schultz

CRD 2119239 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Chicago, IL

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Deborah Peinovich; Debbie Schultz; Deborah Schultz; Deborah Vukobratovich

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (6): Series 66Series 63Series 9Series 10SIESeries 7
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): 32
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

Copied from the official record

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

This reflects our copy of the record on that date only. Confirm the current position on FINRA BrokerCheck ↗ or SEC IAPD ↗.

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 (13)

From the source registration record · current first

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

Sep 26, 2024 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Chicago, IL · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Morgan Stanley
IA capacity

Feb 23, 2018 → Sep 20, 2024
Morgan Stanley
BD capacity

Oct 25, 2017 → Sep 20, 2024
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
BD capacity

Mar 16, 2010 → Sep 21, 2017
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
BD capacity

Jun 1, 2009 → Mar 24, 2010
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
BD capacity

Dec 4, 2008 → Jun 1, 2009
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
IA capacity

Oct 18, 2005 → Dec 5, 2008
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
BD capacity

Jun 17, 2004 → Dec 5, 2008
Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.
BD capacity

Mar 13, 2001 → Jun 2, 2004
Chase Securities Inc.
BD capacity

Jul 13, 1994 → Jan 18, 2001
Chemical Securities, Inc.
BD capacity

May 16, 1994 → Jun 7, 1994
Clayton Brown & Associates, Inc.
BD capacity

Jan 1, 1994 → May 16, 1994

Source & corrections

Where this page comes from

Advisor registration data on this site is reproduced from the SEC's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) system and FINRA's BrokerCheck. Those systems are the official records; this site is not. We do not alter the factual content of the records we reproduce.

SEC IAPD record for CRD 2119239 ↗ FINRA BrokerCheck record for CRD 2119239 ↗ BrokerCheck Terms of Use ↗ Report a data error on this page →

Data compiled Aug 20, 2026. Source: IAPD_SEARCH. Your use of BrokerCheck data reproduced here is subject to FINRA's Terms of Use.

Preview release — partial coverage. This is a public-records lookup tool, not investment advice, not a recommendation, and not an endorsement of any advisor. Registration status shown here is a copy of a government record and may be out of date; always confirm against SEC IAPD and FINRA BrokerCheck before acting.