Robert Joseph Bendock

CRD 2236317 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Florham Park, NJ

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Bob Bendock; Robert J Bendock; Robert Bendock

Registration & licensing

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Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (13): Series 66Series 65Series 63Series 24Series 10Series 9Series 4Series 7TOSeries 57TOSIESeries 55Series 7Series 3
Registered states (14): California · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Maryland · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New York · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Texas · Virginia
Years in the industry (source record): 32
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 (14)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Florham Park, NJ · IA capacity

Jan 2, 2025 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Florham Park, NJ · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Guggenheim Securities, LLC
BD capacity

Sep 21, 2020 → Oct 28, 2021
Eab Investment Group, LLC
IA capacity

Aug 24, 2018 → Sep 21, 2020
Srt Securities LLC
BD capacity

Sep 2, 2015 → Sep 2, 2020
Eab Investment Group, LLC
IA capacity

Jun 2, 2016 → Dec 31, 2017
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
BD capacity

Mar 12, 2012 → Jul 29, 2014
Barclays Capital Inc.
BD capacity

Sep 22, 2008 → Nov 29, 2011
Lehman Brothers Inc.
BD capacity

May 9, 2003 → Sep 22, 2008
Ubs Warburg LLC
BD capacity

Jun 29, 1998 → Apr 16, 2003
Sbc Warburg Dillon Read Inc.
BD capacity

Sep 2, 1997 → Jun 29, 1998
Sbc Warburg, Inc.
BD capacity

Mar 3, 1997 → Sep 2, 1997
Nichols, Safina, Lerner & Co. Inc.
BD capacity

Jan 31, 1996 → Mar 3, 1997
Tullett & Tokyo Securities, Inc.
BD capacity

May 24, 1994 → Jan 25, 1996

Source & corrections

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