Bridgette A Nicholson

CRD 2238144 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Seal Beach, CA

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Bridgette Ann Castille; Bridgette Ann Nicholson; Bridgette Castille Nicholson

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (4): Series 66Series 63SIESeries 7
Registered states (40): Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Virginia · Washington
Years in the industry (source record): 30
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 (9)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Seal Beach, CA · IA capacity

May 4, 2009 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Seal Beach, CA · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.
BD capacity

Feb 6, 2007 → Aug 27, 2007
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
BD capacity

Jan 18, 2006 → Dec 20, 2006
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
BD capacity

Jun 10, 2005 → Feb 1, 2006
Citistreet Equities LLC
BD capacity

Sep 3, 2003 → Nov 17, 2004
Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc.
BD capacity

Oct 26, 2000 → Oct 3, 2003
Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc.
BD capacity

May 3, 1999 → Apr 27, 2000
Cibc Oppenheimer Corp.
BD capacity

Dec 17, 1996 → Apr 14, 1999

Source & corrections

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