Alberto F Cosio

CRD 2250366 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Coral Gables, FL

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Alberto Fernando Cosio

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (9): Series 65Series 66Series 9Series 10Series 8SIESeries 3Series 31Series 7
Registered states (28): Arizona · California · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Indiana · Kansas · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Nevada · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Puerto Rico · South Carolina · South Dakota · Texas · Virginia · Washington · Wyoming
Years in the industry (source record): 34
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 (7)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Coral Gables, FL · IA capacity

Aug 25, 2009 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Coral Gables, FL · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Alliancebernstein L.P.
IA capacity

Sep 22, 2004 → Aug 13, 2009
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC
BD capacity

Sep 13, 2004 → Aug 13, 2009
Lehman Brothers Inc.
BD capacity

Jul 18, 2000 → Aug 10, 2004
Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated
BD capacity

Oct 6, 1999 → Jul 10, 2000
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
BD capacity

Jun 26, 1992 → Jul 27, 1999

Source & corrections

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