Christopher Stala

CRD 2277010 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Poughkeepsie, NY

IA RegisteredBroker

Registration & licensing

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Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (7): Series 79TOSIESeries 3Series 7Series 24Series 66Series 63
Registered states (3): Connecticut · New York · Texas
Years in the industry (source record): 31
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
Poughkeepsie, NY · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Poughkeepsie, NY · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Morgan Stanley
Kingston, NY · IA capacity

Feb 21, 2018 → Sep 17, 2019
Morgan Stanley
Kingston, NY · BC capacity

Feb 13, 2018 → Sep 17, 2019
Buckman, Buckman & Reid, Inc.
Little Silver, NJ · BC capacity

May 9, 2016 → Jan 23, 2018
Terranova Capital Equities, Inc
New York, NY · BC capacity

Apr 9, 2010 → Feb 4, 2016
American Capital Partners, LLC
Hauppauge, NY · BC capacity

Jun 17, 2009 → Mar 2, 2010
Metlife Securities Inc.
Melville, NY · BC capacity

Apr 14, 2009 → Jun 9, 2009
Kpmg Corporate Finance LLC
New York, NY · BC capacity

Nov 28, 2005 → Dec 8, 2008
Greenfield Capital Partners LLC
Ridgefield, CT · BC capacity

Jan 7, 2003 → Aug 2, 2005
Sg Cowen Securities Corporation
New York, NY · BC capacity

Jul 14, 1997 → May 28, 2002
Dresdner Kleinwort Benson North America LLC
New York, NY · BC capacity

Dec 17, 1996 → Jun 13, 1997
Dresdner Securities (USA) Inc.
New York, NY · BC capacity

May 22, 1995 → Dec 17, 1996
Salomon Brothers Inc.
New York, NY · BC capacity

Sep 29, 1992 → Apr 10, 1995

Source & corrections

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