Brian Scott Snelson

CRD 2318993 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Beverly, MA

IA RegisteredBroker

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (5): Series 65Series 63SIESeries 7Series 6
Registered states (29): Arizona · California · Colorado · Connecticut · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Montana · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington
Years in the industry (source record): 33
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
Beverly, MA · IA capacity

May 24, 2012 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Beverly, MA · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
IA capacity

Jun 14, 2011 → May 21, 2012
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
BD capacity

May 17, 2011 → May 21, 2012
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
BD capacity

Jan 1, 2008 → Jul 1, 2010
Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Inc.
BD capacity

Mar 17, 2006 → Jan 1, 2008
Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Inc.
BD capacity

Aug 30, 1996 → Nov 2, 2005
Nasl Financial Services, Inc.
BD capacity

Apr 28, 1994 → Jul 24, 1996
Pruco Securities Corporation
BD capacity

Mar 2, 1993 → Mar 8, 1994

Source & corrections

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