Ellen Heidi Van Grove

CRD 2504291 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Los Angeles, CA

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Ellen Heidi Vangrove

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (5): Series 63SIESeries 7Series 62Series 22
Registered states (20): Arizona · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Minnesota · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Texas · Washington
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 (10)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Los Angeles, CA · IA capacity

Mar 11, 2015 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Los Angeles, CA · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Morgan Stanley
BD capacity

Jun 1, 2009 → Feb 23, 2015
Morgan Stanley
IA capacity

Jul 20, 2011 → Dec 31, 2012
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
BD capacity

Mar 24, 2003 → Jun 1, 2009
Fahnestock & Co. Inc.
BD capacity

Jan 3, 2003 → Mar 25, 2003
Cibc World Markets Corp.
BD capacity

Aug 5, 1997 → Jan 3, 2003
The Boston Group
BD capacity

Jun 25, 1996 → Jul 15, 1997
Kensington Securities, Inc.
BD capacity

Sep 8, 1994 → Jul 10, 1996
Gerwin Stinziano Securities Inc.
BD capacity

Jul 15, 1994 → Sep 14, 1994

Source & corrections

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