Celandra Deane-Bess

CRD 2515844 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Washington, DC

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Celandra Eugene Deane; Celandra Eugene Deane-Bess; Celandra Deane-Bess

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (7): Series 66Series 63Series 24Series 7TOSIESeries 7Series 6
Registered states (1): District Of Columbia
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 (7)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Washington, DC · IA capacity

Jun 4, 2025 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Washington, DC · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Vanguard Advisers Inc
IA capacity

Jan 12, 2010 → Aug 14, 2012
Vanguard Marketing Corporation
BD capacity

Jan 26, 2010 → Apr 10, 2012
Tiaa-Cref Individual & Institutional Services, LLC
BD capacity

Jul 8, 1997 → Sep 24, 2008
Tiaa-Cref Trust Company, Fsb
IA capacity

Jan 21, 2004 → Nov 3, 2006
Tiaa-Cref Individual & Institutional Services, Inc.
BD capacity

Aug 3, 1995 → Sep 11, 1995

Source & corrections

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