Christy Stina

CRD 2552813 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Boca Raton, FL

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Christy Bennett; Christy Bennett Stina; Christy Bennett-Stina; Christy Bennettstina; Christy Bennett Stina; Christy Stina

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (7): Series 57TOSIESeries 55Series 7Series 27Series 66Series 63
Registered states (41): Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Kentucky · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · Montana · Nevada · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Years in the industry (source record): 30
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

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No disclosure events are flagged in the source record as of Aug 20, 2026.

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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 (15)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Boca Raton, FL · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Boca Raton, FL · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Merit Financial Advisors
Boca Raton, FL · IA capacity

Nov 12, 2024 → Mar 10, 2025
Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments
Boca Raton, FL · BC capacity

Oct 17, 2024 → Mar 10, 2025
Ubs Financial Services Inc.
Boca Raton, FL · IA capacity

May 6, 2022 → Oct 29, 2024
Ubs Financial Services Inc.
Boca Raton, FL · BC capacity

May 5, 2022 → Oct 29, 2024
Morgan Stanley
Boca Raton, FL · IA capacity

Apr 17, 2017 → May 5, 2022
Morgan Stanley
Boca Raton, FL · BC capacity

Apr 12, 2017 → May 5, 2022
Newbridge Securities Corporation
Boca Raton, FL · BC capacity

Nov 8, 2005 → May 29, 2008
Dawson James Securities, Inc.
Boca Raton, FL · BC capacity

Jun 21, 2005 → Sep 22, 2005
Forge Financial Group, Inc.
Boca Raton, FL · BC capacity

Jun 3, 2005 → Jun 23, 2005
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
Philadelphia, PA · BC capacity

Aug 19, 2004 → May 12, 2005
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., Inc.
New York, NY · BC capacity

Jun 11, 2002 → Jun 16, 2003
Ladenburg Capital Management Inc.
Bethpage, NY · BC capacity

Jun 28, 1999 → Aug 27, 2002
North American Institutional Brokers
Ft. Lauderdale, FL · BC capacity

Dec 13, 1994 → Jun 30, 1999

Source & corrections

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