Eleanor Cecilia Schnell

CRD 2578612 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Fort Lauderdale, FL

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Eleanor Cecilia Wykpisz

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (4): Series 65Series 63SIESeries 7
Registered states (28): Alabama · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Maryland · Massachusetts · Minnesota · Nebraska · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia · Washington
Years in the industry (source record): 31
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 (11)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Fort Lauderdale, FL · IA capacity

Nov 16, 2012 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Fort Lauderdale, FL · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Morgan Stanley
BD capacity

Jun 1, 2009 → Nov 20, 2012
Morgan Stanley
IA capacity

Jun 1, 2009 → Nov 20, 2012
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
IA capacity

Nov 16, 2000 → Jun 1, 2009
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
BD capacity

Nov 15, 2000 → Jun 1, 2009
Gruntal & Co., L.L.C.
BD capacity

Nov 26, 1996 → Nov 20, 2000
Joseph Charles & Assoc., Inc.
BD capacity

Jun 7, 1995 → Dec 9, 1996
Barron Chase Securities, Inc.
BD capacity

Apr 25, 1995 → Jun 7, 1995
Paragon Capital Corporation
BD capacity

Apr 11, 1995 → May 4, 1995
Paragon Capital Corporation
BD capacity

Mar 15, 1995 → Mar 20, 1995

Source & corrections

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