Charles Aaron Bell

CRD 2900049 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · New York, NY

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Charles Bell

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (6): Series 66Series 63Series 10Series 9SIESeries 7
Registered states (14): California · Connecticut · Florida · Illinois · Maryland · Massachusetts · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Vermont · Virginia · Washington
Years in the industry (source record): 29
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 (15)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
New York, NY · IA capacity

Oct 13, 2017 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
New York, NY · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
BD capacity

Oct 1, 2012 → Oct 25, 2017
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
IA capacity

Oct 1, 2012 → Oct 25, 2017
Chase Investment Services Corp.
BD capacity

Sep 23, 2009 → Oct 1, 2012
Chase Investment Services Corp.
IA capacity

Sep 23, 2009 → Oct 1, 2012
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
BD capacity

Oct 10, 2007 → Sep 25, 2009
Chase Investment Services Corp.
BD capacity

Aug 30, 2006 → Oct 16, 2007
Chase Investment Services Corp.
IA capacity

Aug 30, 2006 → Oct 16, 2007
Hsbc Securities (USA) Inc.
IA capacity

Jul 10, 2006 → Aug 28, 2006
Hsbc Securities (USA) Inc.
BD capacity

Jan 1, 2005 → Aug 28, 2006
Hsbc Brokerage (USA) Inc.
BD capacity

Sep 13, 2002 → Jan 1, 2005
Ubs Painewebber Inc.
BD capacity

Mar 31, 2000 → Sep 11, 2002
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
BD capacity

Oct 8, 1997 → Jan 12, 1999
Smith Barney Inc.
BD capacity

Jul 21, 1997 → Sep 9, 1997

Source & corrections

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