Scott Browning Coombes

CRD 4227085 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Frisco, TX

IA RegisteredBroker

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (8): SIESeries 3Series 55Series 7Series 10Series 9Series 66Series 63
Registered states (53): Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Puerto Rico · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virgin Islands · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Years in the industry (source record): 24
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 (14)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Frisco, TX · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Frisco, TX · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Scottrade Investment Management
Saint Louis, MO · IA capacity

Apr 29, 2016 → Jul 18, 2016
Scottrade, Inc.
Round Rock, TX · BC capacity

Jul 9, 2014 → Jul 18, 2016
Cetera Investment Services LLC
Austin, TX · IA capacity

Mar 21, 2013 → Oct 4, 2013
Cetera Investment Services LLC
Austin, TX · BC capacity

Mar 21, 2013 → Oct 4, 2013
Tiaa-Cref Advice And Planning Services
Austin, TX · IA capacity

Mar 10, 2008 → Mar 1, 2013
Tiaa-Cref Individual & Institutional Services, LLC
Austin, TX · BC capacity

Sep 21, 2007 → Mar 1, 2013
Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc
Austin, TX · IA capacity

Jun 15, 2006 → May 23, 2007
Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc.
Fort Washington, PA · BC capacity

Jun 15, 2006 → May 23, 2007
Great American Advisors, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH · IA capacity

Jun 8, 2005 → Jun 15, 2006
Great American Advisors, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH · BC capacity

Feb 15, 2005 → Jun 15, 2006
Pmg Securities Corporation
Elgin, IL · BC capacity

May 14, 2004 → Feb 15, 2005
Cybertrader, Inc.
Austin, TX · BC capacity

Dec 6, 2000 → Apr 19, 2004

Source & corrections

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