Jeff Cheng Jin

CRD 4292519 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · The Woodlands, TX

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Jeffrey Cheng Jin; Jeff Jin

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (6): Series 66Series 10Series 9SIESeries 31Series 7
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): 25
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 (19)

From the source registration record · current first

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

Jul 25, 2019 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
The Woodlands, TX · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Cetera Investment Advisers LLC
IA capacity

Jan 21, 2014 → Jun 8, 2019
Cetera Investment Services LLC
BD capacity

Jan 29, 2013 → Jun 8, 2019
Cetera Investment Services LLC
IA capacity

Jan 29, 2013 → Jan 21, 2014
Lpl Financial LLC
BD capacity

Oct 11, 2011 → Jan 30, 2013
Lpl Financial LLC
IA capacity

Oct 11, 2011 → Jan 30, 2013
Uvest Financial Services Group, Inc.
BD capacity

Jun 14, 2007 → Oct 11, 2011
Uvest Financial Services Group, Inc.
IA capacity

Jun 14, 2007 → Oct 11, 2011
Amerivest Investment Management, LLC
IA capacity

Apr 24, 2006 → May 24, 2007
Td Ameritrade, Inc.
BD capacity

May 2, 2005 → May 24, 2007
Td Ameritrade, Inc.
IA capacity

May 2, 2005 → May 24, 2007
Ucb Investment Services, Inc.
IA capacity

Apr 13, 2004 → Jan 10, 2005
Ucb Investment Services, Inc.
BD capacity

Apr 12, 2004 → Jan 10, 2005
Fiserv Investor Services, Inc.
BD capacity

Mar 3, 2004 → Apr 14, 2004
Wm Financial Services, Inc.
BD capacity

Feb 25, 2003 → Feb 28, 2004
Primevest Financial Services, Inc.
BD capacity

Apr 23, 2002 → Dec 13, 2002
Primevest Financial Services, Inc.
IA capacity

Apr 23, 2002 → Dec 13, 2002
Morgan Stanley Dw Inc.
BD capacity

Jan 1, 2001 → Apr 17, 2002

Source & corrections

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