Benjamin John Crowder

CRD 4361319 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Chicago, IL

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Benjamin J Crowder; Benji Crowder; Ben Crowder

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (7): Series 7TOSIESeries 7Series 6Series 66Series 65Series 63
Registered states (25): Arizona · California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kentucky · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Texas · Virginia · Wisconsin
Years in the industry (source record): 19
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 (8)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Chicago, IL · IA capacity

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

start not retrieved → present
Bmo Harris Financial Advisors, Inc.
Chicago, IL · BC capacity

Feb 9, 2016 → Mar 20, 2018
Northern Trust Securities, Inc.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL · BC capacity

Apr 13, 2004 → May 13, 2015
Vision Investment Services, Inc.
Oak Brook, IL · BC capacity

Mar 16, 2009 → Sep 30, 2011
Northern Trust Securities, Inc
Oakbrook Terrace, IL · IA capacity

Apr 20, 2006 → Dec 31, 2009
Securian Financial Services, Inc.
St. Paul, MN · BC capacity

Dec 20, 2002 → Feb 27, 2004
Scudder Distributors, Inc.
Chicago, IL · BC capacity

May 18, 2001 → Dec 13, 2002

Source & corrections

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