Christopher D Carrano

CRD 4610339 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Guilford, CT

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Chris D Carrano; Christopher David Carrano; Christopher Carrano

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (4): SIESeries 7Series 65Series 63
Registered states (19): California · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Kentucky · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Texas · Vermont · Virginia · Washington
Years in the industry (source record): 18
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
Guilford, CT · IA capacity

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

start not retrieved → present
Sound Income Strategies, LLC
Westbrook, CT · IA capacity

Dec 18, 2023 → Feb 29, 2024
Morgan Stanley
Guilford, CT · IA capacity

Oct 20, 2021 → Dec 1, 2023
Morgan Stanley
Purchase, NY · BC capacity

Oct 19, 2021 → Dec 1, 2023
Diastole Wealth Management
Guilford, CT · IA capacity

May 1, 2020 → Feb 8, 2021
Td Ameritrade, Inc.
Waterford, CT · IA capacity

Jul 2, 2018 → Apr 28, 2020
Td Ameritrade Investment Management, LLC
Waterford, CT · IA capacity

Jul 2, 2018 → Apr 28, 2020
Td Ameritrade, Inc.
Waterford, CT · BC capacity

Jun 29, 2018 → Apr 28, 2020
Park Avenue Securities LLC
Madison, CT · IA capacity

Apr 26, 2018 → Jun 22, 2018
Park Avenue Securities LLC
Madison, CT · BC capacity

Apr 20, 2018 → Jun 22, 2018
Citizens Securities, Inc.
Mystic, CT · BC capacity

Mar 24, 2015 → Jul 31, 2015
Santander Securities LLC
Quincy, MA · BC capacity

Feb 13, 2013 → Mar 5, 2015
Avian Securities, LLC
Boston, MA · BC capacity

Oct 1, 2007 → Nov 29, 2012
H. G. Wellington & Co., Inc.
Boston, MA · BC capacity

Oct 13, 2006 → Oct 1, 2007

Source & corrections

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