Gretchen Nichols

CRD 5082232 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Indianapolis, IN

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Gretchen Terissa Nichols

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (5): Series 66Series 10Series 9SIESeries 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): 20
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 (12)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Indianapolis, IN · IA capacity

Aug 14, 2025 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Indianapolis, IN · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
BD capacity

Apr 20, 2022 → Jul 29, 2025
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
IA capacity

Apr 20, 2022 → Jul 29, 2025
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
BD capacity

Feb 28, 2017 → Apr 20, 2022
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
IA capacity

Feb 28, 2017 → Apr 20, 2022
City Securities Corporation
BD capacity

Nov 1, 2012 → Feb 28, 2017
City Securities Corporation
IA capacity

Oct 25, 2012 → Feb 28, 2017
City Securities Corporation
BD capacity

Feb 1, 2007 → Jun 16, 2011
City Securities Corporation
IA capacity

Feb 1, 2007 → Jun 16, 2011
Northwest Financial Services Inc
IA capacity

Nov 15, 2006 → Jan 11, 2007
Nfp Securities, Inc.
BD capacity

Oct 26, 2006 → Jan 8, 2007

Source & corrections

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