Richard Blake Briscoe

CRD 5154807 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Kansas City, MO

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Blake Briscoe

Registration & licensing

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Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (5): SIESeries 7Series 6Series 65Series 63
Registered states (2): Kansas · Missouri
Years in the industry (source record): 17
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

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Current firm

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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 (9)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Kansas City, MO · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Kansas City, MO · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Palmer Square Capital Management LLC
Mission Woods, KS · IA capacity

Jun 2, 2017 → Apr 20, 2020
Kavar Capital Partners, LLC
Leawood, KS · IA capacity

Feb 8, 2019 → Oct 2, 2019
Foreside Fund Services, LLC
Mission Woods, KS · BC capacity

Aug 16, 2017 → Feb 15, 2019
Scout Investments, Inc.
Kansas City, MO · IA capacity

Sep 16, 2010 → May 1, 2017
Umb Distribution Services, LLC
Kansas City, MO · BC capacity

May 31, 2010 → May 1, 2017
J.P. Morgan Institutional Investments
Kansas City, MO · IA capacity

Jan 3, 2007 → Oct 26, 2007
J.P. Morgan Institutional Investments Inc.
Kansas City, MO · BC capacity

Jun 20, 2006 → Oct 26, 2007

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