Karl Byron Kime

CRD 5988245 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Springfield, MO

IA RegisteredBroker

Registration & licensing

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Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (3): SIESeries 7Series 66
Registered states (9): Arkansas · California · Colorado · Georgia · Kansas · Missouri · North Carolina · Oklahoma · Texas
Years in the industry (source record): 14
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 (10)

From the source registration record · current first

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

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

start not retrieved → present
Lpl Financial LLC
Springfield, MO · IA capacity

Mar 20, 2019 → Sep 23, 2022
Lpl Financial LLC
Springfield, MO · BC capacity

Mar 20, 2019 → Sep 23, 2022
Simmons First Investment Group, Inc.
Springfield, MO · IA capacity

Oct 8, 2015 → Mar 25, 2019
Simmons First Investment Group, Inc.
Springfield, MO · BC capacity

Jul 20, 2015 → Mar 25, 2019
Waddell & Reed
Springfield, MO · IA capacity

Jun 17, 2013 → Jul 27, 2015
Waddell & Reed
Springfield, MO · BC capacity

Jun 17, 2013 → Jul 27, 2015
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Springfield, MO · IA capacity

Dec 19, 2011 → Jun 7, 2013
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Springfield, MO · BC capacity

Nov 29, 2011 → Jun 7, 2013

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