George Frederick Decker

CRD 63642 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Poughkeepsie, NY

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: George Frederick Decker Jr Jr

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (8): Series 7TOSIESeries 3PCSeries 1Series 8Series 65Series 63
Registered states (13): Alabama · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Maryland · Massachusetts · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · Virginia
Years in the industry (source record): 53
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 (10)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Poughkeepsie, NY · IA capacity

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

start not retrieved → present
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
Poughkeepsie, NY · IA capacity

Jul 27, 2021 → Nov 30, 2021
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
Poughkeepsie, NY · BC capacity

Nov 4, 2011 → Nov 30, 2021
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Poughkeepsie, NY · BC capacity

Jun 1, 2009 → Nov 9, 2011
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Poughkeepsie, NY · BC capacity

Jul 7, 2006 → Jun 1, 2009
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
Fishkill, NY · BC capacity

Sep 22, 2004 → Jul 18, 2006
Ubs Financial Services Inc.
Weehawken, NJ · BC capacity

Apr 20, 2001 → Oct 11, 2004
Prudential Securities Incorporated
New York, NY · BC capacity

Apr 30, 1984 → Apr 23, 2001
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
BC capacity

Apr 13, 1973 → Sep 26, 1978

Source & corrections

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