Russell Lowell Brown

CRD 806158 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Bethesda, MD

IA RegisteredBroker

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (8): SIESeries 3PCSeries 7Series 10Series 9Series 65Series 63
Registered states (34): Alaska · Arizona · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Kentucky · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Missouri · Nevada · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin
Years in the industry (source record): 50
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 (11)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Bethesda, MD · IA capacity

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

start not retrieved → present
Ubs Financial Services Inc.
Bethesda, MD · IA capacity

Apr 8, 1994 → Nov 7, 2008
Ubs Financial Services Inc.
Bethesda, MD · BC capacity

Feb 7, 1994 → Nov 7, 2008
Smith Barney Shearson Inc.
New York, NY · BC capacity

Jul 31, 1993 → Feb 11, 1994
Lehman Brothers Inc.
New York, NY · BC capacity

Mar 9, 1990 → Jul 31, 1993
The Investment Group Securities Corp.
BC capacity

May 26, 1987 → Jul 18, 1989
Winthrop Securities Co., Inc.
BC capacity

Feb 6, 1984 → Mar 2, 1987
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
BC capacity

Feb 24, 1978 → Feb 9, 1984
Reynolds Securities, Inc.
BC capacity

Mar 8, 1976 → Feb 24, 1978
Bache & Co Incorporated
BC capacity

Mar 20, 1975 → Apr 3, 1976

Source & corrections

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