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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)28 years in industry

Gary Ovsak

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Renton, WA | PHOENIX, AZ | BELLEVUE, WA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 8
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 20, 2002 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

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Current firm: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
Current firm class: wirehousederived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Apr 25, 1998earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 28derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 8derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 7
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66|S63
First exam: Apr 25, 1998
First registration: Aug 20, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: GARY ANTHONY OVSAK|GARY ANTHONY OVSAK|GARY ANTHONY OVSAK|GARY ANTHONY OVSAK|GARY ANTHONY OVSAK
IAPD individual key: 1487767

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Dec 1, 2017	n/a	yes	BELLEVUE, WA\|PHOENIX, AZ\|Renton, WA	Current employment
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	Former SEC adviser	Feb 21, 2017	Nov 7, 2017	no	TACOMA, WA	Previous registration
PLANMEMBER SECURITIES CORPORATION	Independent wealth	Feb 12, 2015	Feb 2, 2017	no	Carpinteria, CA\|Spanaway, WA	Previous registration
RELIANCE INVESTING, INC.	State registered	Feb 5, 2014	Nov 19, 2014	no	SACRAMENTO, CA	Previous registration
ALLSTATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 8, 2013	Aug 20, 2013	no	NEWCASTLE, WA	Previous registration
SIGNATOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Oct 10, 2008	Jan 5, 2012	no	Bellevue, WA	Previous registration
PACIFIC WEST FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS INC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 29, 2004	Aug 8, 2008	no	RENTON, WA	Previous registration
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	National bd RIA	Aug 20, 2002	Sep 23, 2004	no	SEATTLE, WA	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Nov 7, 2017	Dec 1, 2017	24	Firm change	Other
PLANMEMBER SECURITIES CORPORATION	CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	Feb 2, 2017	Feb 21, 2017	19	Firm change	Other
RELIANCE INVESTING, INC.	PLANMEMBER SECURITIES CORPORATION	Nov 19, 2014	Feb 12, 2015	85	Firm change	Other
ALLSTATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	RELIANCE INVESTING, INC.	Aug 20, 2013	Feb 5, 2014	169	Firm change	Other
SIGNATOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	ALLSTATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Jan 5, 2012	Jan 8, 2013	369	Firm change	Other
PACIFIC WEST FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS INC	SIGNATOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Aug 8, 2008	Oct 10, 2008	63	Firm change	Other
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	PACIFIC WEST FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS INC	Sep 23, 2004	Sep 29, 2004	6	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (8)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Dec 1, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 21, 2017 to Nov 7, 2017factForm ADV
→ PLANMEMBER SECURITIES CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 12, 2015 to Feb 2, 2017factForm ADV
→ RELIANCE INVESTING, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 5, 2014 to Nov 19, 2014factForm ADV
→ ALLSTATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 8, 2013 to Aug 20, 2013factForm ADV
→ SIGNATOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 10, 2008 to Jan 5, 2012factForm ADV
→ PACIFIC WEST FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 29, 2004 to Aug 8, 2008factForm ADV
→ AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 20, 2002 to Sep 23, 2004factForm ADV

Dated events

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