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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)13 years in industry

DANIEL GARDNER CONVERSE

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

LA JOLLA, CA | SAN DIEGO, CA

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 3, 2014 to Sep 15, 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 18, 2013earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 13derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Apr 18, 2013
First registration: Jul 3, 2014
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: DANIEL G CONVERSE
IAPD individual key: 4792886

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 22, 2022	n/a	yes	SAN DIEGO, CA\|LA JOLLA, CA	Current employment
KINGSWOOD WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 3, 2022	Oct 31, 2022	no	SAN DIEGO, CA\|San Diego, CA	Previous registration
BENCHMARK ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	No RAUM reported	Nov 23, 2021	Jan 3, 2022	no	SAN DIEGO, CA\|San Diego, CA	Previous registration
VERUS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC	Independent wealth	Oct 4, 2018	Jan 10, 2023	no	CARLSBAD, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA	Previous registration
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 31, 2015	Oct 11, 2018	no	SAN DIEGO, CA	Previous registration
PRUCO SECURITIES, LLC	No RAUM reported	Jul 3, 2014	Mar 31, 2015	no	SAN DIEGO, CA	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
VERUS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC	BENCHMARK ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	Jan 10, 2023	Nov 23, 2021	-413	Firm change after gap	RIA to RIA
KINGSWOOD WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 31, 2022	Dec 22, 2022	52	Firm change	RIA to wirehouse
BENCHMARK ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	KINGSWOOD WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC	Jan 3, 2022	Jan 3, 2022	0	Firm change	RIA to RIA
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.	VERUS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC	Oct 11, 2018	Oct 4, 2018	-7	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
PRUCO SECURITIES, LLC	PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.	Mar 31, 2015	Mar 31, 2015	0	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Dec 22, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ VERUS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 4, 2018 to Jan 10, 2023factForm ADV
→ KINGSWOOD WEALTH ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 3, 2022 to Oct 31, 2022factForm ADV
→ BENCHMARK ADVISORY SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 23, 2021 to Jan 3, 2022factForm ADV
→ PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 31, 2015 to Oct 11, 2018factForm ADV
→ PRUCO SECURITIES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 3, 2014 to Mar 31, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jan 10, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Daniel Gardner Converse left Verus Capital Partners, Llc for Benchmark Advisory Services, Llc (registered 2021-11-23)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Oct 31, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Daniel Gardner Converse left Kingswood Wealth Advisors, Llc for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2022-12-22)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jan 3, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Daniel Gardner Converse left Benchmark Advisory Services, Llc for Kingswood Wealth Advisors, Llc (registered 2022-01-03)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago