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

David Picton Suttles

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

HOUSTON, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 8:41 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Feb 25, 2013 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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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: Feb 22, 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: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Feb 22, 2013
First registration: Feb 25, 2013
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: David Picton Suttles|DAVID P SUTTLES|DAVID P SUTTLES|DAVID P SUTTLES|DAVID P. SUTTLES|David Suttles|DAVID Picton SUTTLES
IAPD individual key: 5325418

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	Feb 27, 2023	n/a	yes	HOUSTON, TX	Current employment
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Wirehouse	Feb 25, 2021	Feb 26, 2023	no	Houston, TX	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Jun 7, 2017	Nov 3, 2020	no	MINNEAPOLIS, MN\|HOUSTON, TX\|TARPON SPRINGS, FL\|HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration
PNC MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Dec 16, 2014	May 31, 2017	no	HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.	No RAUM reported	Aug 30, 2013	Nov 5, 2014	no	HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Feb 25, 2013	Aug 20, 2013	no	HOUSTON, TX	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
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Feb 26, 2023	Feb 27, 2023	1	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Nov 3, 2020	Feb 25, 2021	114	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
PNC MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS, INC.	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	May 31, 2017	Jun 7, 2017	7	Firm change	Other
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.	PNC MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS, INC.	Nov 5, 2014	Dec 16, 2014	41	Firm change	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.	Aug 20, 2013	Aug 30, 2013	10	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
79:7691:TX:2023-02-26	Feb 26, 2023	Feb 27, 2023	HOUSTON, TX	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 25, 2013 to Aug 20, 2013factForm ADV
→ J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 25, 2021 to Feb 26, 2023factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 7, 2017 to Nov 3, 2020factForm ADV
→ PNC MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 16, 2014 to May 31, 2017factForm ADV
→ DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 30, 2013 to Nov 5, 2014factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Feb 26, 2023
Advisor changed firm
David Picton Suttles left J.P. Morgan Securities Llc for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2023-02-27)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago