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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)12 years in industry

Vartika Abhishek

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

MARYSVILLE, 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, 6:58 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Oct 29, 2015 to Sep 14, 2026

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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: May 12, 2014earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 12derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66|S63|S65
First exam: May 12, 2014
First registration: Oct 29, 2015
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: VARTIKA NARAYAN
IAPD individual key: 6262970

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	Aug 8, 2025	n/a	yes	MARYSVILLE, WA	Current employment
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	National bd RIA	Aug 19, 2019	Jul 30, 2020	no	Campbell, CA	Previous registration
TD AMERITRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jun 2, 2017	Jul 10, 2019	no	CAMPBELL,, CA	Previous registration
TD AMERITRADE, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jun 2, 2017	Jul 10, 2019	no	CAMPBELL, CA	Previous registration
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	National bd RIA	Oct 29, 2015	May 17, 2017	no	BURLINGAME, 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
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Jul 30, 2020	Aug 8, 2025	1,835	Firm change after gap	Ibd to wirehouse
TD AMERITRADE, INC.	TD AMERITRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	Jul 10, 2019	Jun 2, 2017	-768	Firm change after gap	Other
TD AMERITRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	TD AMERITRADE, INC.	Jul 10, 2019	Jun 2, 2017	-768	Channel change	Other
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	TD AMERITRADE, INC.	May 17, 2017	Jun 2, 2017	16	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
7870:111514:CA:2019-07-03	Jul 10, 2019	Jun 2, 2017	CAMPBELL, CA	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Aug 8, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 19, 2019 to Jul 30, 2020factForm ADV
→ TD AMERITRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 2, 2017 to Jul 10, 2019factForm ADV
→ TD AMERITRADE, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 2, 2017 to Jul 10, 2019factForm ADV
→ STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 29, 2015 to May 17, 2017factForm ADV

Dated events

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