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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)11 years in industry

Elvis Hoxha

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

CHICAGO, IL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 6:51 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 15, 2014 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: Dec 15, 2014earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 11derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Aug 29, 2017
First registration: Dec 15, 2014
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 6364252

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	Jan 28, 2022	n/a	yes	CHICAGO, IL	Current employment
ASSETMARK, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	May 21, 2019	Nov 11, 2021	no	CONCORD, CA\|Chicago, IL	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	May 23, 2018	Mar 6, 2019	no	CHICAGO, IL\|Chicago, IL	Previous registration
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 31, 2017	May 24, 2018	no	OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL\|OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL	Previous registration
MCADAM LLC	Independent wealth	Dec 15, 2014	Mar 24, 2015	no	CHICAGO, IL\|RADNOR, PA	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
ASSETMARK, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Nov 11, 2021	Jan 28, 2022	78	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
MORGAN STANLEY	ASSETMARK, INC.	Mar 6, 2019	May 21, 2019	76	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	MORGAN STANLEY	May 24, 2018	May 23, 2018	-1	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
MCADAM LLC	TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Mar 24, 2015	Aug 31, 2017	891	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 28, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ ASSETMARK, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 21, 2019 to Nov 11, 2021factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 23, 2018 to Mar 6, 2019factForm ADV
→ TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 31, 2017 to May 24, 2018factForm ADV
→ MCADAM LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 15, 2014 to Mar 24, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

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