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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)17 years in industry

ALLAN LEO TENTLER

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

SAN DIEGO, CA

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 19, 2008 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 18, 2008earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 17derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 14derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Dec 18, 2008
First registration: Dec 19, 2008
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 5601241

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	Apr 24, 2012	n/a	yes	SAN DIEGO, CA	Current employment
JRL CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jul 21, 2011	Nov 18, 2011	no	SAN DIEGO, CA\|NEWPORT BEACH, CA	Previous registration
WFP SECURITIES	n/a	Nov 16, 2009	Jul 18, 2011	no	SAN DIEGO, CA	Previous registration
EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC	National bd RIA	Dec 19, 2008	Mar 4, 2009	no	ESCONDIDO, CA\|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
JRL CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Nov 18, 2011	Apr 24, 2012	158	Firm change	Other
WFP SECURITIES	JRL CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC	Jul 18, 2011	Jul 21, 2011	3	Firm change	Other
EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC	WFP SECURITIES	Mar 4, 2009	Nov 16, 2009	257	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 24, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV
→ JRL CAPITAL ADVISORS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 21, 2011 to Nov 18, 2011factForm ADV
→ WFP SECURITIESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 16, 2009 to Jul 18, 2011factForm ADV
→ EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 19, 2008 to Mar 4, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

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