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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)20 years in industry

Melisa P Cabrera

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 21, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 3, 2006 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: Apr 2, 2006earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 20derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 13derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Apr 2, 2006
First registration: Apr 3, 2006
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: MELISA PEREZ|MELISA PAMELA PEREZ|Melisa P Perez
IAPD individual key: 5060506

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	Mar 6, 2013	n/a	yes	HOUSTON, TX	Current employment
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	May 19, 2011	Feb 15, 2013	no	Houston, TX	Previous registration
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 28, 2010	May 9, 2011	no	HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Oct 23, 2009	Jul 16, 2010	no	HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Apr 3, 2006	Oct 23, 2009	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
MORGAN STANLEY	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Feb 15, 2013	Mar 6, 2013	19	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	MORGAN STANLEY	May 9, 2011	May 19, 2011	10	Firm change	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	Jul 16, 2010	Jul 28, 2010	12	Firm change	Other
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 23, 2009	Oct 23, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 23, 2009 to Jul 16, 2010factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 19, 2011 to Feb 15, 2013factForm ADV
→ RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 28, 2010 to May 9, 2011factForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 3, 2006 to Oct 23, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

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