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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)16 years in industry

JESSE J KING

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 12:17 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 23, 2010 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

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 22, 2010earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 16derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 13derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Apr 22, 2010
First registration: Apr 23, 2010
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: JESSE J KING|JESSE JAMES KING
IAPD individual key: 5780185

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 12, 2013	n/a	yes	VIRGINIA BEACH, VA	Current employment
WAYPOINT ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Oct 4, 2012	Feb 12, 2013	no	VIRGINIA BEACH, VA	Previous registration
AMERICAN CAPITAL ADVISORY, LLC	Independent wealth	Feb 3, 2011	Feb 11, 2013	no	KETCHUM, ID	Previous registration
AMERICAN CAPITAL ADVISORY, LLC	Independent wealth	Apr 23, 2010	Dec 31, 2010	no	n/a	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
WAYPOINT ADVISORS, LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Feb 12, 2013	Feb 12, 2013	0	Firm change	Other
AMERICAN CAPITAL ADVISORY, LLC	WAYPOINT ADVISORS, LLC	Feb 11, 2013	Oct 4, 2012	-130	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Feb 12, 2013 to presentfactForm ADV
→ WAYPOINT ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 4, 2012 to Feb 12, 2013factForm ADV
→ AMERICAN CAPITAL ADVISORY, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 3, 2011 to Feb 11, 2013factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:51568ada-5402-de30-3d15-3de52bbe4f4c
First observed: Apr 23, 2010
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 6 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

JESSE J KING

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

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Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Feb 12, 2013

n/a

yes

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

Current employment

WAYPOINT ADVISORS, LLC

Former SEC adviser

Oct 4, 2012

Feb 12, 2013

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

Previous registration

AMERICAN CAPITAL ADVISORY, LLC

Independent wealth

Feb 3, 2011

Feb 11, 2013

KETCHUM, ID

Previous registration

AMERICAN CAPITAL ADVISORY, LLC

Independent wealth

Apr 23, 2010

Dec 31, 2010

n/a

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

WAYPOINT ADVISORS, LLC

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Feb 12, 2013

Firm change

Other

AMERICAN CAPITAL ADVISORY, LLC

WAYPOINT ADVISORS, LLC

Feb 11, 2013

Oct 4, 2012

-130

Firm change after gap

Other