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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)25 years in industry

KRISTA HARMON

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Los Fresnos, TX | HONOLULU, HI | MCALLEN, TX

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 24, 2007 to Sep 15, 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: Mar 17, 2001earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 25derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 10derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 4
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Mar 17, 2001
First registration: Apr 24, 2007
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: KRISTA LYNN WEBER|KRISTA L WEBER|KRISTA L KASTNER|KRISTA L KASTNER-CLEARY|KRISTA L CLEARY|KRISTA KASTNER|KRISTA WEBER|KRISTA CLEARY|KRISTA L KASTNER
IAPD individual key: 3158354

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 24, 2016	n/a	yes	MCALLEN, TX\|HONOLULU, HI\|Los Fresnos, TX	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Aug 2, 2013	Jul 15, 2015	no	VIRGINIA BEACH, VA\|NORFOLK, VA	Previous registration
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 19, 2010	Sep 13, 2011	no	BERLIN, MD	Previous registration
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC	National bd RIA	Dec 9, 2008	Jul 8, 2010	no	DENVER, CO	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Apr 24, 2007	Dec 1, 2008	no	OCEAN CITY, MD	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
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Sep 13, 2011	Aug 2, 2013	689	Firm change after gap	Other
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC	CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Jul 8, 2010	Jul 19, 2010	11	Firm change	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC	Dec 1, 2008	Dec 9, 2008	8	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 2, 2013 to Jul 15, 2015factForm ADV
→ CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 19, 2010 to Sep 13, 2011factForm ADV
→ RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 9, 2008 to Jul 8, 2010factForm ADV

Dated events

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