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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)10 years in industry

BRUCE TYNAN

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

SALT LAKE CITY, UT

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 12:44 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 1, 2016 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: Aug 1, 2016earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 10derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Sep 1, 2016
First registration: Sep 1, 2016
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: BRUCE ROBERT TYNAN
IAPD individual key: 6230650

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	Oct 17, 2024	n/a	yes	SALT LAKE CITY, UT	Current employment
CWM, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 27, 2023	Oct 1, 2024	no	Cottonwood Heights, UT\|OMAHA, NE\|Midvale, UT\|Murray, UT	Previous registration
TETON WEALTH GROUP LLC	Independent wealth	Sep 6, 2022	Sep 11, 2023	no	MURRAY, UT	Previous registration
DECKER RETIREMENT PLANNING INC.	Independent wealth	Aug 25, 2017	Nov 7, 2022	no	Kirkland, WA\|LEHI, UT	Previous registration
E*TRADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 1, 2016	Jun 7, 2017	no	Sandy, UT\|ARLINGTON, VA	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
CWM, LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 1, 2024	Oct 17, 2024	16	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
TETON WEALTH GROUP LLC	CWM, LLC	Sep 11, 2023	Sep 27, 2023	16	Firm change	RIA to ibd
DECKER RETIREMENT PLANNING INC.	TETON WEALTH GROUP LLC	Nov 7, 2022	Sep 6, 2022	-62	Firm change after gap	RIA to RIA
E*TRADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	DECKER RETIREMENT PLANNING INC.	Jun 7, 2017	Aug 25, 2017	79	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 17, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CWM, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 27, 2023 to Oct 1, 2024factForm ADV
→ TETON WEALTH GROUP LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 6, 2022 to Sep 11, 2023factForm ADV
→ DECKER RETIREMENT PLANNING INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 25, 2017 to Nov 7, 2022factForm ADV
→ E*TRADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 1, 2016 to Jun 7, 2017factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Oct 1, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Bruce Tynan left Cwm, Llc for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2024-10-17)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Sep 11, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Bruce Tynan left Teton Wealth Group Llc for Cwm, Llc (registered 2023-09-27)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Nov 7, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Bruce Tynan left Decker Retirement Planning Inc. for Teton Wealth Group Llc (registered 2022-09-06)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago