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

Melanie Rivera

Advisor at RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

Stuart, FL | PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 28, 2006 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
Current firm class: national broker-dealer RIAderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Aug 24, 2006earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 20derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Aug 24, 2006
First registration: Aug 28, 2006
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: MELANIE RODRIGUEZ
IAPD individual key: 4261693

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
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC	National bd RIA	Oct 21, 2021	n/a	yes	Stuart, FL\|PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Nov 1, 2019	Oct 26, 2021	no	STUART, FL	Previous registration
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED	National bd RIA	Dec 4, 2015	Oct 18, 2019	no	PALM BEACH, FL	Previous registration
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.	Former SEC adviser	Aug 9, 2010	Dec 9, 2015	no	PALM BEACH, FL\|NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Aug 28, 2006	Aug 3, 2010	no	PALM BEACH, FL\|PALM BEACH, FL\|PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL\|PALM BEACH, FL\|NEW YORK, NY	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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC	Oct 26, 2021	Oct 21, 2021	-5	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 18, 2019	Nov 1, 2019	14	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.	STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED	Dec 9, 2015	Dec 4, 2015	-5	Bulk transfer	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.	Aug 3, 2010	Aug 9, 2010	6	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
7691:31194:FL:2021-10-22	Oct 26, 2021	Oct 21, 2021	STUART, FL	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 21, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 1, 2019 to Oct 26, 2021factForm ADV
→ STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 4, 2015 to Oct 18, 2019factForm ADV
→ BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 9, 2010 to Dec 9, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

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