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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)27 years in industry

SHAWN HOSKIN

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

CHANDLER, AZ

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 22, 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: Sep 2, 1999earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 27derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 12derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Sep 2, 1999
First registration: Jun 22, 2006
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: SHAWN K HOSKIN|SHAWN KNIGHTON HOSKIN
IAPD individual key: 3242624

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 7, 2014	n/a	yes	CHANDLER, AZ	Current employment
MSI FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	May 20, 2009	Jan 16, 2014	no	TEMPE, AZ	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Jan 11, 2007	Feb 27, 2008	no	GILBERT, AZ	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Jun 22, 2006	Jan 3, 2007	no	SCOTTSDALE, AZ	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
MSI FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Jan 16, 2014	Feb 7, 2014	22	Firm change	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	MSI FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Feb 27, 2008	May 20, 2009	448	Firm change after gap	Other
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Jan 3, 2007	Jan 11, 2007	8	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 11, 2007 to Feb 27, 2008factForm ADV
→ MSI FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 20, 2009 to Jan 16, 2014factForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 22, 2006 to Jan 3, 2007factForm ADV

Dated events

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