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

Dennis Murphy

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Waltham, MA | STAMFORD, CT

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:59 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 13, 2003 to Sep 15, 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: Dec 7, 2000earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 25derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Dec 7, 2000
First registration: May 13, 2003
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: DENNIS M. MURPHY|DENNIS M. MURPHY
IAPD individual key: 4282692

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	Jul 15, 2019	n/a	yes	STAMFORD, CT\|Waltham, MA	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Sep 25, 2009	May 10, 2019	no	BOSTON, MA\|NEW YORK, NY\|PENNINGTON, NJ\|BOSTON, MA\|BOSTON, MA\|JACKSONVILLE, FL\|BOSTON, MA\|NEW YORK, NY\|BOSTON, MA\|NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration
BOFA ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jan 4, 2006	Sep 28, 2009	no	BOSTON, MA\|BOSTON, MA	Previous registration
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	National bd RIA	May 13, 2003	Nov 3, 2005	no	MARLBOROUGH, MA	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
BOFA ADVISORS, LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Sep 28, 2009	Sep 25, 2009	-3	Firm change	Other
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	BOFA ADVISORS, LLC	Nov 3, 2005	Jan 4, 2006	62	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 25, 2009 to May 10, 2019factForm ADV
→ BOFA ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 4, 2006 to Sep 28, 2009factForm ADV
→ STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 13, 2003 to Nov 3, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:86c578a2-72f4-0947-d85b-5d7b985d7dd2
First observed: May 13, 2003
Last observed: Sep 15, 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.

Dennis Murphy

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Waltham, MA | STAMFORD, CT

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:59 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Jul 15, 2019

n/a

yes

STAMFORD, CT|Waltham, MA

Current employment

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Sep 25, 2009

May 10, 2019

Previous registration

BOFA ADVISORS, LLC

Former SEC adviser

Jan 4, 2006

Sep 28, 2009

BOSTON, MA|BOSTON, MA

Previous registration

STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC

National bd RIA

May 13, 2003

Nov 3, 2005

MARLBOROUGH, MA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

BOFA ADVISORS, LLC

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Sep 28, 2009

Sep 25, 2009

-3

Firm change

Other

STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC

BOFA ADVISORS, LLC

Nov 3, 2005

Jan 4, 2006

Firm change

Other