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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)29 years in industry

Jason ARON Elfenbein

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

ATLANTA, GA | West Nyack, NY

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 9:01 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 21, 2002 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

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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: Dec 4, 1996earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 29derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 16derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Dec 4, 1996
First registration: Nov 21, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 2077769

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 23, 2009	n/a	yes	ATLANTA, GA\|West Nyack, NY	Current employment
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Jan 4, 2008	Oct 23, 2009	no	UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Oct 20, 2004	Feb 2, 2006	no	FORT LEE, NJ	Previous registration
QUICK & REILLY, INC.	n/a	Nov 21, 2002	Oct 20, 2004	no	PARAMUS, NJ	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
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 23, 2009	Oct 23, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other
QUICK & REILLY, INC.	BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Oct 20, 2004	Oct 20, 2004	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 23, 2009 to presentfactForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 4, 2008 to Oct 23, 2009factForm ADV
→ QUICK & REILLY, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 21, 2002 to Oct 20, 2004factForm ADV

Dated events

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