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

Jeff Cheng Jin

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

The Woodlands, TX | THE WOODLANDS, TX | FARMINGTON HILLS, MI

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 6:57 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 9
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 23, 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: Feb 16, 2001earliest 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: 8
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Feb 16, 2001
First registration: Apr 23, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: JEFFREY CHENG JIN|JEFF CHENG JIN|Jeff Jin
IAPD individual key: 4292519

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 25, 2019	n/a	yes	THE WOODLANDS, TX\|FARMINGTON HILLS, MI\|The Woodlands, TX	Current employment
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 21, 2014	Jun 8, 2019	no	FREMONT, CA	Previous registration
CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jan 29, 2013	Jan 21, 2014	no	FREMONT, CA\|TEMPLE CITY, CA\|SAN JOSE, CA\|NEWARK, CA\|SAN JOSE, CA\|FREMONT, CA\|SAN JOSE, CA\|SAN JOSE, CA\|SANTA CLARA, CA	Previous registration
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Oct 11, 2011	Jan 30, 2013	no	OAKLAND, CA\|OAKLAND, CA\|OAKLAND, CA\|SAN FRANCISCO, CA\|SAN MATEO, CA\|SAN MATEO, CA\|CUPERTINO, CA\|FREMONT, CA\|FREMONT, CA\|FREMONT, CA\|MILPITAS, CA\|SAN JOSE, CA\|SAN JOSE, CA\|SAN JOSE, CA\|CUPERTINO, CA	Previous registration
UVEST FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.	n/a	Jun 14, 2007	Oct 11, 2011	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA\|SAN MATEO, CA\|OAKLAND, CA\|SAN MATEO, CA\|OAKLAND, CA\|OAKLAND, CA\|FREMONT, CA\|CUPERTINO, CA	Previous registration
TD AMERITRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Apr 24, 2006	May 24, 2007	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Previous registration
TD AMERITRADE, INC.	Former SEC adviser	May 2, 2005	May 24, 2007	no	CORTE MADERA, CA\|SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Previous registration
UCB INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Apr 13, 2004	Jan 10, 2005	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Previous registration
CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC	Former SEC adviser	Apr 23, 2002	Dec 13, 2002	no	PORTLAND, OR	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
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Jun 8, 2019	Jul 25, 2019	47	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC	CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Jan 21, 2014	Jan 21, 2014	0	Bulk transfer	Other
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC	Jan 30, 2013	Jan 29, 2013	-1	Firm change	Other
UVEST FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Oct 11, 2011	Oct 11, 2011	0	Bulk transfer	Other
TD AMERITRADE, INC.	TD AMERITRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	May 24, 2007	Apr 24, 2006	-395	Channel change	Other
TD AMERITRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	UVEST FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.	May 24, 2007	Jun 14, 2007	21	Firm change	Other
UCB INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	TD AMERITRADE, INC.	Jan 10, 2005	May 2, 2005	112	Firm change	Other
CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC	UCB INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Dec 13, 2002	Apr 13, 2004	487	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (8)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 25, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 21, 2014 to Jun 8, 2019factForm ADV
→ CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 29, 2013 to Jan 21, 2014factForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 11, 2011 to Jan 30, 2013factForm ADV
→ UVEST FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 14, 2007 to Oct 11, 2011factForm ADV
→ TD AMERITRADE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 24, 2006 to May 24, 2007factForm ADV
→ TD AMERITRADE, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 2, 2005 to May 24, 2007factForm ADV
→ UCB INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 13, 2004 to Jan 10, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

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