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

DANIEL BRIAN HIRSCH

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

PARAMUS, NJ

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 8:47 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 11, 2006 to Sep 14, 2026

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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: Apr 14, 1999earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 27derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 6derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Apr 14, 1999
First registration: Jan 11, 2006
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: DANIEL BRIAN HIRSCH|Daniel B Hirsch
IAPD individual key: 3182714

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	Jan 31, 2020	n/a	yes	PARAMUS, NJ	Current employment
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Wirehouse	Dec 10, 2014	Feb 12, 2020	no	TEANECK, NJ\|TEANECK, NJ\|TEANECK, NJ\|Bergenfield, NJ	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Jul 28, 2012	Dec 9, 2014	no	BRIDGEWATER, NJ	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Mar 8, 2006	Aug 2, 2010	no	BEDMINSTER, NJ\|NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration
ADVEST, INC.	n/a	Jan 11, 2006	Mar 8, 2006	no	BEDMINSTER, 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
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Feb 12, 2020	Jan 31, 2020	-12	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Dec 9, 2014	Dec 10, 2014	1	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
ADVEST, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Mar 8, 2006	Mar 8, 2006	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 28, 2012 to Dec 9, 2014factForm ADV
→ J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 10, 2014 to Feb 12, 2020factForm ADV
→ ADVEST, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 11, 2006 to Mar 8, 2006factForm ADV

Dated events

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