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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)23 years in industry

Ronald Grimm

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

SAN PEDRO, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:58 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 2, 2003 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: Feb 17, 2003earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 23derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 9derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Feb 17, 2003
First registration: Apr 2, 2003
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: RONALD GRIMM|RONALD JOSEPH GRIMM
IAPD individual key: 4596343

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	Mar 29, 2017	n/a	yes	SAN PEDRO, CA	Current employment
BRIDGE ADVISORY LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jul 22, 2015	Mar 23, 2017	no	PASADENA, CA	Previous registration
F500 ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jul 15, 2011	Jul 16, 2015	no	NEWPORT BEACH, CA\|LONG BEACH, CA	Previous registration
GUNNALLEN FINANCIAL, INC	n/a	Jul 9, 2008	Mar 30, 2010	no	TAMPA, FL\|HYDESVILLE, CA	Previous registration
WAMU INVESTMENTS, INC.	n/a	Sep 26, 2005	Mar 13, 2008	no	EUREKA, CA\|ARCATA, CA\|CRESCENT CITY, CA\|EUREKA, CA	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	n/a	Apr 2, 2003	Aug 23, 2005	no	EUREKA, CA	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
BRIDGE ADVISORY LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Mar 23, 2017	Mar 29, 2017	6	Firm change	Other
F500 ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	BRIDGE ADVISORY LLC	Jul 16, 2015	Jul 22, 2015	6	Firm change	Other
GUNNALLEN FINANCIAL, INC	F500 ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	Mar 30, 2010	Jul 15, 2011	472	Firm change after gap	Other
WAMU INVESTMENTS, INC.	GUNNALLEN FINANCIAL, INC	Mar 13, 2008	Jul 9, 2008	118	Firm change	Other
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	WAMU INVESTMENTS, INC.	Aug 23, 2005	Sep 26, 2005	34	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 29, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
→ BRIDGE ADVISORY LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 22, 2015 to Mar 23, 2017factForm ADV
→ F500 ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 15, 2011 to Jul 16, 2015factForm ADV
→ GUNNALLEN FINANCIAL, INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 9, 2008 to Mar 30, 2010factForm ADV
→ WAMU INVESTMENTS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 26, 2005 to Mar 13, 2008factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 2, 2003 to Aug 23, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

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