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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)20 years in industry

RYAN PATRICK ALLEN

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

BEVERLY HILLS, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 6:35 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 3, 2006 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 23, 2006earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 20derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S65|S66|S63
First exam: Feb 23, 2006
First registration: Mar 3, 2006
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: RAY ALLEN|RYAN P ALLEN|RYAN ALLEN|RYAN PATRICK ALLEN|R P ALLEN
IAPD individual key: 5007686

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	Nov 17, 2023	n/a	yes	BEVERLY HILLS, CA\|BEVERLY HILLS, CA	Current employment
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.	No RAUM reported	Nov 13, 2023	Nov 17, 2023	no	LOS ANGELES, CA	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jun 1, 2009	Jul 11, 2013	no	New York, NY\|Los Angeles, CA	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC	n/a	Mar 3, 2006	Jun 1, 2009	no	NEW YORK, NY\|NEW YORK, NY	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 SECURITIES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Nov 17, 2023	Nov 17, 2023	0	Channel change	Other
MORGAN STANLEY	BOFA SECURITIES, INC.	Jul 11, 2013	Nov 13, 2023	3,777	Firm change after gap	Wirehouse to new firm
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC	MORGAN STANLEY	Jun 1, 2009	Jun 1, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 17, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ BOFA SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 13, 2023 to Nov 17, 2023factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 1, 2009 to Jul 11, 2013factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 3, 2006 to Jun 1, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

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