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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)12 years in industry

Jessica Williams

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Tampa, FL | NEW YORK, NY

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 4:06 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 2, 2015 to Sep 14, 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: May 1, 2014earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 12derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Dec 26, 2014
First registration: Jan 2, 2015
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: JESSICA LAURA WILLIAMS|JESSICA L WILLIAMS
IAPD individual key: 6341141

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	Jun 25, 2019	n/a	yes	Tampa, FL\|NEW YORK, NY	Current employment
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.	No RAUM reported	May 10, 2019	Jun 25, 2019	no	TAMPA, FL\|NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Jan 2, 2015	May 10, 2019	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA\|NEW YORK, NY\|SAN FRANCISCO, CA\|SAN FRANCISCO, CA\|DALLAS, TX\|DALLAS, TX\|TAMPA, FL\|NEW YORK, NY\|TAMPA, FL	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	Jun 25, 2019	Jun 25, 2019	0	Channel change	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	BOFA SECURITIES, INC.	May 10, 2019	May 10, 2019	0	Channel change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 2, 2015 to May 10, 2019factForm ADV
→ BOFA SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 10, 2019 to Jun 25, 2019factForm ADV

Dated events

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