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

Keith J Courser

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

TUCSON, AZ

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 30, 2019 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: Aug 1, 2014earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 12derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Aug 9, 2019
First registration: Sep 30, 2019
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Keith Courser|Keith John Courser
IAPD individual key: 7026260

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	Feb 27, 2023	n/a	yes	TUCSON, AZ	Current employment
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 30, 2022	May 11, 2022	no	Tucson, AZ	Previous registration
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Wirehouse	Jan 17, 2020	Jul 13, 2021	no	TUCSON, AZ	Previous registration
FIRST COMMAND ADVISORY SERVICES	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 30, 2019	Dec 12, 2019	no	Tucson, AZ\|FORT WORTH, TX	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
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	May 11, 2022	Feb 27, 2023	292	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	Jul 13, 2021	Mar 30, 2022	260	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
FIRST COMMAND ADVISORY SERVICES	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Dec 12, 2019	Jan 17, 2020	36	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Feb 27, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 30, 2022 to May 11, 2022factForm ADV
→ J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 17, 2020 to Jul 13, 2021factForm ADV
→ FIRST COMMAND ADVISORY SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 30, 2019 to Dec 12, 2019factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
May 11, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Keith J Courser left Mml Investors Services, Llc for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (registered 2023-02-27)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago