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MICHAEL COLLINS PARTRIDGE

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

NEW YORK, NY | Waltham, MA

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 4, 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: Mar 17, 2004earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 22derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 10derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Mar 17, 2004
First registration: Jan 4, 2006
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: MICHAEL C PARTRIDGE
IAPD individual key: 4596503

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	May 11, 2016	n/a	yes	Waltham, MA\|NEW YORK, NY	Current employment
BOFA ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Aug 14, 2015	Apr 29, 2016	no	BOSTON, MA	Previous registration
COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC	Asset manager	May 1, 2010	Apr 27, 2015	no	MINNEAPOLIS, MN\|BOSTON, MA	Previous registration
BOFA ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jan 4, 2006	May 1, 2010	no	BOSTON, MA\|BOSTON, MA	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 ADVISORS, LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Apr 29, 2016	May 11, 2016	12	Channel change	Other
COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC	BOFA ADVISORS, LLC	Apr 27, 2015	Aug 14, 2015	109	Firm change	Other
BOFA ADVISORS, LLC	COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC	May 1, 2010	May 1, 2010	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
May 11, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV
→ BOFA ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 14, 2015 to Apr 29, 2016factForm ADV
→ COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 1, 2010 to Apr 27, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

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