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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)17 years in industry

Karla D Camarena Villarreal

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

SAN DIEGO, CA

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Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 3, 2009 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 27, 2009earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 17derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 6derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Feb 27, 2009
First registration: Mar 3, 2009
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: KARLA DANNE CAMARENA-FRAUSTO|KARLA DANNA CAMARENA|KARLA D CAMARENA|Karla Danne Camarena Villarreal|Karla Danne Camarena
IAPD individual key: 5030634

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	Dec 23, 2019	n/a	yes	SAN DIEGO, CA	Current employment
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC	National bd RIA	Jan 10, 2014	Dec 11, 2019	no	SAN DIEGO, CA	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jun 2, 2009	Jan 16, 2014	no	San Diego, CA\|SAN DIEGO, CA\|PURCHASE, NY	Previous registration
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	May 29, 2009	Jul 23, 2009	no	SAN DIEGO, CA\|NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Mar 3, 2009	May 29, 2009	no	SAN DIEGO, 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
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Dec 11, 2019	Dec 23, 2019	12	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
MORGAN STANLEY	RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC	Jan 16, 2014	Jan 10, 2014	-6	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	MORGAN STANLEY	Jul 23, 2009	Jun 2, 2009	-51	Bulk transfer	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	May 29, 2009	May 29, 2009	0	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 3, 2009 to May 29, 2009factForm ADV
→ RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 10, 2014 to Dec 11, 2019factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 2, 2009 to Jan 16, 2014factForm ADV
→ CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 29, 2009 to Jul 23, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

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