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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)29 years in industry

CHRISTOPHER MARZELLA

Advisor at MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 27, 2002 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: Nov 6, 1996earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 29derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 14derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Nov 6, 1996
First registration: Jun 27, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: CHRISTOPHER MARIZELLA
IAPD individual key: 2801361

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 14, 2012	n/a	yes	EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ	Current employment
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jun 1, 2009	May 16, 2012	no	RED BANK, NJ	Previous registration
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 10, 2004	Jun 1, 2009	no	RED BANK, NJ\|RED BANK, NJ	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	n/a	Jun 27, 2002	Sep 14, 2004	no	WESTFIELD, NJ	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
MORGAN STANLEY	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	May 16, 2012	May 14, 2012	-2	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	MORGAN STANLEY	Jun 1, 2009	Jun 1, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.	Sep 14, 2004	Sep 10, 2004	-4	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
May 14, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 1, 2009 to May 16, 2012factForm ADV
→ CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 10, 2004 to Jun 1, 2009factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 27, 2002 to Sep 14, 2004factForm ADV

Dated events

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