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Registered advisor
Christopher Laurence Garcia
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedwirehouseSan Francisco, Cadual registrantIAPD 5749669
Feed of 09/14/2026
Also filed as Christopher Laurence Garcia
At current firm
11 y
since Feb 23, 2015
In the industry
16 y
since Mar 5, 2010 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
3
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
2
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S66, S63
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
0
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse currentsince Feb 23, 2015 · San Francisco, Ca
- Gl Investment Services, LLC formerDec 13, 2012 to Dec 31, 2014 · Waltham, Ma
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouseAug 18, 2011 to Nov 8, 2012 · Boston, Ma
- Morgan Stanley wirehouseMar 8, 2010 to Jan 21, 2011 · Santa Rosa, Ca
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Gl Investment Services, LLC to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft Dec 31, 2014, registered Feb 23, 2015 (54 days) · Other
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Gl Investment Services, LLCleft Nov 8, 2012, registered Dec 13, 2012 (35 days) · Other
- Morgan Stanley to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporatedleft Jan 21, 2011, registered Aug 18, 2011 (209 days) · Wirehouse to wirehouse
Signals
No dated event on this person.
Transition signals
Mobility scoring is not published yet. The observable conditions this page will draw on once the historical validation is done: tenure, the firm’s own departures and ownership changes, new state registrations, a new adviser entity with this person on Schedule A, and colleagues’ moves. Until precision and lead time are measured on known moves, no label is printed. Read the methodology.
Provenance
- Source
- IAPD individual compilation feedreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Firm class
- Wirehousederived
- Years in industry
- 16derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address