James Collins
James Collins is a registered investment advisor at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, based in Baton Rouge, LA, with 43 years of industry experience. Their practice areas include Investment Management. Their firm serves 1,738,212 clients with $1500B in assets under management.
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The program's fees consist of two parts: the fee you pay to Bank of America for its services, and a fee for the specific investment strategy you choose. The strategy fee, called the Style Manager Expense, generally ranges from 0.00% to 0.50% of your assets annually. Clients investing in strategies managed by related entities will not be charged a Style Manager Expense.
Location
445 North Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802
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Regulatory History (2)
Customer Dispute
November 2002Customer Dispute
July 1999Other Business Activities
James is an advisory board member for St. James Episcopal Church Vestry, a charitable organization, since 2015. He spends minimal time per week on this activity, advising the rector about the church's affairs.
Employment History
Current Registrations
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedBroker
Previous Registrations
Hibernia Investment Securities INC.Broker
Profinancial, INC.Broker
Legg Mason Wood Walker, IncorporatedBroker
Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs INC.Broker
Collins-Ogden, INC.Broker
Markham Investments, INC.Broker
Equitivest Securities INCBroker
Harger, Aparicio & CO., INC.Broker
Shelter Securities CorporationBroker
Combined Equity Securities, INC.Broker
State Registrations16 states
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