| Rank | Firm | Parent company | Main phone | Website | B-D clients | % chg. vs. 2010 | Contact | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pershing LLC | (201) 413-1000 | pershing.com | 836* | 5.3% | James T. Crowley, managing director | (201) 413-2564 | [email protected] | |
| 2 | Penson Worldwide Inc. | (214) 765-1100 | penson.com | 437 | 10.1% | Sean Malloy, senior vice president of sales and marketing | (212) 273-6835 | [email protected] | |
| 3 | National Financial Services LLC | Fidelity Investments | (877) 262-5950 | nationalfinancial.com | 267 | -11.3% | Joe Kelly, head of sales | (617) 563-8738 | [email protected] |
| 4 | Broadcort & Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. | Bank of America Merrill Lynch | (800) 246-0561 | broadcort.com | 255 | 13.8% | Michael Bird, managing director at Broadcort; Gary Yetman, managing director at MLPro | (646) 855-3507; (212) 670-5019 | [email protected]; [email protected] |
| 5 | J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. | (212) 552-1765 | jpmorgan.com/bds | 211 | 5.5% | Curt Richmond, managing director | (212) 552-1765 | [email protected] | |
| 6 | Goldman Sachs Execution and Clearing LP | (212) 357-2266 | gsec.com | 175 | -34.0% | Kyle Czepiel, managing director | (212) 357-2802 | [email protected] | |
| 7 | RBC Correspondent Services | Royal Bank of Canada | (612) 371-7776 | rbc-cs.com | 170 | 0.0% | Craig Gordon, director | (612) 371-7776 | [email protected] |
| 8 | Southwest Securities Inc. | SWS Group Inc. | (877) 797-6613 | swsclearing.com | 165 | -9.8% | Paul Vinton, executive vice president | (877) 797-6613 | [email protected] |
| 9 | Wedbush Securities Inc. | Wedbush Inc. | (213) 688-8000 | wedbush.com | 160 | 0.0% | Jeff Martin, senior vice president of advanced clearing services | (213) 688-4567 | [email protected] |
| 10 | Sterne Agee Clearing Inc. | Sterne Agee & Leach Inc. | (561) 368-4355 | sterneagee.com | 110 | 0.0% | Dennis Ferguson, president | (800) 264-4863 | [email protected] |
| 11 | First Clearing LLC | Wells Fargo Advisors LLC | (888) 322-2532 | firstclearing.com | 93 | -13.9% | David L. Williams, managing director | (888) 322-2532 | [email protected] |
| 12 | Mesirow Financial Inc. | (312) 595-6000 | mesirowfinancial.com | 85 | 0.0% | Ruth C. Hannenberg, senior managing director | (312) 595-6239 | [email protected] | |
| 13 | Legent Clearing LLC | (877) 877-0217 | legentclearing.com | 80 | 0.0% | Ray P. Maratea, president; Steve Dripchak, vice president of sales | (630) 592-4848; (866) 770-0218 | [email protected]; [email protected] | |
| 14 | FirstSouthwest Co. | PlainsCapital Corp. | (800) 678-3792 | firstswclearing.com | 75 | 0.0% | Joseph Turk, regional vice president; Paul Bashus, regional vice president | (917) 206-3667; (866) 299-8755 | [email protected]; [email protected] |
| 15 | Raymond James & Associates Inc. | (727) 567-3990 | raymondjames.com/clearing | 38 | 0.0% | Robb Combs, director of correspondent services | (727) 567-3990 | [email protected] | |
| As of June 30. *Number of B-D clients for Pershing LLC includes introducing broker-dealer firms that transitioned from Jefferies & Co. Inc. Source: InvestmentNews | |||||||||
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