| Firm | Phone/website | # of clients | % change vs. 2012 | Contact(s) | Phone/e-mail | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pershing LLC | (201) 413-2000 pershing.com | 839 | 1.0% | Michael B. Row, Managing director | [email protected] |
| 2 | National Financial Services LLC | (877) 262-5950 nationalfinancial.com | 260 | -5.8% | Joe Kelly, Senior vice president, national sales manager | (617) 563-8738 [email protected] |
| 3 | Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. & Broadcort | (800) 246-0561 broadcort.com | 231 | 7.9% | Gary Yetman, Managing director; Anthony Vella, Director of sales | (646) 743-1222 [email protected] (646) 743-0955 [email protected] |
| 4 | J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. | (212) 552-1765 jpmorgan.com/bds | 230 | -3.4% | Curt Richmond, Managing director | (212) 552-1765 [email protected] |
| 5 | RBC Correspondent Services | (888) 462-1816 rbc-cs.com | 180 | 0.0% | Craig Gordon, Director | (612) 371-7776 [email protected] |
| 6 | Wedbush Securities Inc. | (213) 688-8000 wedbush.com | 160 | 0.0% | Sean Thompson, Senior vice president of advanced clearing services | (213) 688-4567 [email protected] |
| 7 | Southwest Securities Inc. | (877) 797-6613 swsclearing.com | 147 | -6.4% | Anton Berends, Head of clearing services | (214) 859-9310 [email protected] |
| 8 | Goldman Sachs Execution and Clearing LP | (212) 357-2266 gsec.com | 115 | -23.3% | Kyle Czepiel, Managing director | (212) 357-2802 [email protected] |
| 9 | Apex Clearing Corp.1 | (214) 765-1100 apexclearing.com | 100 | N/A | Michael Lanyon, Director of relationship management and sales | (214) 765-1066 [email protected] |
| 10 | Sterne Agee Clearing Inc. | (205) 414-7222 sterneagee.com | 100 | 3.1% | Mark Hamm, CEO, president | (205) 414-7222 [email protected] |
| 11 | First Clearing LLC | (888) 322-2532 firstclearing.com | 88 | -2.2% | David L. Williams, Managing director | (888) 322-2532 [email protected] |
| 12 | COR Clearing LLC2 | (800) 811-3487 clearing.com | 85 | 16.4% | Joe De Meneses, Director of business development | (917) 319-4053 [email protected] |
| 13 | FirstSouthwest Co. | (800) 678-3792 firstswclearing.com | 80 | 0.0% | Paul Bashus, Regional vice president; Joe Turk, Regional vice president | (214) 953-4000 [email protected] (917) 206-3667 [email protected] |
| 14 | Raymond James & Associates Inc. | (727) 567-3990 raymondjames.com/clearing | 39 | 0.0% | Robb Combs, Director of correspondent services | (727) 567-3990 [email protected] |
| 15 | LPL Financial LLC | (800) 877-7210 lpl.com | 53 | 0.0% | David Akellian, Executive vice president, head of custom clearing services | (858) 450-9606 ext. 6865 [email protected] |
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