Niklas Financial, a hybrid advisory firm with $400 million in assets, is joining LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, registered investment adviser and custodial platforms from Securities America, which is a unit of Advisor Group.
Jefferson City, Mo.-based Niklas will align with JFC Financial Services, which moved to LPL from Securities America last month.
Kenny Niklas, president of Niklas Financial, founded the firm in 1979 with his father and brother, who have retired. The firm includes his son, Brandon Niklas, as well as advisers Jerry Christian and Aaron Smith, office manager John Anderson, administrative staff and eight remote financial advisers.
[More: Virtual Attraction: Can broker-dealers still recruit reps and advisers, even during a pandemic?]
Former Northwestern Mutual advisors join firm for independence.
Executives from LPL Financial, Cresset Partners hired for key roles.
Geopolitical tension has been managed well by the markets.
December cut is still a possiblity.
Canada, China among nations to react to president-elect's comments.
Streamline your outreach with Aidentified's AI-driven solutions
This season’s market volatility: Positioning for rate relief, income growth and the AI rebound