Clearing firms ranked by broker-dealers served

AUG 10, 2014
FirmAddressCity, State ZipPhoneWebsite# of clients% changePrimary contact for B-DsPhone/ e-mail
Pershing LLC1 Pershing PlazaJersey City, NJ 07399(201) 413-2000pershing.com811-3.3%Michael B. Row (Managing director)brokerage.info@pershing.com
National Financial Services LLC200 Seaport Blvd.Boston, MA 02210(877) 262-5950nationalfinancial.com253-2.7%Dave Brown (Senior Vice President, National Sales Manager)david.brown.nf@FMR.com; (212) 335-5064
Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. & Broadcort1 Bryant ParkNew York, NY 10036(800) 246-0561broadcort.com201-13.0%Gary Yetman (managing director at MLPro); Anthony Vella (Director of Sales)gary.yetman@baml.com; (646) 743-1222
RBC Correspondent Services60 S. Sixth St.Minneapolis, MN 55402(888) 462-1816rbc-cs.com1800.0%Noel Stave (Director)noel.stave@rbc.com; (612) 373-1761
Southwest Securities Inc.1201 Elm St.Dallas, TX 75270(877) 797-6613 swsclearing.com145-1.4%Lana Caltonlcalton@swst.com; (214) 859-9228
Wedbush Securities Inc.1000 Wilshire Blvd.Los Angeles, CA 90017(213) 688-8000wedbush.com120-25.0%Sean Thompson (Senior Vice President, Advanced Clearing Services)(213) 688-4567
COR Clearing LLC1299 Farnam St Ste 800Omaha, NE 68102(800) 811-3487corclearing.com10523.5%Roy DiMaria (Director Business Development)roy.dimaria@corclearing.com; (732) 635-2496
Goldman Sachs Execution and Clearing LP200 West St.New York, NY 10282(212) 357-2266gsec.com91-20.9%Kyle Czepiel (managing director)kyle.czepiel@gs.com; (212) 357-2802
Sterne Agee Clearing Inc. 800 Shades Creek ParkwayBirmingham, AL 35209(205) 949-3500sterneagee.com87-8.4%Damon B Joyner (President and CEO); Patricia A Jamison (Chief Operating Officer)djoyner@sterneagee.com; (205) 271-6208/pjamison@sterneagee.com; (205) 776-2917
FirstSouthwest325 N. St. Paul St.Dallas, TX 75201214-953-4000clearing.firstsw.com845.0%Paul Bashus (Regional Vice President); Joe Turk (Regional Vice President); Bill Yancey (Managing Director)paul.bashus@firstsw.com; (214) 953-4000/(917)366-7206/joe.turk@clearing.firstsw.com
Apex Clearing Corp.350 N. St. Paul StreetDallas, TX 75201(214) 765-1100apexclearing.com80-20.0%Michael Lanyon (VP Sales)mlanyon@apexclearing.com; (214)765-1066
First Clearing LLCOne North Jefferson Ave.St. Louis, MO 63103(888) 322-2532firstclearing.com80-9.1%David L. Williams (Managing Director)david.l.williams@firstclearing.com; (888) 322-2532
Raymond James & Associates Inc.880 Carillon ParkwaySt. Petersburg, FL 33716(727) 567-3990raymondjames.com/clearing37-5.1%Robb Combs (Director of correspondent services)robb.combs@raymondjames.com; (727) 567-3990
LPL Financial LLC75 State St.Boston, MA 02109(800) 877-7210lpl.com620.0%Arthur Osman (executive vice president, clearing services)david.akellian@lpl.com; (704) 733-3300 ext. 3852

Data as of firms' year-end. Source: InvestmentNews Data

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