Top Five Independent Broker-Dealer Firms in 2013
From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law Offices:
According to a survey by InvestmentNews for 2013, the top five Independent broker-dealers firms ranked by total account assets are:
- LPL Financial, with total account assets of $437,906.7 M
- Raymond James Financial Services Inc., with total account assets of $191,660.5M
- Northwestern Mutual, with total account assets of $100,090.9M
- Commonwealth Financial Network, with total account assets of $85,992.0M
- Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, with total account assets of $76,700.0M
Likewise, the top five independent broker-dealers firms ranked by percentage change on total account assets from 2012 are:
- Signator Investors Inc., with an increase of 161.0% in total account assets
- Cetera Advisor Networks, with an increase of 65.9% in total account assets
- Cambridge Investment Research Inc., with an increase of 25.1% in total account assets
- Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors, with an increase of 24.8% in total account assets
- Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, with an increase of 21.0% in total account assets
Finally, the top five independent broker-dealer firms ranked by percentage change on fee-based assets from 2012 are:
- Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors, with an increase of 42.2% in fee-based assets
- Cetera Financial Institutions, with an increase of 40.8% in fee-based assets
- Cambridge Investment Research Inc., with an increase of 37.8% in fee-based assets
- Northwestern Mutual, with an increase of 31.9% in fee-based assets
- Signator Investors Inc., with an increase of 30.5% in fee-based assets
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