Financial Advisor Placement Services is the premier Financial Advisor Placement firm, that specializes in placing only Financial Advisors. We focus on placing Experienced Financial Advisors with Independent Broker Dealers, Regional Broker Dealers, Wire-house Broker Dealers, and Registered Investment Advisors. The reason why advisors use our services is because of our industry relationships, knowledge and professional service. The advisors we work with thank us for helping them find a new broker dealer, and we tell them that we are just doing our job, which is helping advisors succeed!

Many Wall Street brokerages and independent broker dealers are undergoing tremendous change. Many broker dealers continue to cut payouts and increase account minimums, while multiple mergers are consolidating the independent broker dealer landscape. The failed DOL's Fiduciary Standard has created uneasiness in the industry, and caused many broker dealers to change their compliance rules permanently. Many of the Insurance owned broker dealers are increasing production requirements and forcing proprietary sales. FINRA has increased rules and regulations. Improved technology and wealth management platforms are positioning the independent broker-dealer model for strong growth! There is a big movement for Advisors to move to the Independent, Regional and RIA models and we specialize in helping these advisors find a new broker dealer and make this change.

Financial Advisors who want to change firms, usually don't have the time, contacts, or expertise, to have numerous discussions with many broker dealers. Your decision to find your next broker dealer is an important one. You will want your next broker dealer to fit your practice, and that's where we add value-in sorting through the maze of the firms and identifying the ones to fit your needs.

We work closely with many broker dealers, where we know the key decision makers well. We will familiarize you with these firms so that you can understand their culture, products, platforms, and introduce you to their key executives. We will act as your "consultant" to negotiate the best deal possible. We are with you every "step of the way."

No matter how much or type of business you do, we want to work for you! Many of our competitors only focus on the large producers, we want to work with financial advisors of all backgrounds, product mixes and production levels.

Broker Dealer or RIA?
We work with several Registered Investment Advisors where you can join their firms, if you want to go that route. You can either "plug into" and existing RIA or we also work with consultants who will help you start your own.

​Domestic or International Broker Dealers:

We represent broker dealers who work with both domestic as well as international clients. We have placed financial advisors who have financial practices outside of the United States.

Small, Mid or Large Broker Dealers:
We represent small and mid-sized Independent broker dealers as well as larger national firms and also work with many firms that offer high payouts with low cost. We represent boutique firms that specialize in certain product sets. Clearing firms include: Pershing, National Financial, First Clearing, Raymond James, RBC, Wedbush, Hill Top, INTL FC Stone, TD Ameritrade, Schwab, Apex, and Apex. We also work with some regional and national firms which are self-clearing such as LPL, INTL FC Stone Inc and Janney Montgomery Scott.

Whether you are looking for an Independent Broker Dealer, Wire house Broker Dealer, Regional Broker Dealer, we can help you find the right one! After you tell us what is important to you and your clients, we will guide you through the "broker dealer landscape" to find the best fit possible.

We represent both full service broker dealers as well as specialist firms that focus on certain product sets. Some advisors are concerned with firms with high costs and production requirements. We do business with firms that satisfy all of these problems, and have worked with them for years to "grow" their firms. We have leverage with the firms that we represent, so we can get you the best offer available. Let us do the due diligence and negotiations for you.

DOL's Impact On Some Broker Dealers:
We represent broker dealers who will go out of their way to support the financial advisor and to accommodate both commission and fee-based products within retirement accounts. We work with many firms who never changed their models as a result of the DOL.

OSJ Producer Groups:
We are successful at placing OSJ Producer Groups, in order to find the best packages available in a competitive environment. Confidentiality is crucial during this process.

Broker Dealer Sales & Financial Practice Sales:
We act as consultants to sell broker dealers, or advisor financial practices. We have a vast network to market private sales. We work with broker dealers who want to sell their firms or simply outsource their back office functions.

Terminated Advisors:

We represent firms who will bring on terminated advisors.

The firms that we represent pay our fee for producing financial advisors, so please contact us for a confidential conversation.

We look forward to your call!

Kind regards,

Shawn Smith, MBA, Chief Executive Officer

Office: 978-312-1656 or email: [email protected]