Our Firm

Stifel Nicolaus is a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm established in 1890 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.  The company provides securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to individual investors, institutions, corporations, and municipalities.

The company operates more than 230 offices throughout the U.S.  and has over 1,700 financial professionals in our interdependent private client, capital markets and investment banking businesses, including our affiliates.  We are the  8th largest brokerage firm in the U.S. and one of the largest full-service investment banks off-Wall Street.  Stifel is a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) and the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., as well as the American, Chicago, and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA).

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated is a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp.  Stifel Financial Corp.’s publicly traded stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SF.”

Stifel Nicolaus has established itself as one of the nation’s leading brokerage and investment banking firms by understanding the hopes and dreams of our clients.  We’ve helped our clients pursue those goals by embracing the objectives of our clients, rising to the challenges of our industry, and empowering our entrepreneurial associates.

But to know our company is to understand that we expect much more from ourselves than recognition as an industry leader.  For our family of clients and associates, success today and into the future will be predicated on the following tenet – to make Stifel Nicolaus the Advisor of Choice and the Firm of Choice.

Such contemporary charges are rooted in the firm’s unique history.  It was in 1890 that a commitment to the investor’s long-term interest was born and has since stood as the company’s primary commitment.  From the start, company forefathers believed that without such dedication, any short-term gain would portend long-term failure.

Indeed, when Herman Stifel, a man whose sense of family and interest in the community would ultimately define the character of the firm, was hired in 1897, he brought to the company an edict as honest as it was infectious.  He firmly believed that true success came in “safeguarding the money of others as if it were your own.”  That wisdom remains a guiding principle for Stifel Nicolaus.  It also fortifies the firm’s current doctrine.

Today, Stifel Nicolaus stands on a solid foundation of over 119 years of knowledge and service.  And, through the commitment of our family of clients and the talents and efforts of our associates, we have secured the cornerstones for continued success today as we energetically prepare for the challenges of the future.

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