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 176 offices throughout the U.S. and Europe and has over 1,500 financial professionals in our interdependent private client, capital markets and investment banking businesses, including our affiliates.  We are the 12th 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., 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.”

 

Our Private Client Group provides a full range of financial services, including investment consulting, retirement plans, insurance, and investment advisory services.

Institutional clients benefit from the market making, underwriting, and distribution activities of the firm's experienced Capital Markets Group, which encompasses equity and fixed income trading, fixed income products, institutional sales, and research. Through its Investment Banking Groups (financial institutions, middle market, and public finance), Stifel Nicolaus provides consulting and financial advisory services to corporate clients, primarily financial institutions and middle market companies.