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About LPL Financial

LPL Financial was formed in 1989 through the merger of two small but successful brokerage firms, Linsco (established in 1968) and Private Ledger (founded in 1973). Today, LPL Financial is America's No. 1 independent brokerage firm* — with more than 7,000 financial advisors, based in more than 4,500 branch offices nationwide.

LPL Financial's rise to prominence has been driven by a commitment to independence, excellence and the simple premise that pursuing your financial goals requires:

Solid, unbiased advice
Meaningful, timely information and research
Easy access to value-added investments and services
Unparalleled customer service

Your LPL Financial Advisor can deliver all of these to you, thanks to support from LPL's technology, our comprehensive training programs and our dedicated personnel. As LPL Financial moves into its fourth decade, LPL Financial remains committed to leading the independent brokerage business. LPL Financial continues to set the highest standards in every aspect of supporting their advisors so that they may help you realize a new standard for your financial future.

LPL Financial has been the number one independent broker dealer in the nation for nine consecutive years*
$891 million in revenue in 2003
Over 7,000 affiliated financial representatives
Over 4,500 branch offices in the U.S.
Service to over 390 financial institutions
Over 1,000 staff in dual headquarters in Boston and San Diego
More than $64 billion invested and managed annually
More than $21 billion in fee-based platform assets
More than 2.9 million trades annually

*Based on total revenues, as reported in Financial Planning Magazine, June 1996 - 2008.

A Leading Source of Unbiased Financial Guidance

Over the past decade, LPL Financial representatives have become a leading source of objective advice for accumulating and managing personal wealth. As experienced financial services professionals, they possess an average of 10 years of industry experience when they join our organization.

With the freedom to offer unbiased financial guidance, LPL Financial representatives concentrate their energies on understanding their clients’ financial goals and offering impartial strategies to the challenges of wealth accumulation and management.

LPL Financial provides a solid foundation for representatives like us to grow successful and profitable businesses. With exceptional research and superior home office support we have a greater understanding of the economy and markets; more time to evaluate financial strategies; and greater access to comprehensive information. We have assimilated LPL Financial’s capabilities into our own offices and provide customized financial strategies to help meet the needs of their clients. Our financial advice reflects LPL Financial principals: trust, honesty, dedication and independence.

Your Needs Come First

LPL Financial offers no investment products of their own. So as LPL Financial representatives, we can devote our time and energies to understanding your financial objectives, and not to product quotas and sales goals. To help us meet your needs with suitable options, LPL Financial provides access to thousands of individual securities and forms alliances with the nation's leading providers of investment and insurance products.

As LPL Financial representatives we have access to the tools that help us provide high-quality, unbiased investment solutions, including comprehensive fee-based asset management accounts and a full array of non-proprietary:

Mutual funds
Annuities and other tax-sensitive investments
Domestic and foreign securities
Direct investments
Insurance
Fee-based programs
Estate and Financial Planning
Trust Services

LPL Financial Representatives offer access to Trust Services through The Private Trust Company N.A., an affiliate of LPL Financial.

If you prefer a more comprehensive approach, we can formulate a personalized investment management strategy. LPL Financial's fee-based asset management programs range from one that may combine mutual funds, annuities and individual securities in a single portfolio to services that allocate assets among leading institutional portfolio managers, index funds or tax-sensitive investment options. LPL Financial representatives also have access to proprietary software for integrated estate, retirement and college planning.

Access to Top-Notch Investment Research

Because LPL Financial offers no proprietary products and engages in no investment banking activities , we are able to provide unbiased investment recommendations that integrate a broad scope of investment products, including stocks, bonds, annuities and mutual funds.

LPL Financial representatives can construct individual investment portfolios by utilizing LPL Financial's top-notch proprietary research on the economy and a wide variety of investment-related topics. LPL Financial's Research Department uses state-of-the-art, technology-based tools and in-depth personal interviews to monitor open-end mutual funds.

The group also conducts first-hand reviews of individual equities, develops asset allocation models for five asset allocation strategies and recommends third-party mutual funds appropriate to each strategy. Most of this investment research is available to LPL Financial representatives online via BranchLink, LPL Financial's comprehensive Extranet.

LPL Financial has developed a series of commission and fee-based asset management programs to help meet the needs of a varying client base, together with a wide range of tools and communication pieces to keep representatives and their clients apprised of developments within and across the world's capital markets.

Disclaimer

Alpern Rosenthal is not affiliated with or endorsed by LPL Financial.

No information on this site is intended to constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of any security, nor shall any security be offered or sold to any person, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, purchase, or sale would be unlawful under securities laws of each jurisdiction. The LPL Financial Registered Representatives associated with this site may only discuss securities or transact business with persons who are residents of, but not limited to, AL, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, KY, MA, MD, MI, NC, OH, PA, TX, VA.

If your state of residence is not listed, please locate an LPL Financial Registered Representative in your state of residence by accessing www.lpl.com or calling 1.800.877.7210. Securities, financial planning and advisory services offered through LPL Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor Member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) / Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC).