Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) Corp. is a diversified financial services holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Through its principal subsidiary, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, the company provides wealth management, investment banking, institutional brokerage, equity and fixed-income research, securities trading, and asset management services.
Its wealth management business serves individual investors, families, businesses, and institutions through financial planning, investment advisory, brokerage, banking, and related services. Stifel’s institutional and capital markets operations provide research, sales and trading, underwriting, mergers and acquisitions advice, and public finance services to corporations, government entities, and institutional investors. The company also offers investment products and strategies through affiliated asset management businesses.
Stifel traces its origins to 1890 and has expanded through organic growth and acquisitions. Its operations primarily serve clients in the United States, with additional capabilities and offices in selected international markets. Ronald J. Kruszewski has served as Stifel’s chairman and chief executive officer since 1997.
