Securities America Conference an Eye-Opener for Financial Institution Advisors

LA VISTA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Financial advisors, program managers and executives affiliated with a bank or credit union face the same challenges as other independent advisors, plus many others unique to their business relationship. To help financial institution advisors with those issues, Securities America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., (NYSE MKT: LTS; LTS PrA), recently hosted its Financial Institutions Conference.

This year’s conference, held Aug. 16-17 at the company’s headquarters in La Vista, included training on topics such as: retirement income planning, positioning clients for changing interest rates, fixed income/bonds and bank loan portfolio protection. In addition, industry experts in compliance and supervision led a comprehensive workshop covering the Department of Labor fiduciary rule.

For Gail Curry, vice president of F&M Bank in West Point, Neb., the conference reinforced the added value an advisory program brings to her financial institution.

“It really opened my eyes on different things,” Curry said. “I wrote down things we need to bring to our deposit side and what we can discuss with customers. It just keeps us thinking about our advisory program and making sure we are offering it to our customers as well.”

Debra Wolf, an advisor at Foresight Bank in Plainview, Minn., said the sessions shed new light on common topics.

“Yesterday, one of the speakers talked about understanding tax situations for clients,” Wolf said. “It was phenomenal. It was in-depth. You don’t get that every day.”

This is the third year Securities America has hosted the conference. The popularity of the event has grown each year, said Gregg Johnson, Securities America’s executive vice president of branch office development and acquisitions.

“The buzz in the room was all the advisors sharing ideas and best practices with their peers while learning about new products and services from our sponsors,” Johnson said.

About Securities AmericaSecurities America is one of the nation’s largest independent broker-dealers with more than 2,000 independent advisors and $58 billion in client assets.

Securities offered through Securities America, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisory Firm.

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Securities America
Natalie Hadley
402-399-9111 ext. 4606
800-747-6111 ext. 4606
[email protected]

Source: Securities America

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