Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, a NYSE Amex-listed company (AMEX: LTS), is a diversified financial services company with two primary business lines: (i) independent brokerage and advisory, and (ii) investment banking and capital markets. The Company is engaged in investment banking, equity research, institutional sales and trading, independent brokerage and advisory services, asset management services and trust services through its principal subsidiaries, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., Securities America, Investacorp, Inc., Triad Advisors, Inc., Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management Inc. and Premier Trust, Inc. It is based in Miami, Florida.[1]

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services is part of the Russell 3000 Index.[2] The Company’s business model embodies a diversified financial services institution which pairs the recurring revenues of the independent brokerage and advisory businesses with the more volatile, but potentially highly lucrative, capital markets and investment banking business.[3] The Company has over 2,700 financial advisors with approximately $70 billion in client assets.[4]