Re: MM for EDIG
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May 07, 2009 01:24PM
VFIN (from Hoovers)
vFinance touts itself as a new breed of financial services company. Through vFinance Investments and other subsidiaries, the holding company offers venture capital, brokerage, and investment banking services to some 12,000 institutional and wealthy private clients. Its vFinance.com Web site connects growing businesses and potential investors, while its EquityStation unit provides trading technology and services to professional traders, hedge funds, and other institutional clients. vFinance also is a market maker for some 3,500 over-the-counter (OTC) and Nasdaq small- and micro-cap stocks. National Holdings acquired vFinance in 2008, but the company will continue to operate separately.
National Holdings provides securities brokerage services to high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors through subsidiaries National Securities Corporation, vFinance, and EquityStation. The company also provides investment banking services to micro-, small-, and midcap companies and trades securities. Another subsidiary, National Asset Management offers investors access to mutual funds, money manager accounts, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds, and real estate limited partnerships. With headquarters offices in New York, Seattle, and Boca Raton, Florida, National Holdings has more than 120 retail brokerage locations in the US, Europe, and Latin America.