Established in 1890, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated is one of the nation's premier full-service financial services firms, providing brokerage, trading, investment banking, investment advisory, and related services to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities through more than 400 locations across the U.S.Stifel ranks as the 7th largest brokerage firm in the country as measured by number of financial advisors, with approximately 2,300, and features a highly regarded equity research department that has earned numerous accolades from such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the Financial Times. Stifel was recognized as the No. 1 wealth management firm for employee advisor satisfaction, based on the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study*.Stifel is the principal subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial services holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Stifel Financial Corp.'s other subsidiaries include Stifel Independent Advisors, LLC, an independent contractor broker-dealer firm; Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, the Company's European subsidiary; Stifel Nicolaus Canada, Inc., our Canadian subsidiary; Stifel Bank and Trust and Stifel Bank, retail and commercial banks; and Stifel Trust Company, N.A. and Stifel Trust Company Delaware, N.A, our trust companies.*Stifel received the highest score among employee advisors in the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study of employee advisors' satisfaction among those who are employed by an investment services firm. Visit jdpower.com/awards for more details.