Our Firm
At Stifel, the Keesling Financial Group is able to make our clients' best interests our first priority and offer them the quality products and services they deserve.
Type of Company:
Stifel is a full-service wealth management and investment banking firm.
Founded:
Established in St. Louis, Missouri in, 1890.
Ownership:
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp., which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol SF).
Associates:
The firm has approximately 7,300 associates.
Assets Under Management:
Over $263 billion as of December 31, 2017.
Equity Capital:
$2.7 billion as of December 31, 2017.
Products and Services:
The company provides securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities.
Market Maker:
A major market maker, Stifel makes a market in approximately 3,800 U.S. domestic equities.
Serving Individuals and Businesses:
Stifel serves investors through approximately 2,300 Financial Advisors in nearly 400 offices across the nation, making Stifel the nation's 7th largest full-service investment firm in terms of number of Financial Advisors. In fact, Stifel Financial Corp. was named to Fortune's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies list in 2009 and 2010.
Capital Markets:
Our firm has approximately 370 investment banking professionals in 12 industry groups and 5 product and service groups. Since 2010, our firm has:
-#1 among middle-market firms in total number of M&A transactions under $1 billion with 456 transactions totaling $71.2 billion
-#1 in equity transactions under $1 billion market cap, with 648 transactions totaling $61.1 billion
Stifel was named 2013, 2015, and 2017 U.S. Mid-Market Equity House of the Year by Thomson Reuters' International Financing Review (IFR).
Research:
Stifel's research is one of the nation's largest domestic equity research groups, with 123 senior analysts. Stifel's Equity Research Department and our Keefe, Bruyette & Woods ("KBW") subsidiary combined to win 23 awards in the 2017 Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards, ranking for first in number of awards won among 161 qualifying U.S. firms. For more information on Thomson Reuters Analysts Awards, please visit www.stifel.com/research.