Stifel Financial Corp.

St. Louis-based wealth management, investment banking, and bank holding company

What Stifel Financial does

Stifel helps individuals manage and invest their money through financial advisors, and helps companies, cities, and institutions raise capital, trade securities, and get merger advice. It also runs a bank that takes deposits and makes personal and commercial loans. It operates mainly in the US, with a presence in the UK, Canada, and other markets.

How Stifel Financial makes money

It earns commissions and advisory fees from brokerage and wealth management clients, fees from investment banking deals like M&A, underwriting, and private placements, and interest income from its banking and lending operations.

Products & services

• Private client wealth management and financial planning
• Securities brokerage (equities, mutual funds, fixed income, insurance)
• Institutional equity and fixed income sales, trading and research
• Investment banking (M&A advisory, public offerings, private placements)
• Municipal and public finance underwriting
• Retail and commercial banking (loans and deposit accounts)