Ryan Beck & Co., A Stifel Financial company, was founded in 1946 on the principles of offering high quality investments to meet client needs. Over 60 years of providing innovative financial solutions have followed, and the firm continues to focus its efforts on meeting its clients' long-term goals while meeting their short-term objectives.

The powerful combination of Ryan Beck and Stifel encompasses 176 offices throughout the U.S. and Europe and has over 1,500 financial professionals in our interdependent private client, capital markets, and investment banking businesses, including our affiliates.  Together we are the 12th largest brokerage firm in the U.S. and one of the largest full-service investment banks off-Wall Street. 

For individual investors, the firm's Private Client Group (financial consulting) provides a full range of financial services, including investment consulting, retirement plans, insurance and investment advisory services. Institutional clients benefit from Stifel's market making, underwriting and distribution activities of their experienced Capital Markets Group, which encompasses equity and fixed income trading, fixed income products, institutional sales and research. Through its Investment Banking Groups (financial institutions and middle market), Stifel provides consulting and financial advisory services to corporate clients, primarily financial institutions and middle market companies. Our experience in this area is acknowledged industry-wide.

Each of these areas complements the other, allowing the firm to provide superior service to its retail, institutional and corporate clients.