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Bank and Credit Union Advisors

Support You Can Rely on to Build and Grow Your Financial Institution Practice

LPL Financial Institution Services is unparalleled in its dedication to supporting the needs of independent financial advisors and empowering them to build the best possible practices within banks and credit unions. We accomplish this goal by ensuring that our financial advisors have the tools and support to recognize and achieve their fullest potential. Your success is the measuring stick by which we judge our own results and performance.

Our commitment to an independent distribution model means that financial advisors are free from the pressure to sell proprietary products. Instead, you are able to choose from a broad range of providers that offer the most appropriate solutions for your clients’ needs. Our commitment to you also manifests itself in our culture of continuous improvement, where exceeding your expectations is our singular goal.

The benefits of becoming an advisor with a financial institution have considerable appeal. Bank and credit union customers and clients provide an excellent lead base for advisors seeking to build a book of business within a well-known and established financial institution.

Our steadfast commitment to you and your financial institution provides the support you seek and the flexible products and services you need to attract and retain key clients. LPL Financial offers a wide range of sophisticated financial planning tools to assist you in providing solutions to even the most complex client challenges.

LPL Financial Institution Services provides advisors:
  • Access to a robust lineup of alternative investments as well as broad choice among non-proprietary investment and advisory platforms
  • Objective research capabilities
  • Combination of centralized and de-centralized decision making that enables you to optimize practice growth
  • Fully-engaged and dedicated relationship managers focus on your practice from transition planning to ongoing training, providing the tools and consultation services you require as an Financial Institution services independent advisor

Freedom to Choose

LPL Financial also offers solutions for bank-affiliated advisors simply seeking a reliable solution for clearing trades. LPL Financial is one of the few independent self-clearing brokerage firms in the nation, processing all trades and operations in a single location. Unlike other clearing environments, the LPL Financial system is dedicated to clearing trades for our network of advisors and financial institutions. Straight-through processing is always our top priority. So you can be confident your trades will receive the priority handling they deserve.

  • Trades are cleared quickly and efficiently, utilizing a proprietary, front-end platform
  • The economics of self-clearing have allowed LPL Financial to significantly lower expenses
  • Leveraging cutting-edge technology and economies of scale, the LPL Financial model can provide you with better price points for your clients’ trades
  • A single-point-of-contact means if any problems arise, they can be resolved in a timely fashion

When it's time to seek a more strategic partner in securing your future as an independent financial services advisor, it's time to consider LPL Financial.

Contact our recruiting department