On July 21, 2014, Securities America announced that it had made a deal, to acquire Sunset Financial Services, a broker dealer owned by Kansas City Life Insurance Co.
Sunset Financial has about 268 registered representatives and $2.4 billion in client assets. According to The Investment News, Sunset’s brokers are low producers , averaging about $67,000 a year in commissions and other revenue. Sunset FInancial will cease operations and the accounts and brokers will transfer to Securities America.
Earlier this month, Securities America, a subsidiary of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, Inc. announced the acquisition of Dalton Strategic Investment Services, a broker dealer with 60 registered representatives.
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