Financial services company

LPL Financial was founded with a pioneering vision–to help entrepreneurial financial advisors establish successful businesses through which they could offer truly independent financial guidance and advice. Today, LPL Financial is one of the nation's leading diversified Financial Advisor Services companies and the largest independent broker/dealer supporting more than 11,000 financial advisors nationwide.
At LPL Financial, they help financial professionals manage the complexities of running successful organizations by providing their partners with access to:

• Leading–edge tools and technology
  
• Independent investment research
  
• Dedicated service and training
  
• Open product architecture offering investment solutions

As a diversified financial services company, they serve three distinct customer groups. Independent Advisor Services meets the needs of advisors at every stage of their careers. Institution Services focuses on the needs of banks and credit unions. Custom Clearing Services works with leading financial services companies.So if you are planning for some investments then look at LPL investment services which offer as compared to companies like Ameriprise, their acclaimed research services, and the cutting edge software tools and packages including WealthVision and BranchNet that help them serve their customers better than their competitors.