Direct line to management
Our senior team is reachable, experienced, and invested in your practice. No layers, no runaround.
Who we are
A broker-dealer should make your life easier.
Private Client Services is an independent, privately owned broker-dealer and registered investment advisor. We exist to be your business partner, not your landlord.
Message from leadership
We built PCS to be the partner we always wanted.
When we started Private Client Services, we had all been advisors. We knew what it felt like to be treated as a number, to fight the back office for a straight answer, and to hand over the economics of a practice we had built ourselves. So we built the opposite: a firm where senior management answers the phone, where compliance protects you instead of policing you, and where you keep the lion's share of what you earn.
That promise has not changed. As we grow into a national firm, the handshake still matters. When you and your clients win, we win.
The Leadership of Private Client Services
Our philosophy
Independence, backed by everything a national firm can offer.
Dually registered flexibility
As a broker-dealer and an SEC registered investment advisor, we let you shape brokerage and fee-based advisory around your clients, not around us.
Competitive fees, high payouts
You keep more of what you earn. Our structure rewards the advisors who build the firm.
Practical compliance
We take a common-sense approach centered on full disclosure to your clients, so compliance safeguards your reputation instead of slowing you down.
Technology & back office
Advanced technology and an experienced home-office team handle the operational load so you can focus on advice.
Respected clearing partners
We deliver the platforms and custodial relationships of the brand-name firms, through our clearing relationship with Pershing.
Meet the team
The people behind the practice, organized by what they do for you.
Our home office is organized by business unit so you always know exactly who to call.
Leadership
Setting the direction of the firm
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Chief Development Officer
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President & Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Information Officer
Operations & Service
Keeping your day-to-day running
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Director of Operations
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New Accounts Specialist
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Advisor Service Associate
Compliance & Supervision
Protecting your practice and reputation
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Supervision Principal
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Technology & Advisor Support
Tools, transitions, and marketing
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Transition Manager
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Our locations
Rooted in Louisville, serving advisors nationwide.
Operations & Service Center
Appleton, WI 54914
(800) 966-9347
Appleton, WI
4351 W College Avenue, Suite 420Appleton, WI 54914
(800) 966-9347
Regional Office
Charlotte, NC 28226
(800) 966-9347
Charlotte, NC
7400 Carmel Executive Park Drive, Suite 210Charlotte, NC 28226
(800) 966-9347
Start the conversation
Want to know who you would be working with? Come meet us.
Every conversation is confidential, with no obligation. We will tell you exactly how PCS would support your practice.