Our business model
As a dually registered broker-dealer and registered investment advisor, we help you model your practice to fit your clients, not the other way around.
Built for hybrid advisors
Our focus is your advisory business, with brokerage there when a client relationship calls for it. That is the holistic view we take for every advisor: one practice, both capabilities, no forced choice.
Manage assets for a fee through our SEC registered investment advisory platform, or affiliate your own RIA. Build recurring, fee-based revenue with the flexibility to act in your clients' best interest, backed by our corporate RIA infrastructure.
Conduct commission-based securities business through our broker-dealer when it serves the client better, with the products, supervision, and technology to cover a full range of needs.
What comes with it
Competitive fee structures and high advisor payouts. You keep more of what you earn, and the economics are transparent, with no distant parent company to subsidize.
Access to a broad network of product sponsors, money managers, and insurance carriers, negotiated at the scale of a national firm and available to your practice.
A comprehensive portfolio spanning brokerage, advisory, retirement, and insurance solutions, so you can serve the full financial picture of every client.
Custodial and clearing services through our relationship with Pershing, with the NetX360 and Albridge platforms for accounts, reporting, and consolidated wealth views.
Service & support
The technology, service, and custodial relationships of a brand-name broker-dealer, delivered by people who answer the phone.
Joining PCS · the process
Does your current broker-dealer make you feel like a number? A well-planned transition is a welcomed event. Here is how we make it smooth and orderly.
We learn about your practice and goals. No obligation, complete confidentiality.
We map accounts, paperwork, and timing so nothing is left to chance.
Our team handles the heavy lifting and keeps your clients informed throughout.
You reopen for business with more control, better economics, and a partner behind you.
Transition support
We minimize downtime and maximize the revenue opportunity of your move. Our transition team plans the paperwork, coordinates the timing, and communicates clearly with your clients so the change strengthens relationships instead of straining them.
Corporate RIA
If you would rather not stand up and supervise your own RIA, affiliate under the PCS corporate RIA. Keep serving your clients as an advisor while an experienced team handles compliance, operations, and technology on your behalf.
Testimonials
"I've been associated with the folks at PCS for more than 20 years. It's one of the truly independent Broker/Dealers with an entrepreneurial flair."
"Private Client Services provides my business with a stable foundation of compliance, office support, and resources."
"PCS is supported by tenured professionals who know my firm members by first name and work to support our business in partnership."
"We chose to affiliate with Private Client Services because we identify with their foundation of integrity and trust."
Real advisor quotes from pcsbd.net, shown with first names only. PCS is supplying advisor photos.
Service & support
Senior management with varied, successful backgrounds, accessible to share strategy and help you grow.
A common-sense approach centered on full disclosure to your clients, protecting your practice and reputation.
More than 300 online courses covering designations, state insurance, FINRA firm element, and market trends.
An experienced home-office team across sales, compliance, marketing, and operations, ready to assist.
FAQs
Yes. You own your book of business and can affiliate on your terms. Your clients stay your clients.
Yes. As a dually registered firm, PCS lets you run commission and fee-based business under one roof, and shape each around the client relationship.
We clear through Pershing, with the NetX360 and Albridge platforms for accounts, reporting, and consolidated wealth views.
It depends on your book, but our dedicated transition team plans the timing and paperwork to minimize downtime and keep clients informed throughout.
Completely. Conversations are confidential and carry no obligation. Reach Steve Higdon, Chief Development Officer, at (502) 797-5207.
Start the conversation
Tell us about your business. Every conversation is confidential, and it moves at your pace, not ours.
