Lancaster, OH Office
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STIFEL
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About
Stifel serves a broad range of clients—individuals (including high net worth and non-HNW clients), institutional clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and state and municipal entities—and provides both brokerage and investment advisory services, including fee-based financial planning, wrap programs, and recommendations of third‑party advisers. The firm’s fee‑based plans are typically episodic, delivered by Financial Advisors or the Wealth Planning Department, and do not automatically include implementation or ongoing monitoring unless a client engages Stifel for execution.
The firm’s investment analysis and allocation guidance are built on a proprietary methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group (Stifel IS), which uses forward‑looking capital market assumptions and probabilistic modeling to produce asset allocation, retirement, insurance, and estate planning analyses. Plans and model allocations are intended as a basis for client decisions rather than guarantees; clients generally retain discretion over implementation and may be asked to supply outside account information that Stifel does not independently verify.
Compared with many large institutional peers, Stifel’s brochure emphasizes several activities and affiliations that are less common: the firm provides services to private funds and pooled vehicles and has been involved in municipal placement and related municipal‑market activity (including regulatory matters addressed in recent SEC and FINRA settlements). It also operates alongside affiliated trust companies and banks that offer pledged‑asset/credit line facilities that can use advisory assets as collateral, and notes that some of its management persons are licensed to practice law (without providing legal services to advisory clients). The firm’s disclosures also describe substantial recent regulatory enforcement, including an SEC order related to electronic communications that resulted in undertakings and a monetary penalty.
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Location
109 East Main Street, Suite 308
Lancaster OH 43130
Advisors at this office
3
Advisors at this office
James L
Series 63
Lancaster, OH
STIFEL
James Lewis is a financial advisor with Stifel in Lancaster, OH, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 41 years of industry experience. He has been with Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc since 2014. Stifel serves a wide range of clients including individuals, institutional clients, charitable organizations, and municipal entities, offering brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm uses a proprietary investment methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group to provide asset allocation and planning analyses, with a focus on episodic, fee-based financial planning.
James C
Series 63, Series 65
Lancaster, OH
STIFEL
James Culver is a financial advisor with Stifel who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, Culver serves on several community boards, including Ohio University Coordinating Council, Fairfield Medical Center Foundation, Family YMCA of Lancaster and Fairfield County, and the Salvation Army Fairfield County Ohio chapter. Stifel serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, institutional investors, charitable organizations, and municipal entities, offering brokerage and investment advisory services supported by a proprietary investment methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group.
William C
Series 63, Series 65
Lancaster, OH
STIFEL
William Culver is a financial advisor at Stifel with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Stifel, he worked as an independent contractor and has a background in education with Pickerington Local Schools District. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as head boys volleyball coach at Pickerington High School, is treasurer of the Friends of the Parks Board in Lancaster, and participates in the Rotary of Lancaster Ohio Service Committee. Stifel serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutional clients, and municipal entities, offering brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach is based on proprietary analysis and probabilistic modeling developed by its Investment Strategy Group to guide asset allocation, retirement, insurance, and estate planning.
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