Long Beach, CA Office
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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
5834 E. Naples Plaza, 2nd Floor
Long Beach CA 90803
Advisors at this office
4
Advisors at this office
Nora S
Series 66
Long Beach, CA
STIFEL
Nora Semerjian is a financial advisor at Stifel with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc. since 2020, following roles at Wells Fargo Clearing and WELLS FARGO Advisors, LLC. Stifel serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, offering both brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach uses a proprietary methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group, providing asset allocation and planning analyses to support client decisions.
Art I
Series 63, Series 65
Long Beach, CA
STIFEL
Art Ignacio is a financial advisor at Stifel with 38 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc since 2019. Prior to that, he was employed at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. Stifel serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, providing both brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm employs a proprietary investment methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group to support client decision-making.
Paul A
Series 66
Long Beach, CA
STIFEL
Paul Ayd is a financial advisor with Stifel in Long Beach, CA, holding a Series 66 designation and 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at Stifel since 2005 and was previously affiliated with FSI Capital Holdings from 2015 to 2024. He serves as a trustee for non-family trusts. Stifel serves a broad client base, including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, providing brokerage and investment advisory services supported by a proprietary investment methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group.
Christopher V
Series 63, Series 65
Long Beach, CA
STIFEL
Christopher Vanhorn is a financial advisor with Stifel, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has worked at Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc since 2020, following prior roles at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. Stifel serves a diverse client base, including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage and advisory services supported by proprietary investment analysis and allocation methodologies developed by its Investment Strategy Group.
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