Tampa, FL Office
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About
W&S Brokerage Services, Inc. is a dually-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser affiliated with Western & Southern Financial Group. It offers the W&S Wealth Solutions wrap fee asset-allocation program—built from 25 model portfolios invested in affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds, ETFs and money market funds—and also provides brokerage distribution and insurance-agent services to individuals, trusts, retirement plans and other entities.
The firm uses a model-driven, discretionary allocation process administered with an affiliated sub-adviser, Fort Washington Investment Advisors, that maps clients to one of five risk profiles and five investment objectives (including Socially Conscious, Tax Aware and EnFocus). Portfolios are monitored at least quarterly and rebalanced to target bands (±2.5% generally, ±5% for Tax Aware), and the program includes specific tax-aware practices such as using ETFs to bridge accounts funded late in the year and a client-directed tax-loss harvesting process in November–December.
W&SBS’s structure combines uncommon features for an investment manager: it both sponsors a wrap-fee program and operates in a broker-dealer capacity while its advisors also hold insurance licenses and sell affiliated Touchstone mutual funds, reflecting its ownership by an insurance group. The firm’s use of affiliated sub-advisers and proprietary funds, its compensation and referral arrangements between advisory and brokerage roles, and its operation through an extensive branch network distinguish its business model from many peers.
Based on W&S BROKERAGE Services, Inc.
Location
3903 Northdale Blvd, Suite 290 E
Tampa FL 33624
Advisors at this office
3
Advisors at this office
Adam L
Series 63, Series 65
Tampa, FL
W&S BROKERAGE Services, Inc.
Adam Locascio is a financial advisor with W&S Brokerage Services, Inc. in Tampa, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Western & Southern Life, Cetera Advisors, Waddell & Reed Inc., and Valic Financial Advisors. He is also a full-time sales agent with Western Southern Life. W&S Brokerage Services, Inc. is a dually-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser affiliated with Western & Southern Financial Group. The firm offers the W&S Wealth Solutions wrap fee asset-allocation program, which uses a model-driven, discretionary allocation process tailored to clients’ risk profiles and investment objectives.
Derrick E
Series 63, Series 65
Tampa, FL
W&S BROKERAGE Services, Inc.
Derrick Edmonds is a financial advisor with W&S Brokerage Services, Inc. in Tampa, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 10 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Transamerica Financial Advisors and Western Southern Life, where he currently serves as a full-time agency manager. Edmonds has been with W&S Brokerage Services since 2019. W&S Brokerage Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer that offers a wrap-fee asset allocation program featuring 25 models with a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, and money market funds. The firm serves both pooled institutional and individual clients, employing a model-based, discretionary investment approach with strategic and tactical allocations managed by Fort Washington Investment Advisors.
Wayne B
Series 63, Series 65
Tampa, FL
W&S BROKERAGE Services, Inc.
Wayne Babst is a financial advisor with W&S Brokerage Services, Inc. in Tampa, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and possessing 31 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Suntrust Advisory Services, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Uvest Financial Services Group. He is also a full-time sales agent for Western & Southern Life. W&S Brokerage Services, Inc. is a dually-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser affiliated with Western & Southern Financial Group. The firm offers a model-driven, discretionary allocation program with multiple risk profiles and investment objectives, combining asset management, brokerage, and insurance services for individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and other entities.
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