First Allied Securities

In addition to its differentiated product offering designed to allow advisors to stand apart from competitors in local markets, First Allied provides independent advisors with a comprehensive offering of leading financial services products, from some of the industry’s top providers.

We are dedicated to maintaining an open architecture. In addition to our own product selections, we count on our advisors to alert us to new products and services we can review and approve for all to use. We are flexible and welcome suggestions, but we also have a strict due diligence process which attempts to ensure that only industry-leading products are offered to our advisors. As a result, you may enjoy variety, the opportunity to participate in the selection process, and access to an array of products that complement your existing business and allow you to enter entirely new market segments if you choose. First Allied utilizes the clearing services of both Pershing, LLC and Bear Stearns Securities Corp.

Mutual Funds

We have direct selling group agreements with about 170 fund families, giving you access to more than 3,000 funds and various share classes in the mutual fund universe. We select fund families by past performance, objective diversity, name recognition, service, and sales support. Our National Sales Department is ready to assist in identifying those funds that are compatible with your clients’ financial objectives.

You often will find the funds and/or sub-accounts from the same fund family available in managed accounts, variable annuities, and variable life insurance products. Depending on the type of product and/or variable insurance product, differing expenses will apply. This approach reduces the potential of having to learn about new funds in addition to new products. Turn-key 401(k) plans are also available from most approved mutual fund families. At First Allied, networked mutual fund investments can be held in a brokerage account.
Through our clearing relationships, we offer your clients no-transaction fee mutual funds, with access to more than 160 fund families and more than 1,800 individual mutual funds. Your clients can buy, sell, or exchange mutual fund shares without paying regular transaction fees.

Annuities

We currently maintain a relationship with more than 40 different insurance companies offering comprehensive products including variable, fixed, and equity-indexed annuities. Our dedicated product managers provide expertise and unbiased research and will assist you with product comparisons, marketing materials, carrier-specific rates and applications. For select annuities under the Pershing platform you may:

• Purchase annuities electronically
• Electronically retrieve annuity contract values, sub-account detail
  and transaction history
• Link annuities to brokerage accounts, branch system and client account view

Please click here for a detailed listing of products available to you through First Allied.

Mutual funds and variable annuities are offered by prospectus only. You should carefully consider the risks, charges and expenses of mutual funds or variablue annuities prior to investing. This and other important information can be found in the fund's prospectus or variable annuity sub-account prospectus. Contact your financial advisor for a copy and always read it carefully before investing.