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Wedbush Securities Inc. is a privately held financial services and investment firm that provides private and institutional brokerage, investment banking, equity research, fixed income, public finance, correspondent clearing, and asset management to individual, institutional and issuing clients. Wedbush Securities was founded in 1955 and is headquartered at 1000 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. The firm has over 100 offices, over 125 correspondent offices and close to 1,000 employees nationwide. ==History== The firm was founded in 1955 by two high school friends, Edward W. Wedbush and Robert Werner, in Los Angeles, California. They each contributed $5,000 to capitalize their new company, Wedbush & Company.〔"After More Thank 50 Years in the Securities Business, RSF Resident Still Dedicated to the Work He Loves." ''Rancho Santa Fe Review'', February 19, 2009, p. 8〕 The company was named after Wedbush because neither partner wanted a possible business failure named after them and Wedbush lost a coin toss. Wedbush opened its first office in 1957 located in the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles. Three years later, Robert Werner decided to sell his interest in the firm to Ed Wedbush.〔"After More Thank 50 Years in the Securities Business, RSF Resident Still Dedicated to the Work He Loves." ''Rancho Santa Fe Review'', February 19, 2009, p. 8.〕 In 1971, the firm became members of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), and the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In 1972, the firm began offering correspondent clearing services, providing trade execution for other brokerage firms.〔"He’s Still Smiling." ''Eugene Register-Guard'', May 22, 1974, p. 2C.〕 The firm also added an Investment Banking group in 1975. Wedbush expanded their trading and research capabilities and added several retail brokerage offices.〔"Morgan Olmstead, Wedbush Call It a Definitive Deal." ''Los Angeles Times'', September 22, 1988.〕 In 2000, the firm launched BrokerInsight, a workstation for order entry, portfolio valuation, and account management and in 2006, the firm became the #1 Liquidity Provider on NASDAQ. In late 2009, the firm changed its name to Wedbush Securities Inc. from Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. On June 13, 2011, Wedbush Securities' parent company, Wedbush Inc. announced the acquisition of Lime brokerage, a provider of low-latency, high-throughput trading technologies and high-volume agency brokerage.〔“Wedbush Buys Lime Brokerage to Help Meet New Market-Access Rules” (SF Chronicle webpage link) <()> SF Gate, June 13, 2011〕 Barron's released the research results conducted by Zacks Investment Research for top stock picking firms. Zack's scored Wedbush as the number one stock picking firm for three of their four survey periods. Barron's announced that, "Los Angeles-based Wedbush Securities surfed to top honors by wide margins over the six, 12 and 36 months ended Dec. 31, 2011." 〔"Focus Lists Were Out of Focus in 2011's Turmoil" http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748703964504577193133014270486.html?mod=BOL_hpp_mag#articleTabs_article%3D1〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wedbush Securities」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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