Our Independence

We understand the value of independence.

For 25 years we have provided independence to independent advisors nationwide, and we have been owned by the same family since our founding. As an independent broker dealer ourselves, we understand what it takes to be successful as an independent business owner in the financial community. We know the unique challenges and value of true independence, and we nurture an environment that fosters entrepreneurial thinking and a proactive rep-as-partner culture.

• SSN is a private company, free to manage for the long-term benefit of our affiliated financial professionals, their clients, our employees and our shareholders.
  
  
• Our affiliated financial professionals are free from proprietary products or quotas or conflicts of interest of a large distribution-oriented broker dealer.
  
  
• We support an entrepreneurial environment where our affiliated financial professionals are free to make decisions that benefit their clients.
  
  
• Our affiliated financial professionals choose from more than 15,000 mutual fund share class options from over 470 popular fund companies, plus variable annuity and variable life products from 35-plus insurance companies, and from 40-plus approved third-party asset management programs.
  
  
• Independence also means having a choice of the industry’s best clearing platforms.
  
  
• We encourage solutions-based and success-driven entrepreneurial thinking, not always relying on the tried and true, but instead tapping into the independent nature, curiosity and business savvy of our affiliated financial professionals.
  
  
• Sharing of ideas, what works and what doesn’t, and learning from industry leaders and top producers through a shared network of SSN affiliated financial professionals gives independent thinking an edge.