JVB Financial Group's Advisor Solutions Team

Our mission is to partner with registered investment advisors in order to provide comprehensive fixed income portfolio management, consultation, and product access. We specialize in providing advisors with the full spectrum of individual fixed income securities. By analyzing the economic and interest-rate climate and by utilizing our fixed-income market expertise, we provide fixed-income consultation and find securities that represent the most value and the best opportunities for your clients. Among the products and services you can access through us are the following:

Ø      Weekly Economic Conference Calls –JVB's economist, Bill Sullivan, discusses economic outlook and current issues that may have impact on your clients’ portfolios.

Ø      Personalized Support /Resource Partnership – We believe that JVB can help advisors grow their businesses by enhancing their fixed-income component. Realizing that every financial advisor has unique needs and clients, and that each operates a business in a distinctive way, we take the time to learn about you and your practice prior to acting as your private fixed income consultant or manager. The foundation of JVB’s Advisor Solutions philosophy is providing your clients’ fixed-income portfolio needs while preserving the integrity of your advisor-client relationship and assuring that your client information always remains confidential.

Ø      Fixed-Income Offerings – JVB inventories a broad range of offerings including municipals, mortgage-backed securities, CD’s, US government agencies and government-sponsored entities, corporate bonds, and structured products.

Ø      Trading Expertise – With roots in the wholesale and institutional side of the fixed-income industry, our management and traders have served with major financial institutions and have extensive relationships throughout the industry. By leveraging our offerings through constant communication with the dealer community, JVB provides advisors with a broad range of primary and secondary market opportunities and institutional pricing.

Ø      Customization – Within the area of Structured Products, JVB can customize securities offerings based upon the needs of advisors and their clients. In some cases, certain minimum transaction size may apply. Examples of these products are reverse convertible notes and index-linked CD’s, among others.

Ø      Simplified Trade Settlement – For advisors wishing to purchase individual bonds from JVB, we will strive to make third-party settlement as seamless as possible. In these cases JVB and the advisor engage in DVP/RVP transactions that swap the securities for cash with custodians such as Schwab or TD Ameritrade on the settlement day of the trade. JVB’s extensive institutional experience and back office expertise will help you simplify the steps involved in the trade settlement process.