LPL Financial (LPLA) is the name for what many might have known previously as Linsco/Private LedgerThe company is now America's largest provider of independent financial advisors, with 12,857 FAs as of year-end 2011, as well as back-office support for an additional 670 advisors based in banks and credit unionsLPL Financial also clears trades, prov...
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