CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LPL Financial LLC, a leading retail investment advisory firm and independent broker-dealer, today announced that Stofan Agazzi Investments LLC has joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer and corporate registered investment advisor platforms. The firm reported that the team at Stofan Agazzi Investments served approximately $640 million of client brokerage and advisory assets*.

Based in Joliet, Ill., President Mark Stofan CFP® has spent 31 years in the business, running his own broker-dealer until 2013 and then with Wintrust Investments prior to joining LPL. The firm also includes Carroll Klotz, Marie Knorr, Ronald Lambert, George Stofan, Irene Celander and Daniel Murphy.

Rich Steinmeier, LPL Financial managing director, and divisional president, Business Development, said, “We welcome Mark and the team to LPL. We are proud they recognized that we have the stability to serve as a long-term partner to their firm and their clients. We are committed to our advisors’ success and will continue to invest in capabilities that support their growth.”

Read about other firms that recently joined LPL in the News and Media section of LPL.com.

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