"A shared core cultural focus on great customer service, is what led us to select Legent as our initial partner when we set out to build TradeKing, and keeps us proudly standing should-to-shoulder with them today. TradeKing is 100 percent committed to delivering the highest value in the industry with proven tools, stellar customer service and an environment that supports smart online options and equity trading in ways no one could have imagined five years ago. Our partnership with Legent Clearing has been an invaluable element of our success."
---- Donato A. Montanaro, Jr., President & – TradeKing CEO
“Through Legent, we offer all products including Fixed Income, Mutual Funds, UITs, and managed money. Our brokers run the gamut from 100% equity-oriented to those who focus primarily on Financial Planning. We currently have our own trade execution desk which allows us to offer riskless-principal trading to our FAs. We are using SunGard's Brass product as an order management system, which integrates seamlessly with ILX/BETA.
Legent has been our provider since we were at Sterling Financial Group in 2003. We chose Legent because their top priority was customer service. We especially like the Thomson back-office when compared to ADP and other vendors. Legent has been willing to listen to its correspondents and add features when requested. A good example has been the recent addition of Fixed Income Securities (FIS) as a straight-through vendor of fixed income products. Legent's customer service group has been instrumental in our recruiting success. They have been flexible and proactive during the transition phase for brokers. We are very pleased with our relationship with Legent.”
---- Paul Richardson, CEO of Pointe Capital
“We interviewed 10 firms; Legent and a major clearing firm were the final two under consideration. We ultimately chose Legent because of their size, their location, their overall capabilities and the people we met during the interview process.
We have been very happy with Legent as they are very willing to work with us when a situation arises that needs individualized attention. We have found their employees to be very competent and cooperative. Often times, with a large clearing firm, when a special situation occurs and extraordinary actions are needed, the answer is no. We have found Legent to be flexible and responsive to the needs of our business and have never regretted the decision to clear with them. I would encourage any firm to consider their services if you are looking for an attentive, quick-to-act, and competent clearing firm.”
---- Tom Hislop, CEO - Peacock, Hislop, Staley & Given, Inc.
“We chose Legent because they demonstrated a desire and commitment to service our firm. We are integrated with Thomson/Beta, and were looking for a suitable firm with the capability and flexibility to meet our unique requirements. We were convinced by their dedication and "can do" spirit. Their service level has been, and continues to be, exemplary.
---- Stewart H. Christ, Member, Board of Directors - MyStockFund Securities, Inc.
"Our firm tends to compete with much larger peers and as a result we require a competitive advantage; we believe Legent assists us in having that advantage. We have cleared through several firms in the past and chose Legent in part because we were excited about their flexibility to provide custom-fit clearing solutions to our firm. They have met our requests, whether that was a live Bloomberg feed for order management, direct OAYSIS interface for our institutional clients, branding of websites and back-office systems to unique account services for some of our foreign clients. We have truly appreciated their commitment to helping us build our business."
---- Alexander G. Montano, Managing Director
Corporate Finance Group - C. K. Cooper & Company
“Legent invested in us and was there for us when we needed them. Options Xpress would not be where it is today from a growth standpoint if it wasn’t for Legent Clearing. It has been a really good partnership and I encourage any firm that is interested in growth to definitely take a look at Legent.”
---- Ned Bennett, CEO of Options Xpress