LPL Financial and CUNA Mutual Group's brokerage unit, which includes some 550 advisors advising 300 credit unions and clients with $36 billion in assets, have formed a strategic partnership.
For the arrangement, CUNA Brokerage Services Inc.'s financial professionals will use LPL's digital platform. LPL will provide the business with broker-dealer and registered investment advisor services.
"We extend a warm welcome to CUNA Mutual Group as they join LPL's network of institutional clients," said Rich Steinmeier, LPL's head of Business Development, in a statement. "CUNA Mutual Group is a leader in its market … We look forward to supporting them in growing their capacity to serve a marketplace with an increasing demand for personalized advice."
In the coming months, the credit union business is expected to work under a new brand, Cuna Mutual Group Financial Advisors. CBSI had 400 advisors in 2017.
It will continue to distribute annuity products, according to CUNA Mutual Group, which was founded in 1935. The brokerage unit was started 36 years ago.
