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Brokerage Firm Failures * Back

* The company is deemed to have failed if at any time it was either 1) under supervision of an insurance regulatory authority; 2) in the process of rehabilitation; 3) in the process of liquidation; or 4) voluntarily dissolved after disciplinary or other regulatory action by an insurance regulatory authority.

2003

Brokerage Firm Headquarters Date of
Failure
At Date of Failure
 Total Assets  
($Mil)
TheStreet.com Safety
Rating
Park South Securities, LLC New York, NY 2/10/2003 N/A U (Unrated)
Rocky Mountain Securities & Investments Inc Denver, CO 2/5/2003 N/A U (Unrated)

2002

Brokerage Firm Headquarters Date of
Failure
At Date of Failure
 Total Assets  
($Mil)
TheStreet.com Safety
Rating
Southern Financial Group Inc Summerville, SC 10/16/2002 1.90 C+ (Fair)
Capital Planning Associates, Inc. South Plainfield, NJ 8/5/2002 N/A U (Unrated)
J.P. Gibbons & Co. Inc. New York, NY 7/22/2002 N/A U (Unrated)
Regency Group, Inc. New York, NY 7/1/2002 N/A U (Unrated)
Mason Hill & Co., Inc. New York, NY 5/8/2002 N/A U (Unrated)

2001

Brokerage Firm Headquarters Date of
Failure
At Date of Failure
 Total Assets  
($Mil)
TheStreet.com Safety
Rating
Northstar Securities, Inc. Dallas, TX 12/10/2001 N/A U (Unrated)
Montrose Capital Management Ltd. New York, NY 12/5/2001 N/A U (Unrated)
Krieger Financial Services, Inc. Delray Beach, FL 11/1/2001 N/A U (Unrated)
Eisner Securities Inc. St. Louis, MO 10/30/2001 .06 U (Unrated)
Clark Melvin Securities Corporation San Juan, PR 10/17/2001 .02 U (Unrated)
MJK Clearing Inc. Minneapolis, MN 9/27/2001 10002.18 U (Unrated)
Thomas M. Couch (dba Couch and Co., Inc.) New York, NY 9/7/2001 N/A U (Unrated)
First Madison Securities Inc. Boca Raton, FL 8/24/2001 N/A U (Unrated)
Donahue Securities, Inc. Cincinnati, OH 2/26/2001 108.65 U (Unrated)
MPI Financial Columbus, OH 1/29/2001 .00 U (Unrated)
Cambridge Capital LLC Garden City, NY 1/21/2001 .01 U (Unrated)
Spectrum Investment Services, Inc. Mishawaka, IN 1/16/2001 .06 U (Unrated)

2000

Brokerage Firm Headquarters Date of
Failure
At Date of Failure
 Total Assets  
($Mil)
TheStreet.com Safety
Rating
Morgan Grant Capital Corp Garden City, NY 9/29/2000 N/A U (Unrated)
Klein Maus & Shire, Inc. New York, NY 8/28/2000 N/A U (Unrated)
Meridian Asset Management Inc. Tallahassee, FL 7/26/2000 .02 U (Unrated)
Bestrade, Inc./Bluestone Securities, Inc. El Monte, CA 3/2/2000 .01 U (Unrated)
New Times Securities Services, Inc. Melville, NY 2/17/2000 .44 U (Unrated)

1999

Brokerage Firm Headquarters Date of
Failure
At Date of Failure
 Total Assets  
($Mil)
TheStreet.com Safety
Rating
Churchill Securities, Inc. Suffern, NY 12/13/1999 N/A U (Unrated)
Sunpoint Securities, Inc. Longview, TX 11/19/1999 355.28 U (Unrated)
Texas Capital Securities Houston, TX 11/17/1999 N/A U (Unrated)
GFB Securities, Inc. East Meadow, NY 9/15/1999 N/A U (Unrated)
Millennium Securities Corp New York, NY 8/11/1999 N/A U (Unrated)
R.D. Kushnir & Co. Northbrook, IL 7/14/1999 .03 U (Unrated)
John Dawson & Associates Chicago, IL 4/13/1999 .92 U (Unrated)
Duke & Co., Inc. New York, NY 3/24/1999 .29 U (Unrated)
CPA Advisors Network, Inc. Providence, RI 2/12/1999 1.65 U (Unrated)
Bishop, Allen Inc. New York, NY 1/29/1999 N/A U (Unrated)

1998

Brokerage Firm Headquarters Date of
Failure
At Date of Failure
 Total Assets  
($Mil)
TheStreet.com Safety
Rating
Michael William Ribant dba Trinity Capital San Diego, CA 11/16/1998 .86 U (Unrated)
First National Equity Corp. New York, NY 11/4/1998 .00 U (Unrated)
Nichols, Safina, Lerner & Co. New York, NY 10/30/1998 .00 U (Unrated)
Euro-Atlantic Securities, Inc. New York, NY 10/7/1998 .51 U (Unrated)
Chimneyville Investments Grp. Inc. Jackson, MS 9/3/1998 .71 U (Unrated)
Primeline Securities Corp. Wichita, KS 1/9/1998 .10 U (Unrated)

1997

Brokerage Firm Headquarters Date of
Failure
At Date of Failure
 Total Assets  
($Mil)
TheStreet.com Safety
Rating
Chicago Partnership Board Inc. Chicago, IL 12/15/1997 12.39 U (Unrated)
Cressida Capital, Inc./Norfolk Securities Corp New York, NY 11/7/1997 .31 U (Unrated)
Chase Global Securities, Inc. Cleveland, OH 9/22/1997 N/A U (Unrated)
M. Rimson & Co, Inc. New York, NY 9/11/1997 .05 U (Unrated)
Selheimer & Co. Ambler, PA 9/8/1997 N/A U (Unrated)
Cygnet Securities, Inc. Waldwick, NJ 8/26/1997 30.61 U (Unrated)
W.S. Clearing Inc. Glendale, CA 3/12/1997 212.38 U (Unrated)
First Interregional Equity Corp. Milburn, NJ 3/10/1997 356.11 U (Unrated)
Vision Investment Group Inc. Williamsville, NY 2/3/1997 .01 U (Unrated)
Stratton Oakmont, Inc. Lake Success, NY 1/29/1997 3.72 U (Unrated)

1996

Brokerage Firm Headquarters Date of
Failure
At Date of Failure
 Total Assets  
($Mil)
TheStreet.com Safety
Rating
Old Naples Securities, Inc. Naples, FL 8/28/1996 .67 U (Unrated)
AmerinNational Financial Services Inc. Santa Monica, CA 7/29/1996 .00 U (Unrated)
A.R. Baron & Co., Inc. New York, NY 7/1/1996 37.12 U (Unrated)
Barrett Day Securities, Inc New York, NY 6/26/1996 N/A U (Unrated)
MBM Investment Corporation Houston, TX 6/3/1996 1.61 U (Unrated)
Hanover, Sterling & Co. Ltd. New York, NY 4/16/1996 .05 U (Unrated)
Pinnacle Financial Inc./H.L. Camp & Co. Inc. Nashville, TN 3/1/1996 .78 U (Unrated)

1995

Brokerage Firm Headquarters Date of
Failure
At Date of Failure
 Total Assets  
($Mil)
TheStreet.com Safety
Rating
Consolidated Investment Services Littleton, CO 10/16/1995 5.28 U (Unrated)
Harrington Securities Corp. Williamsville, NY 8/10/1995 N/A U (Unrated)
Adler Coleman Clearing Corp. New York, NY 2/27/1995 732.03 D (Weak)

1990

Brokerage Firm Headquarters Date of
Failure
At Date of Failure
 Total Assets  
($Mil)
TheStreet.com Safety
Rating
Blinder, Robinson & Co. Englewood, CO 7/30/1990 124.26 U (Unrated)

1985

Brokerage Firm Headquarters Date of
Failure
At Date of Failure
 Total Assets  
($Mil)
TheStreet.com Safety
Rating
Donald Sheldon & Co., Inc. New York, NY 7/30/1985 57.95 U (Unrated)