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1. Business and Basis of Presentation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
1. Business and Basis of Presentation:

Siebert Financial Corp. (“SFC”), a New York corporation, incorporated in 1934, is a holding company that conducts its retail discount brokerage business through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc. (“MSCO”), a Delaware corporation and registered broker-dealer, and its investment advisory business through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Siebert AdvisorNXT, Inc. (“NXT”), a New York corporation registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as a Registered Investment Advisor (“RIA”), and its insurance business through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Park Wilshire Companies Inc. (“PWC”), a registered Texas corporation and licensed insurance agency. For purposes of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the terms “Siebert,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Siebert Financial Corp., MSCO, NXT, and PWC collectively, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

Our principal offices are located at 120 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, and our phone number is (212) 644-2400. Our Internet address is www.siebertnet.com. Our SEC filings are available through our website at www.siebertnet.com, where investors are able to obtain copies of the Company’s public filings free of charge. Our common stock (“Common Stock”), par value $.01 per share, trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “SIEB.”

 

The condensed consolidated financial statements presented herein are unaudited and include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of our management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations of the interim periods pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America (“U.S.”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the SEC rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading. The balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 has been derived from the consolidated statements of financial condition at that date, but does not include all information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (“2017 Form 10-K”). Due to the nature of our business, the results of operations for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of operating results for the full year.

 

As further disclosed in our 2017 Form 10-K, the Company acquired certain retail broker-dealer assets of StockCross Financial Services, Inc. (“StockCross”), an affiliate of the Company. The impact of this acquisition has resulted in a significant improvement in operations for the three months and the six months ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the three months and the six months ended June 30, 2017.