Investment Portfolio Services

Ambassador Financial Group Inc. (AFG) is a FINRA/SIPC registered broker-dealer that provides fixed income investment portfolio services through its capital markets division.  The broker-dealer is unique in that it is structured as a risk-less principal, not underwriting, positioning or holding any securities in inventory.  Rather, AFG’s Capital Markets Division works with 60 plus broker-dealers from Wall Street and across the country, providing tremendous access to markets, products, research, and pricing to its clients.  Viewed differently, AFG can serve as an outsourced trading desk, priding itself on first-class execution. 

Clients utilize AFG’s portfolio services in two ways.  First, for all of the institutions we serve, AFG focuses on first-class execution.  We stand toe to toe and compete with much larger national and regional broker-dealers, and our existing clients can attest to that.  The model allows us to aggressively shop the street for the best products at the best prices, allowing our clients to capitalize on inefficiencies within the market.  Our network of broker-dealers enables us to expose and capitalize on those inefficiencies and obtain excellent pricing on both buy-and sell-side transactions.

Secondly, the smaller institutions we work with utilize our expertise in formulating investment strategies.  For many of these institutions, senior management teams wear many hats.  Consequently, they don’t have the time and resources necessary to prudently manage the investment portfolio on a daily basis. AFG’s approach in providing investment portfolio management services is to intimately get involved with our clients.  AFG does this by providing value-added balance sheet analytics and meeting regularly with management.  This allows AFG to understand each client’s strategic goals, their asset/liability position, and their financial position.  This regular interaction with management enables AFG to develop a sound and prudent investment strategy that helps our clients optimize the risk/reward relationship on the balance sheet.

Once again, the model allows us to execute this mission because we do not have the inherent conflicts of interest other broker-dealers have.  AFG does not position securities, which enables it to render completely objective investment advice.  It does not have capital tied up in its own inventory, therefore it does not have the “Bond of the Day” being pushed by traditional broker-dealers.  Client’s needs determine the strategy rather than a broker-dealers’ inventory.