Barnum Financial Group is a full-service financial planning firm that provides a full-range of investment and risk management products to over a quarter million clients in all 50 states. Barnum is an open architecture firm with access to many of the major carriers and marketplaces in the industry, which allows their representatives to offer objective advice and solutions that fit the clients’ unique needs. Like our firm, Barnum’s representatives sometimes do business under different brand names of their own but are still supported by the vast resources of the company.

MassMutual is a leading mutual life insurance company that is run for the benefit of its members and participating policyowners. Founded in 1851, the company has been continually guided by one consistent purpose: to help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. With a focus on delivering long-term value, MassMutual offers a wide range of protection, accumulation, wealth management and retirement products and services.

Barnum is a general agency of MassMutual and qualified representatives offer securities through MML Investors Services, LLC (MMLIS), a Broker-Dealer and Registered Investment Adviser subsidiary of MassMutual. MML Investors Services, founded in 1981, is one of the largest distributors of mutual funds, variable annuities and variable life insurance in the United States. MMLIS is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). MMLIS is authorized to conduct business in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Through our relationship with MMLIS, assets held in brokerage accounts are custodied with Fidelity Investments’ broker-dealer, National Financial Services LLC (“NFS”). Established in 1983, NFS is one of the largest providers of brokerage services including clearing and custody, tax reporting, credit management, financial planning, and advisory services.