Stifel Financial Corp.

Founded in St. Louis in 1890, Stifel has developed from a regional securities firm into a diversified financial-services company. Its businesses span global wealth management, investment banking, equity research, capital markets, public finance, asset management, and banking and lending.

Stifel combines a large retail wealth-management network with a full-service institutional platform. Its investment bank advises entrepreneurs, family-owned businesses, private-equity groups, and public and private companies across North America, Europe, Asia, Israel, and Latin America.

For students, the firm is especially relevant for middle-market advisory, small- and mid-cap equity research, healthcare and other growth-sector coverage, fixed-income and equity capital markets, and wealth-management roles. Its institutional group also offers summer internships for college juniors and full-time analyst positions for recent graduates.