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Southwest Securities
Southwest Securities is a Texas-based financial services firm that provides retail brokerage, securities clearing, investment banking and public finance services. Southwest Securities was founded in 1972. The firm has approximately 670 employees and is headquartered in Dallas, with offices in.

History
Southwest Securities opened on April 24, 1972, as MidSouthwest Securities. ("Mid" was dropped from the name in 1979.) The firm was founded by. Soon after opening, the firm was approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission and accepted as a New York Stock Exchange NYSE) member firm. Southwest Securities was among the first retail brokerage firms to enter the fully disclosed clearing business. In the 1970s, the firm became the "back office" for a number of other brokerage houses, and clearing developed as a core business line for the company.