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About Us

A Proven Foundation

Momentum Independent Network serves wealth management professionals and investors nationwide as an independent broker-dealer and Registered Investment Adviser.

Formed in 1983 as Broker Transaction Services, we're part of a strong, diversified financial services enterprise – Hilltop Holdings (NYSE:HTH) – with offices in 47 states and a legacy of investment in communities across America.

From the roads you drive, to the water you drink, to the schools you attend, your clients may already know Hilltop companies – shouldn't you?

Integrated disciplines & diversified solutions that support your independent spirit.

Stability to Back Your Business

Momentum Independent Network is a part of the Hilltop Holdings Family of Companies. Hilltop Holdings is a financial services firm with a durable structure, Texas roots, and a national footprint.

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Powered by HilltopSecurities

We benefit from our strategic relationship with HilltopSecurities, one of America’s leading municipal investment banks.

HilltopSecurities provides solutions across four business lines: Public Finance, Wealth Management, Fixed Income and Structured Finance. These divisions deliver tailored solutions that support the evolving needs of financial advisors, your clients, and your communities.

Hilltop History

Connecting Communities & Capital
1946

First Southwest Company forms in Dallas as a broker-dealer specializing in public finance.

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1972

Southwest Securities Inc. (SWS) incorporates and becomes one of the first broker-dealers to enter the fully disclosed securities clearing business.

/ 02
1986

SWS launches Brokers Transaction Services, a licensed broker-dealer subsidiary serving independent advisors.

/ 03
1991

Through an Initial Public Offering, Southwest Securities Group becomes a public company and begins trading on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.

/ 04
1997

SWS Group Inc. lists on the New York Stock Exchange, and the firm adds 12 correspondent firms with the acquisition of Equity Securities Trading Company, Inc.

/ 05
2008

SWS Group acquires California-based M.L. Stern & Co., significantly expanding its retail brokerage business on the West Coast. Later that year, PlainsCapital Corporation acquires First Southwest Company.

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2012

FirstSouthwest joins the Hilltop Holdings family of companies through Hilltop’s acquisition of PlainsCapital Corporation.

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2016

HilltopSecurities forms from the merger of FirstSouthwest and SWS Group, forging one of America’s leading municipal investment banks and wealth advisory firms.

/ 08
2021

Hilltop Securities Independent Network Inc. (formerly Broker Transaction Services) is renamed Momentum Independent Network Inc.

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*Not FDIC Insured * No Bank or Federal Government Agency Guarantee * May Lose Value * Not A Deposit.
Momentum Independent Network Inc. (MIN), member FINRA/SIPC, is a registered Broker-Dealer and Registered Investment Advisor serving independent registered representatives and their clients across the United States. Hilltop Securities Inc. (HTS), member NYSE/FINRA/SIPC, is a municipal advisor firm, registered Broker-Dealer and Registered Investment Advisor through which Momentum Independent Network Inc. clears its securities business. MIN and HTS are wholly owned subsidiaries of Hilltop Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HTH), and are located at 717 N. Harwood St., Suite 3400, Dallas, Texas 75201, (214) 859-1800, 833-4HILLTOP.