First Allied Has New Owner
July 2013 Janet Levaux, Research Magazine A group led by real estate investor Nicholas Schorsch is acquiring independent broker-dealer First Allied Securities from Lovell Minnick Partners “because we believe in the alternative space,” Schorsch said, in an interview. “We looked at First Allied’s business specifically for what it offers RCAP Holdings, not for distribution of product,” he said. “We sell so much …, have a 51% market share and have raised probably $4 billion this year … we do not need more advisors selling our products.” Schorsch is chairman and CEO of RCAP Holdings, which owns Realty Capital Securities, a wholesale broker-dealer and affiliate of American Realty Capital Properties, as well as several other entities. “It’s the opposite thinking from the idea that we want more distribution. First Allied is not a top-10 distribution...