The Lugano Group is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC).

The Lugano Group maintains clearing and execution agreements with BNY ConvergEx Group, LLC and its international arm, ConvergEx Global Markets Ltd. Through these partnerships, we provide our clients with immediate access to U.S. and global equity and fixed income markets. BNY ConvergEx Group provides premier, customized global agency brokerage and investment technology solutions. Its broad array of services delivers a comprehensive, integrated platform of performance-driven global multi-asset class trading capabilities, supported by sophisticated technology, a consultative approach and a culture of extraordinary client service. With a broad global footprint and a worldwide staff, BNY ConvergEx Group has offices located in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia, providing services in over 100 markets.

Through BNY ConvergEx and ConvergEx Global Markets, our customers have 24-hour execution and client support available, including global portfolio trading, block trading, portfolio rebalancing, foreign exchange, liquidations and transitions. In conjunction with ConvergEx Global Markets, our customers execute equity trades in developed, emerging, and frontier markets. This partnership provides The Lugano Group’s fixed income clients access to U.S. products including Treasuries, agencies, corporate bonds, mortgages, asset backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and medium term notes. International fixed income trading encompasses activity in dollar and non-dollar denominated securities including emerging markets bonds.

The Lugano Group supplies financial advisory services to private concerns and the public sector with a concentration on developing countries. The areas in which we have provided services include business development, capital markets formation, cruise sector and tourism development, and pension reform. We work with project sponsors in accessing financing as well as conducting economic and financial analysis for organizations in the U.S. and abroad. In addition to this, The Lugano Group provides economic impact assessments as well as project preliminary and full-scale feasibility studies. We also assist businesses and non-profit organizations with financial strategic planning.

In our role as Strategic Financial Advisor from 1996 until 1998, The Lugano Group assisted the Government of Belize in advancing financial and economic development priorities. We were advisors on an asset allocation project with the Central Bank of Barbados.

 Since its inception, The Lugano Group has worked with business and government organizations from around the globe on investment promotion activities in the USA market. We have been contracted for high-level US investment promotion visits led by the Prime Ministers of Belize, Grenada, and Jamaica.

The Lugano Group organized the first-ever presentation to US institutional investors by the the Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchanges. The event, which received international press coverage, was attended by representatives from institutions with total assets exceeding US$300 billion.

The Lugano Group has also worked with other internationally recognized entities on investment promotion initiatives, including the Government of Grenada, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Empire State Development Corporation (New York), Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), and World Cultural Economic Forum.