Benchmark Securities LLC

benchmark securities, llc (“benchmark”) (finra alpha and dtc#: bmks 0309) is headquartered on park avenue, the historic district of downtown winter park, florida, just minutes north of orlando, florida. benchmark is an independent finra member broker/dealer and strives to be the most competitive provider of market-making functions to issuers, professional investors, and dealers in the fixed income markets. as a market-maker, the firm engages in principal transactions in the municipal, corporate, and government fixed income arenas. benchmark transacts business on a fully-disclosed basis through our clearing firm, first southwest clearing. the municipal trading desk is comprised of nine traders and a salesforce that specializes in different geographical sectors of the united states municipal market, trading bonds originating in all 50 states, guam, the virgin islands, and puerto rico. the firm’s secondary market traders are located in florida (3), texas (2), new york (2), connecticut (1)