LPL Financial is a company providing a platform for brokerage and investment advisory services to independent financial advisors. Its brokerage offerings include variable and fixed annuities, mutual funds, equities, retirement and education savings plans, fixed-income products, insurance, and alternative investments, such as non-traded real estate investment trusts and business development companies. The company also offers fee-based advisory platforms and support, which provides access to no-load/load-waived mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, stocks, bonds, conservative option strategies, unit investment trusts, institutional money managers, and no-load multi-manager variable annuities.