LPL Financial Reports Monthly Activity for August 2022

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LPL Financial LLC ("LPL Financial"), a wholly owned subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) (the “Company”), today released its monthly activity report for August 2022.

Total advisory and brokerage assets at the end of August were $1.10 trillion, a decrease of $19.5 billion, or 1.7%, compared to the end of July 2022.

Total net new assets for August were $9.7 billion, translating to a 10.4% annualized growth rate. This included $2.6 billion of brokerage assets and $0.2 billion of advisory assets from People's United and $1.4 billion of brokerage assets from CUNA that onboarded in August⁽¹⁾. Total net new advisory assets were $4.2 billion, translating to an 8.5% annualized growth rate.

Total client cash balances at the end of August were $65.8 billion, a decrease of $3.6 billion compared to the end of July 2022. Net buying in August was $9.3 billion, a new monthly high.

(End of period $ in billions, unless noted)	August		July		Change		August		Change
	2022		2022		M/M		2021		Y/Y
Advisory and Brokerage Assets
Advisory assets	580.0		593.4		(2.3	%)	604.6		(4.1	%)
Brokerage assets	524.9		530.9		(1.1	%)	552.3		(5.0	%)
Total Advisory and Brokerage Assets	1,104.8		1,124.3		(1.7	%)	1,156.9		(4.5	%)
Total Net New Assets
Net new advisory assets	4.2		3.0		n/m		6.4		n/m
Net new brokerage assets	5.5		1.8		n/m		1.2		n/m
Total Net New Assets	9.7		4.8		n/m		7.6		n/m
Organic Net New Assets
Net new organic advisory assets	4.2		3.0		n/m		6.4		n/m
Net new organic brokerage assets	5.5		1.8		n/m		1.2		n/m
Total Organic Net New Assets	9.7		4.8		n/m		7.6		n/m
Net brokerage to advisory conversions	0.9		0.4		n/m		1.2		n/m
Client Cash Balances
Insured cash account sweep	47.1		41.9		12.4	%	33.2		41.9	%
Deposit cash account sweep	12.4		12.3		0.8	%	8.2		51.2	%
Total Bank Sweep	59.5		54.2		9.8	%	41.4		43.7	%
Money market sweep	3.2		13.9		(77.0	%)	6.3		(49.2	%)
Total Client Cash Sweep Held by Third Parties	62.7		68.1		(7.9	%)	47.7		31.4	%
Client cash account	3.1		1.3		n/m		1.5		n/m
Total Client Cash Balances	65.8		69.4		(5.2	%)	49.2		33.7	%
Net buy (sell) activity	9.3		4.7		n/m		5.6		n/m
Market Drivers
S&P 500 Index (end of period)	3,955		4,130		(4.2	%)	4,523		(12.6	%)
Russell 2000 Index (end of period)	1,844		1,885		(2.2	%)	2,274		(18.9	%)
Fed Funds daily effective rate (average bps)	233		164		42.1	%	9		n/m

Note: Totals may not foot due to rounding.
(1) As of the end of August, $2.8 billion of client assets have onboarded from People's United out of a total of ~$5 billion and $27.6 billion of client assets have onboarded from CUNA out of a total of ~$30 billion.

For additional information regarding these and other LPL Financial business metrics, please refer to the Company’s most recent earnings announcement, which is available in the quarterly results section of investor.lpl.com.

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