Founded in 1991, Blaylock Robert Van LLC is the largest black-owned boutique investment firm on the West Coast. BRV was formed when Blaylock & Company founder Ron Blaylock and Robert Van Securities founder Robert Van Standifer merged in 2007.
The Oakland-based firm specializes in debt and equity capital markets, underwriting, institutional sales and trading, financial advisory, as well as asset management.
anner ampforwp-incontent-ad3">In an effort to extend its reach in the Mid-West, the company opened an office in Chicago in November 2008. Former Jackson Securities CEO Dudley Brown heads the expansion project.