Southern Trust Securities Holding Corp., through its subsidiaries, provides broker-dealer, investment banking, asset management, and investment advisory services in the United States. The company offers its clients access to domestic and international securities and options exchanges; trading in fixed income products, corporate, government, agencies, municipals, and emerging market debt; fixed and variable annuities and life insurance; various domestic and international mutual funds; and management of retirement plans, such as 401ks, 403bs, retirement accounts, and other plans. It also provides portfolio management for individuals, pension funds, retirement plans, foundations, trusts, and corporations; corporate services facilitating restricted stock dispositions and stock option exercises; and offshore services, which enable client access to foreign trusts and corporations. In addition, the company offers traditional and innovative securities transaction structures; merger and acquisition advisory services; private placements convertible into publicly-traded shares; and private placements bridging to public offerings through reverse mergers into publicly-traded shell corporations. Further, it trades in precious metals, such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.