PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lincoln Financial Network
(LFN), the marketing name for the retail sales and financial planning
affiliates of Lincoln Financial Group, announced today that Cascade Financial
Advocates (www.Cascadefinancialadvocates.com), a financial services group
based in Portland, Ore., has affiliated with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp.
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Led by Thomas Clements, Cascade provides guidance to skilled, educated,
managerial, and self-employed families to help them make responsible decisions
about providing for an independent and secure retirement, and protecting those
who depend on them.
"Cascade's belief of serving as financial advocates to clients is a unique and
value-added approach that complements perfectly LFN's own philosophy of 'Serve
first, last and always(SM),'" said Bob Dineen, president and CEO of Lincoln
Financial Network.
LFN represents one of the nation's top retail brokerage operations with
approximately 7,500 financial services professionals. Lincoln's affiliated
advisors have access to a full spectrum of products, services and in-house
expertise.
"We're proud to be affiliated with Lincoln Financial Advisors, which has a
long history of delivering advice and solutions to help its customers secure
their financial futures. Cascade shares that goal," said Clements.
Cascade Financial currently has 45 financial advocates and registered
representatives.
About Lincoln Financial Network
Lincoln Financial Network is the marketing name for the retail sales and
financial planning affiliates of Lincoln Financial Group and includes Lincoln
Financial Advisors Corp. and Lincoln Financial Securities Corp., both members
of FINRA and SIPC. Consisting of more than 7,500 representatives, career
agents, and full-service financial planners throughout the United States,
Lincoln Financial Network professionals can offer financial planning and
advisory services, retirement services, life products, annuities, investments,
and trust services to affluent individuals, business owners, and families.
About Lincoln Financial Group
Lincoln Financial Group is the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation
(NYSE: LNC) and its affiliates. With headquarters in the Philadelphia region,
the companies of Lincoln Financial Group had assets under management of $181
billion as of June 30, 2009. Through its affiliated companies, Lincoln
Financial Group offers: annuities; life, group life and disability insurance;
401(k) and 403(b) plans; savings plans; mutual funds; managed accounts;
institutional investments; and comprehensive financial planning and advisory
services. Affiliates also include: Delaware Investments, the marketing name
for Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more
information, including a copy of our most recent SEC reports containing our
balance sheets, please visit www.LincolnFinancial.com.
SOURCE Lincoln Financial Group
Jeff VanPelt of Lincoln Financial, +1-603-226-5216, MediaRelations@LFG.com
