Best finance companies in Miami Beach, FL

Starwood Capital Group, founded in 1991, is a private investment firm with a primary focus on global real estate. Starwood specializes in commercial and residential land development, multifamily units, hotels, offices, retail, industrial facilities, health clubs, and golf courses. The firm maintains offices in Miami (Headquarters), Arlington, Atlanta, Chicago, Greenwich, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC , and encompasses approximately 4,000 employees.

Mesirow Financial is a diversified financial services firm headquartered in Chicago. Founded in 1937, they are a primarily employee-owned, private company with more than 1,100 employees in offices across the country and in the United Kingdom. Originally a one-man brokerage firm, Mesirow Financial has grown to encompass six divisions of services. Mesirow Financial understands, anticipates and meets its clients' changing financial needs with a multitude of high-quality products and services. Their goal is to assist each of their clients in attaining their financial goals. They strive to build ongoing relationships based on the highest levels of integrity, service and performance.

Synovus Financial Corp. is a financial services company based in Columbus, Georgia, with approximately $29 billion in assets. Synovus provides commercial and retail banking, investment, and mortgage services to customers through 28 locally-branded divisions, 253 branches, and 335 ATMs in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee. Synovus Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Synovus, was recognized as one of America's Most Reputable Banks by American Banker and the Reputation Institute in 2015 and 2016.

Loews Corporation is focused on creating superior long-term returns for shareholders through a unique structure of diversified public and non-public holdings. Today, Loews is made up of five principal subsidiaries: CNA Financial Corporation, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., HighMount Exploration and Production, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners and Loews Hotels & Resorts.

United Community Banks, Inc. is the third-largest traditional bank holding company in Georgia. Headquartered in Blairsville, GA, United Community Bank operates over 100 locations throughout north Georgia, metro Atlanta, coastal Georgia, western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Based on feedback over the past year, United Community Bank has rated an average 95%* in customer satisfaction each month-the best in the U.S. banking industry. To achieve this high level of satisfaction, our bankers must provide extraordinary service to every customer during every transaction. And they do.

Brixmor Property Group Inc. (Brixmor), is a internally-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates the wholly owned portfolio of grocery-anchored community and neighborhood shopping centers in the United States. As of June 30, 2013, its portfolio consists of 522 shopping centers totaling approximately 87 million square feet of gross leasable area (GLA). 521 of these shopping centers are 100% owned. Its four tenants by annualized base rent (ABR) are The Kroger Co. (Kroger), The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX Companies), Publix Super Markets, Inc. (Publix) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Walmart). The Company derives its revenues primarily from rents (including percentage rents based on tenants' sales levels) and expense reimbursements due to the Company from tenants under existing leases at each of its properties.

Northwestern Mutual has been helping people and businesses achieve financial security for more than 160 years. Through a holistic planning approach, Northwestern Mutual combines the expertise of its financial professionals with a personalized digital experience and industry-leading products to help its clients plan for what's most important. Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to millions with life, disability income and long-term care insurance, annuities, and brokerage and advisory services. The company manages billion of dollars of investments owned by its clients and held or managed through its wealth management and investment services businesses. Northwestern Mutual is the marketing name for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (NM), Milwaukee, WI (life and disability insurance, annuities, and life insurance with long-term care benefits) and its subsidiaries. Subsidiaries include Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS) (securities), broker-dealer, registered investment adviser, member FINRA and SIPC; the Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company (NMWMC) (fiduciary and fee-based financial planning services), federal savings bank; and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company (NLTC) (long-term care insurance).

Space Coast Credit Union is a state-chartered credit union headquartered in Melbourne, Florida.

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD), established in 2009, is a leading, diversified real estate finance company. The company's core business focuses on originating, acquiring, financing and managing commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate debt investments. Approximately 350 employees wotk at Starwood Property Trust. Its headquarters are located in Greenwich, CT with additional offices in Los Angeles, CA, Miami Beach, FL, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, and London, UK.

ROTH is an investment banking firm dedicated to the small-cap public market. Since its inception in 1984, ROTH has been an innovator in this market. In the 1990's ROTH participated in underwriting IPOs for small-cap companies. As this market changed, ROTH helped develop the PIPE (private investment in public equity) financing structure. ROTH was one of the first U.S. investment banks to focus on financing small-cap Chinese companies, and established a Representative Office in Shanghai in 2007 and a Hong Kong (Limited) Office in 2010.

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers Inc. provides cash advance services primarily in the United States. The company offers cash advance services comprising cash advances and installment loans to middle-income working individuals; check-cashing services; pre-paid debit cards; and money orders and money transfer, and bill payment services as an agent of a licensed third-party money transmitter. As of December 31, 2011, it operated 2,541 centers in 29 states in the United States, 33 centers in the United Kingdom, and 10 centers in Canada, as well as had 13 limited licensees in the United Kingdom. The company operates its centers under the Advance America, National Cash Advance, Check Advance, First American Cash Advance, First American Cash Loans, First American Loans, Purpose Financial, and Purpose Money brands. Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina. As of April 23, 2012, Advance America, Cash Advance Centers Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Grupo Elektra SA de CV.

First Horizon Bank, formerly First Tennessee Bank, is a financial services company based in Memphis, Tennessee.