Argent Financial Group is a leading, independent client asset services firm offering individuals, families, businesses, and institutions wealth management, asset management, and asset servicing. The firm is responsible for more than $85 billion in client assets. Formed in 1990 in Ruston, Louisiana, Argent can trace its roots back to 1930. Argent serves clients in all 50 U.S. states from our 38 markets located across 16 states. Argent provides an array of related financial services, including: - Wealth Management, including Tax & Estate Planning and Trusts - Asset & Investment Management - Corporate Trust, Agency, Escrow & Custody - Qualified Intermediary Services, including 1031 Exchanges - Governmental Services - Funeral and Cemetery Trust Services - Retirement Plan Consulting and Administration - Employee Stock Ownership Plans - Philanthropic Services - Oil and Gas Management Today, Argent Financial Group employs 500 professionals with prior experience at banks, trust companies, brokerage firms, law firms, accounting firms, insurance agencies, investment management firms and other businesses. Argent has a presence in 38 markets across Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. Argent Financial Group, Inc. is the parent company of: - AmeriTrust Investment Advisors - Argent Advisors - Argent Family Wealth Services - Argent Institutional Trust Company, including Salem Trust Co. - Argent Mineral Management - Argent Trust Company - Argent Trust Oklahoma - Argent Wealth - Funeral Services, Inc. - Highland Capital Management - Orleans Capital Management - Salem Trust Company