Note 2 - Description of Business

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

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NOTE 2. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Through its broker-dealer and registered investment advisory subsidiaries, the Company (1) offers full service retail brokerage to approximately 125,000 retail, high net worth individuals and institutional clients, (2) provides investment banking, merger, acquisition and advisory services to micro, small and mid-cap high growth companies, (3) engages in trading securities, including making markets in micro and small-cap, NASDAQ and other exchange listed stocks and (4) provides liquidity in the United States Treasury marketplace. The Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries are introducing brokers and clear all transactions through clearing organizations on a fully disclosed basis. The Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and are members of FINRA, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC") and the National Futures Association ("NFA").

The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, National Asset Management, Inc., a Washington corporation ("NAM") and Asset and Financial Planning LTD, a New York corporation ("AFP"), which was acquired in the Gilman merger, are federally-registered investment advisers providing asset management advisory services to high net worth clients for a fee based upon a percentage of assets managed. All registered investment advisors and customer accounts of AFP were moved into NAM in May 2014 and AFP has ceased all operations.

The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, National Insurance Corporation, a Washington corporation ("National Insurance") and Prime Financial Services, a Delaware corporation, which was acquired in the Gilman merger, provide fixed insurance products to their clients, including life insurance, disability insurance, long term care insurance and fixed annuities.

The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Gilman, a Delaware corporation which was acquired in October 2013, provides federal, state and local tax preparation services to individuals and accounting services to small and midsize companies.

The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, GC Capital Corporation, a Washington corporation, ("GC") which was acquired in the Gilman merger, provides a licensed mortgage brokerage business in the State of Florida.