Bill Carty, with the help of 10 angel investors, incorporated Carty & Company

July 22, 1970

The Carty family recognizes the need for an organization which can provide investors with the attention, service, and products they deserve without sacrificing the knowledge and resources that the large Wall Street firms had to offer.

Carty & Company Institutional Sales Group (ISG) is formed

We don’t expect your business. We earn your business. Carty & Company’s Institutional Sales Group (ISG) is ideally placed to provide our customers the very best executions and service in all financial products and markets

Outside stockholders were bought out and Bill Carty owned 100% of Carty & Company

Carty & Company registered with the SEC

In a highly regulated environment like the stock market, it’s essential to work with an investment firm that is registered with the SEC to protect your investment, your assets, and your employees.

NASD merges with NASDAQ to become FINRA.

The year NASD merged with the regulation, enforcement, and arbitration arm of the New York Stock Exchange to form the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

Carty & Company partners with Pershing, LLC.

Pershing, LLC, was the industry’s largest provider of clearing and settlement solutions.

Expansion of institutional department.

Carty & Company celebrates 50 years of success.

New office and shareholders

Carty & Company opens a new office and takes on shareholders in Little Rock, Arkansas, expanding fixed income sales & trading and establishing a Public Finance department.

New name

Carty & Company, Inc. announces it has changed its name to Carty, Harding & Hearn, Inc.