Southern Trust Securities Holding Corp (SOHL)

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Southern Trust Securities Holding Corp. (OTCQB:SOHL) ("STSHC"), a financial services holding company offering broker-dealer, investment banking, and investment advisory and wealth management services, announced today that it has opened a new branch office in Chicago, Illinois.

The office, located in metropolitan Chicago, will primarily be focused on growing the institutional futures business of STSHC's wholly owned broker dealer subsidiary, Southern Trust Securities, Inc. ("STS"). The office will be a branch office of STS and able to perform futures, equity and fixed income brokerage services.

STS provides futures trading, execution and introducing broker services to both individuals and institutional clients. STS's institutional futures clients include large commodity producers as well as hedge funds, commodity pool operators and private funds. The Chicago office of STS will perform trading and execution services utilizing experienced futures professionals and will plan to maintain a 24-hour trading desk for worldwide executions of futures transactions.