Irish eyes were smiling at Chicago's downtown St. Patrick's Day parade! The weather was beautiful for the city's 70th parade and Gar Wood Securities was a proud sponsor of this year's event. We had a great time supporting the community with our families along with a front-row seat as the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local 130 carried out their tradition of dyeing the Chicago River green. (Hint: It takes a bright yellow dye to give the river a bright green hue.)
October 19, 2026
Gar Wood Securities welcomes Bret DeGood as Chief Financial Officer, a newly created role in which he also serves as the firm’s Series 27 FINOP. Bret brings experience in public accounting and broker-dealer financial reporting from RSM and B.C. Ziegler.
October 14, 2026
Gar Wood Securities welcomes Brett Mezatis as its new Client Service & Trading Operations Representative. Brett is a recent Illinois State University finance graduate and first-place winner of the university’s trading club competition, and he will support the firm’s trading operations, client service, investment banking, and compliance teams.
September 30, 2026 · Events
Gar Wood Securities joined the Brent Sopel Foundation golf outing at Riverside Golf Club to support kids with dyslexia. It was a day of competition, connection and giving back, spent alongside our friends at Cboe Global Markets.
