Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

    In connection with the Annual Report of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Salvatore Giardina, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
 
1.   the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
2.   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operation of the Company.

         
Dated: March 31, 2004
  By:   /s/ Salvatore Giardina
       
      Salvatore Giardina
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer