Raymond James Financial

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Raymond James
Type Public
Traded as NYSE: RJF
Industry Investment services
Headquarters St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Key people
  • Thomas James (Executive chairman)
  • Paul Reilly (CEO)
  • John Carson (President)
Products Financial services, securities and insurance brokerage, investment banking, asset management, banking and cash management, trust services
Revenue Increase 4.5 billion USD (2013)
Net income Increase $367 million USD (2013)
Website www.raymondjames.com

Raymond James Financial is a diversified holding company providing financial services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through its subsidiary companies that engage primarily in investment and financial planning, in addition to investment banking and asset management. Raymond James Financial has three wholly owned broker-dealers, Raymond James & Associates (RJ&A), Raymond James Financial Services (RJFS) and Raymond James Limited (RJL); and Raymond James Investment Services Limited (RJIS), a majority-owned independent contractor subsidiary in the United Kingdom.

As of November 30, 2013, Raymond James has approximately 6,200 financial advisors serving more than 2.5 million accounts in approximately 2,500 locations throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. Total client assets under management are approximately $447 billion.[1] Raymond James corporate headquarters is located in St. Petersburg, Florida.

On April 2, 2012, Raymond James merged with Morgan Keegan & Company. The merger created one of the country’s largest full-service wealth management and investment banking firms not headquartered in New York.[2]

Raymond James businesses

Private Client Group

The Private Client Group is Raymond James’s retail segment, which consists of 6,200 financial advisors, affiliated as traditional employees, independent contractors, independent registered investment advisors, or employees in local banks or credit unions. These financial advisors provide securities transaction, investment advisory and financial planning services to individual investors through their affiliates.[3]

Capital Markets

The Capital Markets group is Raymond James’s institutional segment. Equity Capital Markets includes Investment Banking, Equity Research, and Equity Sales and Trading. Fixed Income includes Municipal and Taxable Fixed Income, Public Finance, and Fixed Income Research. In addition, Raymond James Tax Credit Funds syndicates investments in low-income housing.[3]

Asset Management Group

The Asset Management Group includes Asset Management Services which provides fee-based individual portfolio management for Raymond James clients. Subsidiary firm Eagle Asset Management provides institutional and individual investors with Raymond James and other broker/dealer platforms with separately managed account options and mutual fund products. Also included in this segment is Raymond James Trust N.A.[3]

Raymond James Bank

Raymond James Bank is a federally chartered national bank that provides residential, consumer and commercial loans, as well as FDIC-insured deposit accounts. The bank also purchases residential whole loans and is an active participant in corporate loan syndications.[3]

Other

The firm also includes proprietary capital operations, as well as international joint-venture operations in emerging markets, stock loan/borrow, and miscellaneous other corporate activities and overhead.[3]

Awards and accolades

2013

  • Global M&A Network named the Raymond James Investment Banking practice the “M&A Investment Banker Team of the Year.”[4]
  • Fortune magazine ranked Raymond James Financial the fifth most admired securities company in the world.[5]
  • Raymond James received the Bank Insurance and Securities Association (BISA) Technology Innovation Award for the firm’s Goal Planning & Monitoring software.[6]
  • Raymond James was named the best real estate investment banking practice in the world for the second consecutive year on Global Finance magazine’s World’s Best Investment Banks 2013 list.[7]

2012

  • Raymond James Ltd. ranked highest in J.D. Power & Associates 2012 Canadian Full-Service Investor Satisfaction Study for the third time in the past four years.[8]
  • Global Finance Magazine names Raymond James the best real estate investment banking practice in the world on its World’s Best Investment Banks 2012 list.[9][10]

2011

  • O Estado de S. Paulo names Raymond James Brazil the number one stock-picking team in Brazil for 2010.[11]
  • Named Top Full Service Broker in SmartMoney 2011 Broker Survey.[12]
  • Wall Street Journal “Best on the Street” list and the Financial Times 2011 StarMine Analyst Awards recognized the firm’s Equity Research analysts.[13][14]
  • Ranked highest on WealthManagement.com's “Annual Broker Report Card” for the second year in a row.[15]
  • Raymond James Investment Banking group was awarded Energy Deal of the Year by The M&A Advisor, for its work on the public offering of ECA Marcellus Trust | Royalty Trust Securities.[16]
  • Corporate Equality Index –Raymond James receives a perfect score on the 2011 Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.[17]

2010

  • Buyouts magazine recognized the Raymond James Investment Banking team as the “Middle Market Investment Bank of the Year.”
  • Florida Trend, the Tampa Bay Times, the Tampa Bay Business Journal and ComputerWorld magazine all recognized Raymond James as one of the “Best Places to Work.”[18][19][20]
  • Raymond James Ltd. ranked highest in J.D. Power & Associates investor satisfaction survey among Canadian full-service brokerage firms.
  • Ranked highest on WealthManagement.com's “Annual Employee Broker/Dealer Report Card.”[21]
  • Raymond James’ client brokerage statement was rated “Excellent” for the fourth year in a row by independent measurement expert Dalbar.[22]

2009

  • Raymond James equity research analysts won recognition for their stock-picking abilities in The Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street,” Forbes’ “Blue Chip Analyst” and the Financial Times/Starmine’s S&P 500 and Russell 2000 surveys.
  • Named best full-service broker by SmartMoney Annual Broker Survey
  • Raymond James Ltd. ranked highest in J.D. Power & Associates Full Service Investor Satisfaction Study with full service brokerage firms among Canadian full-service brokerage firms.
  • Florida Trend magazine named Raymond James one of the best large companies to work for in the state.
  • Tom James received the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Corporate Citizenship Award and the Business Committee for the Arts Leadership Award. .[23]

2008

  • Ranked highest in investor satisfaction with full service brokerage firms and highest in employee advisor satisfaction in a tie among financial investment firms in a 2008 J.D. Power & Associates survey of full-service financial advisory firms.[24][25]
  • Raymond James won the best category in SmartMoney annual “America’s Best and Worst” broker survey from among eight national full-service brokerage firms.
  • Tom James named 2008 National Entrepreneur of the Year in the financial services category by Ernst & Young.[26]
  • Forbes.com – Forbes names Raymond James Financial best-managed financial firm. Raymond James one of “America’s Most Trustworthy Companies” and “One of America’s Best Big Companies.”[27]
  • Corporate Equality Index – Raymond James receives a perfect score on the 2009 Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.[28]

2007

  • Ranks 16 on the list of the top 25 “client-pleasing brands” nationally by BusinessWeek.[29]

2006

  • Kanbay Research Institute – Kanbay Research Institute names Raymond James one of the top 10 financial service companies in the United States among those favored by U.S. consumers.[30]

2005

  • Forbes – Forbes names Raymond James Financial best-managed financial firm.[31]

2003

Controversies

Auction rate securities

On June 29, 2011, Raymond James announced an agreement to repurchase at par auction rate securities (ARS) sold to clients through its domestic broker/dealer subsidiaries prior to February 13, 2008. The agreement—reached with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with state securities regulators led by Florida and Texas—resolved more than three years of investigation related to activity in the ARS market. Without admitting or denying the allegations, the firm also agreed to pay a fine totaling $1.75 million to the state regulators, but was not fined by the SEC.

As a result of this agreement, a pre-tax charge of $45 million was recorded in the quarter ending June 30, 2011. This charge was primarily a result of an estimate of the current fair value of the securities to be repurchased by Raymond James being less than their par value. It is expected that the ultimate realized loss will be substantially less as issuers refinance or redeem these securities, interest rates rise and/or collateral values improve.

Raymond James sold $2.3 billion worth of ARS, underwrote $1.2 billion, and was the auction dealer for over $725 million. Since the $330 billion market for ARS crashed in 2008, at least 19 underwriters and broker-dealers were sued in class action suits.[33][34]

Excessive commissions

In September 2011, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ordered Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) and Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (RJFS) to pay restitution of $1.69 million to 15,500 clients for charging excessive commissions on more than 27,000 securities transactions. The trades were made in client accounts between 2006 and 2010. FINRA also fined RJA $225,000 and RJFS $200,000.[35]

Marketing and advertising

Raymond James Stadium

Raymond James first purchased the naming rights to Raymond James Stadium in 1998; in 2006, the firm extended the contract until 2015. The stadium, located in Tampa, Florida, is home to the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the University of South Florida Bulls. Raymond James Stadium also hosts the New Year’s Day Outback Bowl, as well as concerts and special events. It was also the host of Super Bowl XXXV on January 28, 2001 and Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009.[36]

Raymond James and the arts

The Tom and Mary James/Raymond James Financial Art Collection, located at the corporate headquarters in St. Petersburg, Florida, consists of more than 2,200 works of art, and includes paintings, sculptures, graphics, and drawings. Ninety-five percent of the collection is owned by Tom and Mary James. It is also one of Florida's largest private art collections.

The collection began in the 1950s and initially featured mostly American artists. In the mid-1980s, while on trips to Colorado and New Mexico, James began collecting the Western and Southwestern art that currently makes up more than 50 percent of the collection. The collection also includes pieces by Alexander Calder, Salvador Dalí, Roy Lichtenstein, Joan Miró, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol.

Tom James has been president of the Dalí Museum Board of Trustees since 1994, and Raymond James has been the title sponsor of the Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts in Tampa, for the past 15 years. The company has also supported other arts organizations and festivals around the Tampa Bay area, and was recognized in October 2008 with a Business in the Arts Award from the Tampa Bay Business Committee for the Arts.[37]

References

  1. ↑ "RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL REPORTS NOVEMBER OPERATING STATISTICS" (Press release). Raymond James Financial. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-18. 
  2. ↑ "Raymond James to Buy Morgan Keegan & Company". New York Times. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-17. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Fourth Quarter: Quarterly Report 2010". Raymond James Financial. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. 
  4. ↑ "M&A Atlas Awards Americas". Global M&A. 
  5. ↑ "Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies". CNN Money. 
  6. ↑ "BISA Technology Innovation Award Past Recipients". Bank Insurance & Securities Association. 
  7. ↑ "Best Investment Banks 2013: Sector Winners". Global Finance. 
  8. ↑ "Raymond James Ranks Highest in J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Canadian Full-Service Investor Satisfaction Study -- Third Time in Four Years". Canada Newswire. 
  9. ↑ "Global Finance names the World's Best Investment Banks 2012". Global Finance Magazine. 
  10. ↑ "Annual Survey and Awards – Redefining Success". Global Finance Magazine. 
  11. ↑ "Annual Survey and Awards – Redefining Success". Economia&Negocios. 
  12. ↑ "2011 Broker Survey: Ranking the Full-Service Contenders". SmartMoney. 
  13. ↑ "2011 FT StarMine Analyst Awards". Financial Times. 
  14. ↑ "2011 Broker Survey: Ranking the Full-Service Contenders". Wall Street Journal. 2009-05-09. 
  15. ↑ "2011 Broker Survey: Ranking the Full-Service Contenders". Wealth Management. 2011-12-01. 
  16. ↑ "2011 Broker Survey: Ranking the Full-Service Contenders". The M&A Advisor. 2011-04-07. 
  17. ↑ "2011 Corporate Equality Index". Human Rights Campaign. 2011. 
  18. ↑ "Best Places to Work in Tampa Bay". Tampa Bay Times. 
  19. ↑ "Best Places to Work Finalists Named". Tampa Bay Business Journal. 2010-03-09. 
  20. ↑ "100 Best Places to Work in IT". ComputerWorld. 
  21. ↑ "2010 Broker Survey: Ranking the Full-Service Contenders". Wealth Management. 2010-12-01. 
  22. ↑ "2010 Broker Survey: Ranking the Full-Service Contenders". Dalbar. 
  23. ↑ "Business in the Arts Awards". 
  24. ↑ "Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study" (Press release). JD Powers and Associates. Retrieved 2012-06-17. 
  25. ↑ "RJ tops in investor satisfaction". Investment News. 
  26. ↑ "The Best Places To Launch A Career". American City Business Journals. 2008-11-17. 
  27. ↑ "The Most Trustworthy Mid-Cap Companies". Forbes.com. 2008-03-27. 
  28. ↑ "Corporate Equality Index". 
  29. ↑ "Top "Client-Pleasing Brands"". Tampa Bay Times. 2007-02-26. 
  30. ↑ "Financial Services Industry has Highest Pricing Power of All Industries Studied". Kanbay Research Institute. 
  31. ↑ "America’s Best Big Companies". Forbes. 
  32. ↑ "Business in the Arts Awards". 
  33. ↑ "Raymond James Announces Agreement to Repurchase Auction Rate Securities". Raymond James Financial. 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2012-06-17. 
  34. ↑ "Raymond James auction-rate suit first to be upheld". InvestmentNews. 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2012-06-17. 
  35. ↑ "FINRA Orders Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. to Pay $1.69 Million in Restitution for Charging Unfair Commissions" (Press release). Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2012-06-17. 
  36. ↑ "Raymond James Stadium". Raymond James Financial. Retrieved 2012-06-17. 
  37. ↑ Tampa Bay Newspapers, February 2009. http://www.tbnweekly.com/editorial/local_entertainment/arts_museums/content_articles/020909_leart-01.txt?archiveview&print&print&print&print&print&print
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