Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (St Petersburg)


Raymond James & Associates, Inc. is a large advisory firm based in St Petersburg. It manages $176.06 billion of regulatory assets for 591,180 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 49 other states.

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Raymond James & Associates provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, pension consulting services, selection of other advisers, and non-discretionary advisory services, asset allocation, hourly & fixed rate consultations. It prepares financial plans for approximately 1,000 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Raymond James & Associates: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Raymond James & Associates, Inc. is $176.06 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 1182% since the beginning of its operation, and $2.22 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.


The firm manages $136.24 billion in discretionary accounts and $39.82 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $269.47 thousand each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $465.1 thousand.
Raymond James & Associates has custody of $174.94 billion in cash and securities for 317,335 clients in total and acts as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 42% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is investment and business development companies, which make up 38% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in non-exchange traded securities form 5% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Raymond James & Associates, Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, fixed fees, and commissions. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Thomas Alan James serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, insurance companies, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, banking or thrift institutions, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Thomas Alan James is high net worth individuals with 33,636 clients and $84.81 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Raymond James & Associates has the highest percentage of high net worth individuals out of all clients.


The amount of regulatory assets under management is $176.06 billion for 317,932 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Raymond James & Associates doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

The company employs 14,205 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 30 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 4,329 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There are 173 people with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Thomas Alan James has been acting as President since 1 Jan 1972. Jennifer Carol Ackart joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Financial Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers



Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Thomas Alan James Director/chairman of the board 1 Jan 1972 Other 257119
Inc. Raymond James Financial Holding company 1 Feb 1972 75% - 100% 59-1517485
Robert Fletcher Shuck Executive vice president/director 1 Feb 1972 Other 422862
Joseph Paul Tuorto Chief compliance officer/srop/sdrop 1 Jul 1980 Other 1006249
Paul Louis Matecki Chief legal officer / secretary 1 Jun 1989 Other 1173122
Thomas Stanley Franke Chief operating officer/president/director 1 Jan 1991 Other 212889
Lynn Pounds Pippenger Sr vice president/director/secretary 1 Apr 1997 Other 363987
Dennis William Zank Executive vice president/principal operations officer/financial officer 1 Apr 1997 Other 871971
Thomas Robert Tremaine Sr vice president operations & administration 1 Nov 1998 Other 1524109
Richard Bonafield Franz Vice president/treasurer 1 Nov 1998 Other 1402348
Francis Stanley Godbold Executive vice president 1 Mar 2002 Other 223782
Dennis William Zank President/chief operating officer/principal operations officer/financial officer 1 Oct 2002 Other 871971
Chester Bee Helck Director 1 Feb 2003 Other 1110651
Richard Bonafield Ii Franz Chief financial officer 1 Oct 2003 Other 1402348
Richard Bonafield Ii Franz Chief financial officer/treasurer 1 Jan 2004 Other 1402348
Jeffrey Paul Julien Director 1 Jan 2004 Other 1453432
Robert Fletcher Iii Shuck Executive vice president 1 Jan 2004 Other 422862
Lynn Pounds Pippenger Sr vice president/secretary 1 Jan 2004 Other 363987
Thomas Robert Tremaine Executive vice president, director 1 Jan 2004 Other 1524109
Kip Mark Carevic Chief compliance officer/srop/sdrop 1 Apr 2004 Other 2152881
Dennis William Zank Chief executive officer/director 1 May 2004 Other 871971
Thomas Robert Tremaine Executive vice president, director, chief operations officer 1 May 2004 Other 1524109
Robert Christopher Eckardt Ria chief compliance officer 1 Jul 2004 Other 2690603
James Randolph Jr Rankin Srop/sdrop 1 Jul 2004 Other 1566811
Liza Caroline Baceols Crop 1 Apr 2006 Other 3170850
Trudy Lynn Albingerbixby Chief operations officer 1 Oct 2007 Other 2179956
Efstratios Michael Serbanos Chief compliance officer 1 Oct 2011 Other 2267667
Tashtego Spring Elwyn President - private client group 1 Jan 2012 Other 2319098
Tashtego Spring Elwyn President - private client group/director 1 Feb 2014 Other 2319098
John Michael Ivan Chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2016 Other 1292150
Jonathan Santelli Chief legal officer / secretary 1 May 2016 Other 6306997
Vincent John Campagnoli Chief information officer 1 Jun 2016 Other 1421076
Gerald Haig Ariyan President, alex. brown division 1 Sep 2016 Other 2326282
Shawn Joseph Barko Chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2017 Other 2690394
Christopher S Thurston Ria chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2018 Other 3112696
Marshall Farrokh Ollia Principal financial officer / finop 1 Apr 2018 Other 3195972
Paul Marone Shoukry Treasurer 1 Apr 2018 Other 5804809
Tashtego Spring Elwyn President - chief executive officer 1 Jun 2018 Other 2319098
Jennifer Carol Ackart Chief financial officer 1 Mar 2019 Other 2568287

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Thomas Alan James Chief executive officer/director/chairman of the board 1 Dec 1970 25% - 50% 257119

Based in St Petersburg

The principal office where Raymond James & Associates, Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 880 Carillon Parkway, St Petersburg, FL 33716, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Little Rock, AR. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 727-567-1000 or by fax 727-567-8668. The normal business hours are 8:30am-5:30pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at raymondjames.com/rja/.