Raymond James Financial is a diversified financial services firm headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. Founded in 1962, the company provides a range of services to individual investors, businesses and institutions through a combination of wealth management, capital markets, investment banking, asset management, banking and trust services. Its business model centers on a network of financial advisors and broker-dealer operations that deliver personalized financial planning, investment advisory services and brokerage solutions.
The firm’s core offerings include private client wealth management delivered by independent and employee advisors, equity and fixed-income research, institutional sales and trading, and investment banking services such as mergers and acquisitions advisory and capital raising. Raymond James also provides asset management through mutual funds and separate account strategies, trust and custody services, and private banking products. Its capital markets operations support corporate issuers and institutional investors across underwriting, syndication and secondary market trading.
Raymond James operates primarily in the United States and Canada, with additional offices and client coverage in selected international markets to support its capital markets and institutional businesses. The company serves a broad client base that ranges from retail investors seeking financial planning to corporations and institutional clients requiring complex financial and advisory solutions. Over its history the firm has grown from a regional brokerage into a multi-faceted financial services organization while maintaining a focus on advisor-led client relationships and research-driven investment services.