We are rooted in our commitment to take care of you and your wealth manager and believe that choice is crucial. Your investment strategies should evolve along with your needs and your lifestyle – and a change in strategy may require alterations to your portfolio.
By offering wealth managers access to a comprehensive selection of products and tools, in addition to robust compliance and supervision services where appropriate, we enable them to meet your individual investment needs. We offer unprecedented access to a broad range of assets and tax wrappers and don’t require wealth managers to use any in-house products, so they can select the investments right for you on an unbiased basis.
Tax reporting – Annual Consolidated Tax Vouchers reporting any income you have received during the tax year, and Capital Gains Tax Annual Reports, reporting any capital gains and losses
Client Account Protection – Financially sound primary custodian who holds your investments in accordance with the FCA’s Client Asset Rules
Client Access – View your portfolio online including holdings and transaction information
Investment reporting – Valuation reports and custody statements
Cost and Charges – Annual statement of all costs and charges, including product costs, relevant to your portfolio Research – Wealth managers have access to market commentary written by the Raymond James global Investment Committee as well as specifically by our European Strategist, some of which will be available to clients as well. We also provide wealth managers access to global equity and economic research written by external providers, as well as access to leading fund research and fund selection tools – all designed to assist wealth managers as they construct clients’ portfolios.
The middle and back-office services Raymond James provides are specifically designed to aid wealth management professionals in offering sophisticated investment services to their clients. We deliver these services in an open architecture environment so that wealth managers can select the products and solutions that meet their clients’ specific needs. Transparency in our pricing is key, so wealth managers and their clients are fully aware of what they are paying for and how Raymond James is being remunerated.
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Black MondayOn 19 October 1987, the stock markets experienced a dramatic plunge that prompted many firms to shut down their trading desks and turn off their phones to minimize internal losses. Raymond James refused to do the same. Our desks stayed open to help meet clients’ needs, resulting in our first and only unprofitable quarter since the firm went public in 1983. |
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Who was Raymond James?The Raymond in our name is actually from Edward Raymond, owner of a 15-employee mutual fund sales group, Raymond and Associates, along Florida’s west coast. He sold his company to Bob James on 15 July 1964, on condition that the surviving firm be called Raymond, James & Associates. Three days after the sale, Ed Raymond was involved in a near-fatal automobile accident and never joined the firm. Nonetheless, even after Raymond had passed away, Bob James insisted that his name remain on the door – ahead of James’ own. That was a promise he made to Ed Raymond three days before the accident, and Bob James was a man who kept his promises. |
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Bear Market of 1974The severe bear market of 1974 threatened the existence of Raymond James, which was bleeding capital by the day. Tom James, his father and other leaders took extreme measures to keep the firm afloat, slashing costs, foregoing paychecks and even attempting to sell the firm for just enough capital to protect client assets and retain as many associates as possible. The story could have ended very differently if not for a sharp upturn and continued rebound in the stock markets late in the year. |
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Taking Raymond James PublicWhen consideration was being given to taking Raymond James public, Tom James penned a letter to shareholders (largely employees at the time). ” … the public offering should be considered as a statement of our independence. While this is a psychological rather than an economic rationale, it is nonetheless very important. We have asserted for some time that we are not interested in becoming a small part of a very large corporation. That assertion results mainly from the inclinations of management rather than the economic benefits associated with either alternative. The public stock offering affords us the opportunity to enjoy a little bit of the best of both worlds. While shareholders will be given liquidity at fair market value, we will still have the ability to control our own destiny.” After 40+ years of Tom’s leadership, upon becoming CEO, Paul Reilly was often questioned about whether the company might ultimately surrender its cherished independence and be acquired by some larger entity. His response: “Not while I’m around.” It’s a theme that continues today. |
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