About the Company
Raymond James Financial is a multinational financial services company and an independent investment bank. It was incorporated in 1962. The company’s headquarters are in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. In 1963, Raymond James Financial shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as the company went public via an initial public offering. Its shares have a ticker symbol of RJF. RJF shares are also included as a component on the S&P 500 stock market index.
The company offers asset management, financial planning and investment banking to its clientele, which includes corporations, municipalities as well as individuals. Its product portfolio consists of Investment Solutions, Insurance Solutions, Financial & Retirement Planning, Banking & Lending Services, Estate, Charitable Giving & Trust Services, Institutional Services as well as Private Wealth Services. Over the years, the company made some notable acquisitions and expanded its business profile. In 2012, Raymond James Financial bought-off the assets of Allied Irish Bank’s Canadian businesses for an undisclosed amount. Through this merger, RJF created a new Canadian finance company, thereby expanding its corporate and real estate loan portfolio. Subsequently, it also completed Morgan Keegan & Co's acquisition for a purchase price of $930 million in 2012. This merger created one of the largest full-service wealth management and capital market firms in the United States at the time. Raymond James Financial joined the list of Fortune 500 companies in 2016. That same year, RJF bought-off Deutsche Bank AG, Europe’s largest investment bank at the time, on undisclosed financial terms.
In 2020, Raymond James acquired Financo, a boutique investment bank based in New York. Alongside its operations in the United States, RJF has its corporate offices in several countries across the globe, namely Canada, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, France, and the United Kingdom. It ranked 396 on the list of Fortune 500 companies. Raymond James Financial ranked 735 on the Forbes’ list of Global 2000 2020 companies. Forbes also included RJF in its 2020 rankings of the World’s Best Employers, America’s Best Employers By State as well as Best Employers for Diversity.;
Organisation | Raymond James Financial Inc |
Industry | Capital Markets |
HeadQuarters | St. Petersburg, FL |