Raymond James

Founded by Bob James in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1962, Raymond James became publicly listed in 1983. It has since developed from a brokerage into a diversified financial services group with a substantial wealth-management franchise and institutional businesses.

The firm provides wealth management, investment banking, equity and fixed-income capital markets, asset management, banking and related financial services. Its investment banking platform covers M&A, capital markets, capital-structure advisory, leveraged finance, private capital advisory and private credit.

For students, Raymond James is particularly relevant for its scale in advisor-led wealth management, broad equity-research coverage and established middle-market investment-banking business. Its early-careers offering spans investment banking, finance, technology, risk, marketing and other corporate functions.