Alpharetta, GA North Point Center East Office

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Raymond James & Associates

Institution

Firm-wide stats for Raymond James & Associates

Total advisors

5,814

Across 938 offices

Clients per advisor

88 Typical

Avg AUM per client

$788,879 Very High

HNW client ratio

19% Typical

About

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. is a large, dually registered broker‑dealer and SEC‑registered investment adviser overseeing roughly $501 billion in assets and supported by a nationwide adviser force. The firm serves a broad client base—individuals (including HNW clients), institutional and pension/profit‑sharing plans, charitable organizations, and state and municipal entities—and offers financial planning, non‑discretionary investment consulting through its Wealth Advisory Services Program, sponsorship of wrap fee advisory programs, and institutional consulting via its Institutional Fiduciary Solutions division.

Advisors at the firm deliver tailored plans based on fact‑finding interviews, risk profiling, and software‑driven analyses (including deterministic and probability modeling), but planning and consulting relationships are generally non‑discretionary with implementation decisions left to the client. RJA and its advisers draw on a range of portfolio management styles and affiliated research and sub‑advisers (equity, fixed income, and alternative strategies), and they supplement advice with firm research and model manager options described in the Brochure.

Noteworthy for a firm of its size, RJA provides municipal advisory services and is affiliated with a municipal advisor while also acting in market‑making and execution roles in municipal and government bonds—an arrangement that is less common among peers. The Brochure also highlights the firm’s SIMPLE IRA Employer Advisory & Consulting Services Program (SIACS), which targets small employers with plan‑level oversight and customizable menus (including American Funds and a QDIA option), and describes the extensive affiliate ecosystem (banks, trust companies, insurance agencies, and in‑house asset managers) and related conflicts that the firm manages through disclosures and supervisory policies.

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Expertise

General retirement planning Retirement income strategy Business succession planning

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Occupation focus

Founder/Business Owner Executive

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Location

100 North Point Center East, Suite 300

Alpharetta GA 30022

Advisors at this office

3

Advisors at this office

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Jeffrey B

Series 66

Alpharetta, GA

Raymond James & Associates

Jeffrey Brown is a financial advisor with Raymond James & Associates in Alpharetta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Raymond James & Associates since 2002. Raymond James & Associates is a large broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser overseeing approximately $501 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, institutional clients, pension plans, charitable organizations, and government entities, offering financial planning, non-discretionary investment consulting, and institutional fiduciary solutions.

General retirement planning Retirement income strategy Business succession planning Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Wendell S

Series 63, Series 65

Alpharetta, GA

Raymond James & Associates

Wendell Sarmir is a financial advisor at Raymond James & Associates in Alpharetta, GA, with 44 years of industry experience. He has been with Raymond James & Associates since 2006. Outside of his advisory role, he is a director of Marnic LLC, a company established primarily to hold the lease for his office space. Raymond James & Associates is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $501 billion in assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations, offering financial planning, non-discretionary investment consulting, and institutional fiduciary solutions.

General retirement planning Retirement income strategy Business succession planning Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Kevin H

Series 66

Alpharetta, GA

Raymond James & Associates

Kevin Hudson is a financial advisor at Raymond James & Associates with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously with Franklin Templeton and other Raymond James entities. Outside of his advisory role, he supports client service and compliance matters at CommonWealth Financial Planners in an administrative capacity. Raymond James & Associates is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and municipal entities. The firm offers financial planning and consulting services with a range of portfolio management styles supported by firm research and an extensive affiliate network.

General retirement planning Retirement income strategy Business succession planning Founder/Business Owner Executive
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