Jim is an independent financial planner and has been a branch manger with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC, since 1995. Jim has acquired a broad array of investment expertise through his prior employments with Smith New Court Inc., in New York, an international investment brokerage house, and six years of institutional trading with Raymond James & Associates, Inc. at the corporate headquarters in Florida. He specializes in assisting individual clients to accumulate and preserve wealth for retirement, and meeting the financial needs of his corporate clients.
Jim holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Dowling College. He holds the Series 7, Series 63, Series 24 securities licenses, and life, health, and annuity license.
Jim is a member of the Rotary Club of Clearwater East and the past president of the Safety Harbor Rotary Foundation. He is a member of the Clearwater Aquatics Team Board, and has also served on several boards including the Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce, the Safety Harbor Rotary Club, the Pinellas County Bicycle Advisory Committee and the Mid-Florida Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Jim is also an avid cyclist, and is one of the founding members of the Gearlink Cycling Team.
Jim, a native of Long Island, New York, lives in Palm Harbor, Florida with his wife, Simone, and their children, Matthew, Annamarie, and Isabelle.
About Raymond James
Raymond James is one of the largest independent financial services firms in the United States. Since its beginning in 1962, it has always been a different kind of company – embracing long-term planning and methodical decision-making while staying uncompromisingly client focused. When other firms were simply buying and selling stocks or mutual funds, Raymond James focused on financial planning to help individuals reach their goals. It was the first firm to pioneer that concept – and today it supports its advisors with access to a full range of comprehensive resources, helping them to do the same.
- More than 5,400 financial advisors
- 2 million client accounts
- 2,400 locations (United States, Canada and abroad)
- $268 billion in client assets
- $35 billion managed by its subsidiary asset managers
Raymond James Financial was recently named the best full-service broker in the 2011 SmartMoney annual broker survey for the third time in four years – ranking above Edward Jones, Wells Fargo, UBS, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
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