Press Release

Release No. 0807-13
August 17, 2007

TWENTY RAYMOND JAMES’ ADVISORS FEATURED ON
REGISTERED REP.’S “TOP 100” LIST OF INDEPENDENTS

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Twenty advisors affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services were named to Registered Rep.’s list of the “Top 100 Independent Financial Advisors,” published August 1, 2007.

This list of distinguished advisors was compiled by the monthly trade magazine, which weighed such factors as total assets under management and years in the industry.

“We at Raymond James are very proud to be associated with advisors of this caliber,” said Dick Averitt, chairman and CEO of Raymond James Financial Services, “The fact that RJFS has fully 20 percent of the Top 100 independent advisors nationally, speaks volumes about the quality of the Financial Advisors who choose to affiliate with us.”

Four of the top 15 included Raymond James Financial Services’ advisors Malcolm A “Mal” Makin, Westerly, RI; Gerard A. Klingman, New York, NY; Van Pearcy, Midland, TX. and Mark Smith, Englewood, CO; while others on the list included: David Tanner, Provo, UT; Charles Morris, Baton Rouge, LA; Sherri Stephens, Flint, MI; Judith McGee, Portland, OR; Carl Stuart, Austin, TX; Stephen W. Johnson, Draper, UT; Daniel Gavin, Midland, MI; John Moore, Albuquerque, NM; Todd Sanford, Portage, MI; Marilyn Gunther, Southfield, MI; Robert Bjork, Bloomington, MN; Kalita Blessing, Dallas, TX; Craig Noel, Bellevue, WA; Robby D. Harfst, Ashland, OR; Scott A. Wigren, Bellevue, WA; and Nancy K. Caton, Larkspur, CA.

About Raymond James Financial Services
Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. is a national investment firm providing financial services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through more than 3,000 financial advisors in 1,900 offices throughout the United States. For more than 30 years, Raymond James Financial Services has provided a wide range of services through our affiliate, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC. Both broker/dealers are wholly owned subsidiaries of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE-RJF), a financial services holding company which has more than 4,640 financial advisors serving 1.6 million accounts throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. In addition, total client assets are approximately $207 billion, of which approximately $36.1 billion are managed by the firm’s asset management subsidiaries.

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