Press Release

June 23, 2009

TWO RAYMOND JAMES ADVISORS
NAMED AMONG BARRON’S
“TOP 100 WOMEN FINANCIAL ADVISORS”

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Raymond James financial advisors Sheryl Stephens and Margaret Starner were recently named among Barron’s “Top 100 Women Financial Advisors.”

This list of distinguished advisors was compiled by the Winner’s Circle Organization, now a subsidiary of Barron’s, which weighs factors such as client retention and regulatory records as well as total assets under management.

“We at Raymond James are very proud to be associated with advisors of their standing,” stated Chet Helck, COO of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE-RJF) and head of the firm’s Private Client Group. “They define what it means to be the best in the industry and perennially appear on these lists of the nation’s top advisors.”

Stephens, a 32-year industry veteran who offers expertise in qualified retirement plan solutions, estate planning, tax planning, insurance, and fee-based investment advice, is president of Stephens Wealth Management Group in Flint, Mich., an independent firm which offers securities exclusively through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

Nationally recognized on many occasions, Stephens has been named one of “The Top-Ranked Advisors in America” by Research magazine, and has regularly been on Registered Rep.’s list of the “Top 100 Independent Advisors.”

Starner, founder of the Starner Group of Raymond James & Associates, Inc., member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC, in Coral Gables, Fla., offers her clients comprehensive investment and retirement planning. She has been acknowledged in the past by several publications for her outstanding work in the field, including Mutual Funds magazine which ranked her as one of the “100 Great Financial Planners” in the United States and Research magazine which last year inducted her into their “Advisors Hall of Fame.”

About Raymond James Financial, Inc.
Raymond James Financial, Inc. is a Florida-based diversified holding company providing financial services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through its subsidiary companies. Its three principal wholly owned broker/dealers (Raymond James & Associates, Raymond James Financial Services and Raymond James Ltd.) and Raymond James Investment Services Limited, a majority-owned independent contractor subsidiary in the United Kingdom, have a total of more than 5,000 financial advisors serving approximately 1.8 million accounts in 2,200 locations throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. In addition, total client assets are currently $193 billion, of which approximately $29 billion are managed by the firm’s asset management subsidiaries.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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