Central Division

A firm like no other

No one knows your business better than you. But when an issue arises, be it technological, personnel, procedural or even client-related, it helps to have a team of professionals and experts working on your behalf to make things right.

Being an independent advisor can be the most satisfying career move you can make, but it can also be the most challenging. Raymond James has been the firm of choice for some of our industry’s most successful independent advisors because we work hard to ensure you have every advantage to succeed:

Ownership.

Here, you own your book, and we put that in writing. Your book is an asset on your personal balance sheet.

Control and flexibility.

You choose your office location, décor, hours, dress code, staffing, who is invited to join your office, which software and systems to use, and the list goes on. We provide you the resources and support, you choose what and how much you use.

Higher payout.

We provide the competitive payouts and exceptional service to reward your entrepreneurial spirit, a strategy that’s led us to enjoy almost unprecedented levels of firm and advisor loyalty. Raymond James advisors consistently experience one of the highest “earnings per rep” of any major independent broker/dealer.

Tax advantages.

Receiving a Form 1099 versus a W-2 presents the opportunity to efficiently manage taxation for your business, thereby effectively increasing your payout. We encourage you to consult your CPA to learn more about this benefit.

Retirement and succession planning.

When you are ready to sell your practice, independent books generally garner a higher selling price because of higher cash flows and the portability of the book. To ensure you receive the maximum value out of your life’s work, we have associates dedicated to business valuation, and the sourcing of qualified buyers. You control the structure of the deal and may incur tax advantages as a business owner at the time of the sale.

However, perhaps the biggest advantages we offer are the level of support and respect. Our business is to support yours. We are your advocates to help bring about solutions so you can do business the way you want to do it, from transition to technology, marketing to practice management, and compliance to succession planning.

I invite you to learn more about our firm and the possibilities that we can create together for your practice and your clients.

Sincerely,
Kirk Bell
Division Director