Raymond James hires Stephen Dance as head of municipal product sales

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Raymond James has hired Stephen Dance as head of municipal product sales in its Fixed Income division. Dance will work with the broader Fixed Income sales team to support clients with a municipal credit focus and will coordinate with institutional and retail trading, new issue underwriting, Public Finance and a team of municipal credit analysts, among others. He is based in New York City and is a managing director.

Dance joins Raymond James after nearly 16 years at Morgan Stanley, most recently as head of institutional municipal distribution. He began his financial services career at UBS and graduated from Columbia College, Columbia University in the City of New York.

“Stephen is highly regarded across the industry as a talented leader and a high-achieving salesperson,” said Horace Carter, president of Raymond James Fixed Income. “Stephen exemplifies our distinct client-first culture and, along with the rest of our talented sales professionals, will provide bespoke service to each client through our strong distribution platform. We are pleased to have Stephen join us.”

About Raymond James Financial, Inc.

Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF) is a leading diversified financial services company providing private client group, capital markets, asset management, banking and other services to individuals, corporations and municipalities. Total client assets are $1.53 trillion. Public since 1983, the firm is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RJF. Additional information is available at www.raymondjames.com. Raymond James & Associates, Inc., member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC.