{"id":1303,"date":"2013-08-23T11:31:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T11:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com\/2013\/08\/financial_firms_in_the_spotlig"},"modified":"2022-03-10T16:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T22:37:00","slug":"financial-firms-in-the-spotlig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/financial-firms-in-the-spotlig\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Firms In The Spotlight: Raymond James Gives RIA\u2019s Access to Alternative Investments, Citigroup\u2019s $730M Bondholder Settlement is Approved, JPMorgan Deals with China-Related Hirings Inquiry, &#038; Merrill Lynch\u2019s Future as an Entity is Uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<h2><strong>Affiliated RIAs of Raymond James to Get Access to Firm&#8217;s Alternative Investments <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Raymond James Alternative Investment Group will give its affiliated registered investment advisers access to hedge funds, private real estate, managed futures, private equity, and alternative mutual funds beginning next month. The move is part of Raymond James&#8217; (RJF) attempt to strengthen its RIA platform.<\/p>\n<p>Already, it has added more support services for investment advisers in the areas of marketing, practice marketing, and succession planning. The financial firm also brought in four regional directors for recruiting and existing practices while cutting equity ticket charges and waving certain individual retirement account fees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/financial-firms-in-the-spotlig\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Financial Firms In The Spotlight: Raymond James Gives RIA\u2019s Access to Alternative Investments, Citigroup\u2019s $730M Bondholder Settlement is Approved, JPMorgan Deals with China-Related Hirings Inquiry, &#038; Merrill Lynch\u2019s Future as an Entity is Uncertain\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Affiliated RIAs of Raymond James to Get Access to Firm&#8217;s Alternative Investments The Raymond James Alternative Investment Group will give its affiliated registered investment advisers access to hedge funds, private real estate, managed futures, private equity, and alternative mutual funds beginning next month. 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