In my first article regarding Raymond James Financial (RJF), I discussed the three key risk factors shareholders and potential investors must look into: fee compression in the asset management business, falling interest rate spreads for cash sweep, and intense competition in the registered investment adviser ((RIA)) space. In my second article, I discussed the strong corporate governance (e.g., independent and qualified board members) and leadership structure at RJF (e.g., aligned long-term performance-based incentives).
In this article, I want to discuss RJF's conservative approach in three key areas: the selection of assets for