Raymond James & Associates has recruited a trio of advisors from Morgan Stanley to the firm’s employee advisor channel in Duluth, Minn., the company announced today.
Jim Grymala, Julianne Grymala and Benjamin Kneeland previously managed about $170 million in client assets. The team operates as Grymala & Kneeland Wealth Management of Raymond James.
Jim Grymala, who serves as first vice president of investments, spent 24 years at Morgan Stanley. Julianne Grymala worked at Morgan Stanley for 11 years and Kneeland has been in the financial services industry for two years.
“Raymond James truly lives by their values of ‘putting clients first’ and supports the client-advisor relationship, making it the perfect fit for our clientele,” Jim Grymala said in a statement. “In addition, having your own in-house marketing with the ability to get your own website and other materials up and running in a timely fashion definitely exceeded our expectations.”
Raymond James & Associates Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Raymond James Financial Inc., which has approximately 8,200 financial advisors throughout the U.S., Canada and overseas, and a total of $930 billion in client assets.