Alex. Brown & Sons was founded in 1800 as the nation’s first investment banking firm. Over the years, the company has been pi ... votal in financing the continent’s first railroad, helped launch IPOs for big-name companies such as Microsoft, Oracle and Sun Microsystems and brought AOL and Starbucks public. Today, Alex. Brown is a division of Raymond James and operates under the original Alex. Brown brand. Through its three broker/dealer subsidiaries, Raymond James Financial has more than 7,300 financial advisors in 3,000 locations throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. Total client assets are $693 billion. Building on a financial tradition that began in 1800; today Alex. Brown excels in the art of creating opportunity for successful high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients in 16 different major markets throughout the United States. Our diverse clientele includes high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, executives and more. Alex. Brown combines industry expertise and strategic insight to craft bespoke answers to sophisticated and complex financial planning questions – and everything in between. Raymond James financial advisors may only conduct business with residents of the states and/or jurisdictions for which they are properly registered. Therefore, a response to a request for information may be delayed. Please note that not all of the investments and services mentioned are available in every state. Investors outside of the United States are subject to securities and tax regulations within their applicable jurisdictions that are not addressed on this site. Contact your local Raymond James office for information and availability. Please follow this link to additional disclosures: http://raymondjames.com/smrja.htm Alex Brown - A Division of Raymond James & Associates, Inc., member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC. read more