Jed S Schlanger achieves membership in Raymond James Financial Services' 2010 Leaders Council

Online, November 5, 2009 (Newswire.com) - PORTLAND, Ore. - Jed S. Schlanger, President of The Commerce Company and Financial Advisor at the 5440 SW Westgate Drive, Suite 110 office of Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., has been named to the firm's 2010 Leaders Council in recognition of providing outstanding guidance and service to the investing public and exemplary professional growth.

Leaders Council honors are presented only to those financial advisors who demonstrate an extraordinary level of commitment to clients through personal service and professional integrity.

Schlanger, who joined Raymond James in 1995, has more than 27 years of financial and investment experience. He offers a comprehensive range of financial planning and investment services for individuals and businesses.

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. is a national investment firm providing financial services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through more than 3,000 financial advisors in 1,900 offices throughout the United States. For more than 30 years, Raymond James Financial Services has provided a wide range of services through our affiliate, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC. Both broker/dealers are wholly owned subsidiaries of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE-RJF), a financial services holding company which has more than 4,900 financial advisors serving 1.8 million accounts throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. In addition, total client assets are approximately $212 billion, of which approximately $38.5 billion are managed by the firm's asset management subsidiaries.

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