Raymond James Sells European Equities Brokerage

MainFirst Bank AG, a leading independent European equity research and trading firm, will acquire the institutional brokerage business in European equities from Raymond James in Paris and London effective December 1, 2018. As part of this acquisition, MainFirst will also add 29 employees from Raymond James in Paris including Research, Sales and Sales Trading and a further six Research employees in London. These individuals will be integrated into the MainFirst organization.