Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
INDEX
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Factors affecting “forward-looking statements” 53
Introduction 53
Executive overview 53
Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures 56
Net interest analysis 60
Results of operations
Private Client Group 65
Capital Markets 70
Asset Management
71
Bank 74
Other 76
Statement of financial condition analysis 77
Liquidity and capital resources 77
Regulatory 83
Critical accounting estimates 84
Accounting standards update
85
Risk management 86
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FACTORS AFFECTING “FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS”
Certain statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may constitute “forward-looking statements” under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include information concerning future strategic objectives, business prospects, anticipated savings, financial results (including expenses, earnings, liquidity, cash flow and capital expenditures), industry or market conditions (including changes in interest rates and inflation), demand for and pricing of our products (including cash sweep and deposit offerings), anticipated timing and benefits of our acquisitions, and our level of success integrating acquired businesses, anticipated results of litigation, regulatory developments, and general economic conditions. In addition, words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “projects,” and future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “may,” “could,” “should,” and “would,” as well as any other statement that necessarily depends on future events, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees, and they involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Although we make such statements based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. We caution investors not to rely unduly on any forward-looking statements and urge you to carefully consider the risks described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) from time to time, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, which are available at www.raymondjames.com and the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statement in the event it later turns out to be inaccurate, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
INTRODUCTION
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is intended to help the reader understand the results of our operations and financial condition. This MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, our condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. Where “NM” is used in various percentage change computations, the computed percentage change has been determined to be not meaningful.
We operate as a financial holding company and bank holding company. Results in the businesses in which we operate are highly correlated to general economic conditions and, more specifically, to the direction of the U.S. equity and fixed income markets, changes in interest rates, market volatility, corporate and mortgage lending markets and commercial and residential credit trends. Overall market conditions, economic, political and regulatory trends, and industry competition are among the factors which could affect us and which are unpredictable and beyond our control. These factors affect the financial decisions made by market participants, including investors, borrowers, and competitors, impacting their level of participation in the financial markets. These factors also impact the level of investment banking activity and asset valuations, which ultimately affect our business results.
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
Quarter ended June 30, 2024 compared with the quarter ended June 30, 2023
For our fiscal third quarter of 2024, we generated net revenues of $3.23 billion, an increase of 11% compared with the prior-year quarter, and pre-tax income of $644 million, an increase of 33% compared with the prior-year quarter. Our net income available to common shareholders of $491 million also increased 33%, and our earnings per diluted share were $2.31, reflecting an increase of 35%. Our annualized return on common equity (“ROCE”) for the quarter was 17.8%, compared with 14.9% for the prior-year quarter, and our annualized return on tangible common equity (“ROTCE”) was 21.2% (1) , compared with 18.3% (1) for the prior-year quarter. Excluding the impact of $23 million of expenses related to acquisitions completed in prior years, such as compensation expenses related to retention awards and amortization of identifiable intangible assets, our adjusted net income available to common shareholders was $508 million (1) for the three months ended June 30, 2024, an increase of 27% compared with adjusted net income available to common shareholders for the prior-year quarter. Our adjusted earnings per diluted share were $2.39 (1) , an increase of 29% compared with the prior-year quarter. Adjusted annualized ROCE for the quarter was 18.4% (1) and adjusted annualized ROTCE was 21.9% (1) compared with adjusted annualized ROCE of 16.1% (1) and adjusted annualized ROTCE of 19.7% (1) for the prior-year quarter.
(1) ROTCE, adjusted net income available to common shareholders, adjusted earnings per diluted share, adjusted annualized ROCE, and adjusted annualized ROTCE are non-GAAP financial measures. Please see the “Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures” in this MD&A for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, and for other important disclosures.
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The increase in net revenues compared with the prior-year quarter was primarily due to higher asset management and related administrative fees, largely the result of higher PCG client assets in fee-based accounts at the beginning of the current quarter compared with the prior-year quarter. Brokerage revenues also increased compared with the prior-year quarter primarily due to an increase in client activity in the PCG segment. Investment banking revenues increased compared with the prior-year quarter largely due to higher debt and equity underwriting revenues. Combined net interest income and RJBDP fees from third-party banks declined compared with the prior-year quarter, as the benefits of higher short-term interest rates and higher average interest-earning asset balances and RJBDP balances swept to third-party banks were more than offset by a significant increase in interest expense. The increase in interest expense was primarily due to a shift in the mix of deposit balances in our Bank segment, as RJBDP balances swept to the Bank segment declined and a significant portion was replaced by higher-cost ESP balances, which was introduced to PCG clients in March 2023.
Compensation, commissions and benefits expense increased 13%, primarily due to an increase in compensable revenues, as well as an increase in compensation costs to support our growth and annual salary increases. Our compensation ratio, or the ratio of compensation, commissions and benefits expense to net revenues, was 64.7%, compared with 63.7% for the prior-year quarter. Excluding acquisition-related compensation expenses, our adjusted compensation ratio was 64.4% (1) , compared with 62.7% (1) for the prior-year quarter. The increase in the compensation ratio primarily resulted from changes in our revenue mix due to increases in compensable revenues compared with the prior-year quarter, as well as a decrease in combined net interest income and RJBDP fees from third-party banks, which have little associated direct compensation.
Non-compensation expenses decreased 13%, largely due to a significant decrease in provisions for legal and regulatory matters, as well as a decrease in the provision for credit losses on bank loans to a benefit of $10 million in the current quarter compared with a provision of $54 million in the prior-year quarter. Partially offsetting these decreases were higher communications and information processing expenses as we continue to invest in our technology for the benefit of our clients and advisors and to support our growth, higher investment sub-advisory fees which are highly correlated with the increase in asset management fee revenues, as well as higher occupancy and business development expenses.
Our effective income tax rate was 23.6% for our fiscal third quarter of 2024, a decrease compared with the 24.1% effective income tax rate for the prior-year quarter, primarily due to a change in the amount of nondeductible fines and penalties compared with the prior-year quarter, partially offset by the impact of a lower tax benefit recognized related to nontaxable valuation gains associated with our company-owned life insurance policies.
As of June 30, 2024, our Tier 1 leverage ratio of 12.7% and Total capital ratio of 23.6% were both significantly higher than the regulatory requirement to be considered well-capitalized. We also continue to have substantial liquidity with $2.1 billion (2) of cash at the parent as of June 30, 2024. We believe our capital and funding position provides us the opportunity to manage our balance sheet prudently and to continue to be opportunistic and invest in growth. During the three months ended June 30, 2024, we repurchased 2.0 million shares of our common stock for $243 million at an average price of $122 per share under the Board of Directors’ common stock repurchase authorization. We expect to continue to repurchase our common stock to offset dilution from share-based compensation and to be opportunistic with incremental repurchases. Given our capital and liquidity levels, we expect to accelerate our share repurchase activity; however, we will continue to monitor market conditions and other capital needs as we consider the magnitude and timing of these repurchases.
As we look ahead to our fiscal fourth quarter of 2024, we believe we are well-positioned for long-term growth with our strong capital position, total client assets under administration of $1.48 trillion, and net bank loans of $45.1 billion. We expect our fiscal fourth quarter of 2024 results to be favorably impacted by higher asset management and related administrative fees, which will benefit from the 3% sequential increase in PCG fee-based assets and 1% sequential increase in financial assets under management as of June 30, 2024. In addition, our financial advisor recruiting activity remains robust, including a strong recruiting pipeline. While the timing of transaction closings remains heavily influenced by external factors, we have a healthy investment banking pipeline and we expect investment banking revenues to continue to improve over the next few quarters. We expect our combined net interest income and RJBDP fees from third-party banks for the remainder of the fiscal year to be relatively unchanged from our current quarter aggregate level, but such revenues are largely dependent on the level of short-term interest rates, client cash balances and other factors that may impact the current cash environment. In addition, although our current loan portfolio credit metrics are solid and we continue to proactively manage our credit risk in our loan portfolio, future economic deterioration or changes in the macroeconomic outlook could result in increased bank loan provisions for credit losses in future periods.
(1) Adjusted compensation ratio is a non-GAAP financial measure. Please see the “Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures” in this MD&A for a reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, and for other important disclosures.
(2) For additional information, please see the “Liquidity and capital resources - Sources of liquidity” section in this MD&A.
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Nine months ended June 30, 2024 compared with the nine months ended June 30, 2023
For the nine months ended June 30, 2024, we generated net revenues of $9.36 billion, an increase of 9% compared with the prior-year period, and pre-tax income of $1.88 billion, an increase of 11%. Our net income available to common shareholders of $1.46 billion was 12% higher than the prior-year period and our earnings per diluted share were $6.85, reflecting a 15% increase. Our annualized ROCE was 18.2%, compared with 17.9% for the prior-year period, and our annualized ROTCE was 21.8% (1) , compared with 22.0% (1) for the prior-year period.
Excluding the impact of $72 million of expenses related to acquisitions completed in prior years, adjusted net income available to common shareholders for the nine months ended June 30, 2024 was $1.52 billion (1) , an increase of 12% compared with adjusted net income available to common shareholders for the prior-year period which, in addition to acquisition-related expenses, excluded the impact of a $32 million favorable insurance settlement related to a previously-settled legal matter. Our adjusted earnings per diluted share were $7.10 (1) , an increase of 15% compared with the prior-year period. Adjusted annualized ROCE was 18.8% (1) , compared with 18.5% (1) for the prior-year period, and adjusted annualized ROTCE was 22.5% (1) , compared with 22.7% (1) for the prior-year period.
The increase in net revenues compared with the prior-year period was primarily due to higher asset management and related administrative fees, largely the result of higher PCG client assets in fee-based accounts at the beginning of each of the current-year billing periods compared with the prior-year billing periods. Brokerage revenues also increased compared with the prior-year period largely due to an increase in client activity in the PCG segment. Investment banking revenues increased primarily due to more favorable market conditions in the current-year period. Offsetting these increases was a decrease in combined net interest income and RJBDP fees from third-party banks, as the benefits of higher short-term interest rates and higher average interest-earning asset balances and RJBDP balances swept to third-party banks were more than offset by a significant increase in interest expense. The increase in interest expense was primarily due to a shift in the mix of deposit balances at our Bank segment, as RJBDP balances swept to the Bank segment declined compared with the prior-year period and a significant portion was replaced with higher-cost ESP balances, as well as an increase in certificate of deposit balances.
Compensation, commissions and benefits expense increased 12%, primarily due to an increase in compensable revenues, as well as an increase in compensation costs to support our growth and annual salary increases. Our compensation ratio was 64.7%, compared with 63.1% for the prior-year period. Excluding acquisition-related compensation expenses, our adjusted compensation ratio was 64.3% (1) , compared with an adjusted compensation ratio of 62.4% (1) for the prior-year period. The increase in the compensation ratio primarily resulted from changes in our revenue mix due to increases in compensable revenues compared with the prior-year period, as well as a decrease in combined net interest income and RJBDP fees from third-party banks, which have little associated direct compensation.
Non-compensation expenses decreased 3%, largely due to a significant decrease in expenses related to legal and regulatory matters, as the current-year period reflected net legal and regulatory matter reserve releases while the prior-year period included elevated provisions for legal and regulatory matters, as well as a decrease in the bank loan provision for credit losses. Partially offsetting these decreases in expenses, was the impact of higher communications and information processing expenses resulting from continued investments in technology to benefit our clients and advisors and to support our growth, a $32 million insurance settlement received in the prior-year period related to a previously-settled litigation matter that did not recur, higher non-interest expenses related to deposits, including an FDIC special assessment of $10 million, as well as higher investment sub-advisory fees resulting from growth in assets under management in sub-advised programs. Occupancy and equipment and business development expenses also increased compared with the prior-year period.
Our effective income tax rate was 22.1% for the nine months ended June 30, 2024, a decrease from 23.0% for the prior-year period, primarily due to the impact of a higher tax benefit recognized in the current-year period related to nontaxable valuation gains associated with our company-owned life insurance policies, as well as a change in the amount of nondeductible fines and penalties compared with the prior-year period.
(1) ROTCE, adjusted net income available to common shareholders, adjusted earnings per diluted share, adjusted annualized ROCE, adjusted annualized ROTCE, and adjusted compensation ratio are non-GAAP financial measures. Please see the “Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures” in this MD&A for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, and for other important disclosures.
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RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
We utilize certain non-GAAP financial measures as additional measures to aid in, and enhance, the understanding of our financial results and related measures. These non-GAAP financial measures have been separately identified in this document. We believe certain of these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to management and investors by excluding certain material items that may not be indicative of our core operating results. We utilize these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing the financial performance of the business, as they facilitate a comparison of current- and prior-period results. We believe that ROTCE is meaningful to investors as it facilitates comparisons of our results to the results of other companies. In the following tables, the tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments reflects the statutory rate associated with each non-GAAP item. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, our non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures of other companies. The following tables provide a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.
Three months ended June 30, Nine months ended June 30,
$ in millions
2024 2023 2024 2023
Net income available to common shareholders $ 491 $ 369 $ 1,462 $ 1,301
Non-GAAP adjustments :
Expenses related to acquisitions:
Compensation, commissions and benefits:
Acquisition-related retention
11 18 33 53
Other acquisition-related compensation — 10 — 10
Total “Compensation, commissions and benefits” expense 11 28 33 63
Communications and information processing — — 1 —
Professional fees
1 1 3 1
Other:
Amortization of identifiable intangible assets 11 11 33 33
All other acquisition-related expenses
— — 2 —
Total “Other” expense 11 11 35 33
Total expenses related to acquisitions 23 40 72 97
Other — Insurance settlement received
— — — (32)
Pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments 23 40 72 65
Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (6) (10) (18) (16)
Total non-GAAP adjustments, net of tax 17 30 54 49
Adjusted net income available to common shareholders $ 508 $ 399 $ 1,516 $ 1,350
Pre-tax income $ 644 $ 486 $ 1,883 $ 1,695
Pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments (as detailed above)
23 40 72 65
Adjusted pre-tax income $ 667 $ 526 $ 1,955 $ 1,760
Compensation, commissions and benefits expense $ 2,090 $ 1,851 $ 6,054 $ 5,407
Less: Total compensation-related acquisition expenses (as detailed above)
11 28 33 63
Adjusted “Compensation, commissions and benefits” expense $ 2,079 $ 1,823 $ 6,021 $ 5,344
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Three months ended June 30, Nine months ended June 30,
2024 2023 2024 2023
Total compensation ratio 64.7 % 63.7 % 64.7 % 63.1 %
Less the impact of non-GAAP adjustments on compensation ratio :
Acquisition-related retention 0.3 % 0.7 % 0.4 % 0.6 %
Other acquisition-related compensation — % 0.3 % — % 0.1 %
Total “Compensation, commissions and benefits” expenses related to acquisitions 0.3 % 1.0 % 0.4 % 0.7 %
Adjusted total compensation ratio 64.4 % 62.7 % 64.3 % 62.4 %
Diluted earnings per common share $ 2.31 $ 1.71 $ 6.85 $ 5.95
Impact of non-GAAP adjustments on diluted earnings per common share:
Expenses related to acquisitions:
Compensation, commissions and benefits:
Acquisition-related retention
0.05 0.09 0.15 0.24
Other acquisition-related compensation — 0.05 — 0.05
Total “Compensation, commissions and benefits” expense 0.05 0.14 0.15 0.29
Communications and information processing — — — —
Professional fees 0.01 — 0.01 —
Other:
Amortization of identifiable intangible assets 0.05 0.05 0.16 0.15
All other acquisition-related expenses — — 0.01 —
Total “Other” expense 0.05 0.05 0.17 0.15
Total expenses related to acquisitions 0.11 0.19 0.33 0.44
Other — Insurance settlement received
— — — (0.15)
Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (0.03) (0.05) (0.08) (0.07)
Total non-GAAP adjustments, net of tax 0.08 0.14 0.25 0.22
Adjusted diluted earnings per common share $ 2.39 $ 1.85 $ 7.10 $ 6.17
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Three months ended June 30, Nine months ended June 30,
$ in millions 2024 2023 2024 2023
Average common equity $ 11,012 $ 9,873 $ 10,717 $ 9,705
Impact of non-GAAP adjustments on average common equity :
Expenses related to acquisitions:
Compensation, commissions and benefits:
Acquisition-related retention
5 9 17 27
Other acquisition-related compensation — 4 — 2
Total “Compensation, commissions and benefits” expense 5 13 17 29
Communications and information processing — — — —
Professional fees 1 1 2 —
Other:
Amortization of identifiable intangible assets 5 6 16 17
All other acquisition-related expenses — — 1 —
Total “Other” expense 5 6 17 17
Total expenses related to acquisitions 11 20 36 46
Other — Insurance settlement received
— — — (24)
Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (3) (5) (9) (5)
Total non-GAAP adjustments, net of tax 8 15 27 17
Adjusted average common equity $ 11,020 $ 9,888 $ 10,744 $ 9,722
Average common equity $ 11,012 $ 9,873 $ 10,717 $ 9,705
Less :
Average goodwill and identifiable intangible assets, net 1,889 1,930 1,898 1,932
Average deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill and identifiable intangible assets, net (135) (128) (133) (128)
Average tangible common equity $ 9,258 $ 8,071 $ 8,952 $ 7,901
Impact of non-GAAP adjustments on average tangible common equity:
Expenses related to acquisitions:
Compensation, commissions and benefits:
Acquisition-related retention
5 9 17 27
Other acquisition-related compensation — 4 — 2
Total “Compensation, commissions and benefits” expense 5 13 17 29
Communications and information processing — — — —
Professional fees 1 1 2 —
Other:
Amortization of identifiable intangible assets 5 6 16 17
All other acquisition-related expenses — — 1 —
Total “Other” expense 5 6 17 17
Total expenses related to acquisitions 11 20 36 46
Other — Insurance settlement received
— — — (24)
Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (3) (5) (9) (5)
Total non-GAAP adjustments, net of tax 8 15 27 17
Adjusted average tangible common equity $ 9,266 $ 8,086 $ 8,979 $ 7,918
Return on common equity 17.8 % 14.9 % 18.2 % 17.9 %
Adjusted return on common equity 18.4 % 16.1 % 18.8 % 18.5 %
Return on tangible common equity 21.2 % 18.3 % 21.8 % 22.0 %
Adjusted return on tangible common equity 21.9 % 19.7 % 22.5 % 22.7 %
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Total compensation ratio is computed by dividing compensation, commissions and benefits expense by net revenues for each respective period. Adjusted total compensation ratio is computed by dividing adjusted compensation, commissions and benefits expense by net revenues for each respective period.
Tangible common equity is computed by subtracting goodwill and identifiable intangible assets, net, along with the associated deferred tax liabilities, from total common equity attributable to RJF. Average common equity is computed by adding the total common equity attributable to RJF as of the date indicated to the prior quarter-end total, and dividing by two, or in the case of average tangible common equity, computed by adding tangible common equity as of the date indicated to the prior quarter-end total, and dividing by two. Average common equity for the year-to-date period is computed by adding the total common equity attributable to RJF as of each quarter-end date during the indicated year-to-date period to the beginning of year total, and dividing by four, or in the case of average tangible common equity, computed by adding tangible common equity as of each quarter-end date during the indicated year-to-date period to the beginning of year total, and dividing by four. Adjusted average common equity is computed by adjusting for the impact on average common equity of the non-GAAP adjustments, as applicable for each respective period. Adjusted average tangible common equity is computed by adjusting for the impact on average tangible common equity of the non-GAAP adjustments, as applicable for each respective period.
ROCE is computed by dividing annualized net income available to common shareholders for the period indicated by average common equity for each respective period or, in the case of ROTCE, computed by dividing annualized net income available to common shareholders by average tangible common equity for each respective period. Adjusted ROCE is computed by dividing annualized adjusted net income available to common shareholders by adjusted average common equity for each respective period, or in the case of adjusted ROTCE, computed by dividing annualized adjusted net income available to common shareholders by adjusted average tangible common equity for each respective period.
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NET INTEREST ANALYSIS
Largely in response to inflationary pressures since the beginning of fiscal year 2022, the Fed rapidly and consistently increased its benchmark short-term interest rates commencing in March 2022 and continuing throughout our fiscal year 2023. Since the beginning of our fiscal year 2023, the Fed increased the Fed funds target rate 225 basis points from a September 30, 2022 range of 3.00% to 3.25% to a June 30, 2024 range of 5.25% to 5.50%. While the Fed has left its benchmark rate unchanged in our fiscal year 2024 to-date, in its most recent meetings, it has indicated that it continues to closely monitor market conditions to determine whether it will continue to hold rates steady or initiate interest rate cuts later in our fiscal year 2024. The following table details the Fed’s short-term interest rate activity since the beginning of our fiscal year 2023.
RJF fiscal quarter ended Effective date of interest rate action Increase in interest rates (in basis points)
Fed funds target rate
September 30, 2022 September 22, 2022 75 3.00% - 3.25%
December 31, 2022 November 3, 2022 75 3.75% - 4.00%
December 31, 2022 December 15, 2022 50 4.25% - 4.50%
March 31, 2023 February 2, 2023 25 4.50% - 4.75%
March 31, 2023 March 23, 2023 25 4.75% - 5.00%
June 30, 2023 May 4, 2023 25 5.00% - 5.25%
September 30, 2023 July 27, 2023 25 5.25% - 5.50%
Given the relationship between our interest-sensitive assets and liabilities (primarily held in our PCG, Bank, and Other segments) and the nature of fees we earn from third-party banks on client cash balances swept to such banks as part of the RJBDP (included in account and service fees), our financial results are sensitive to changes in interest rates. Increases in short-term interest rates have historically resulted in an increase in our net earnings and, notwithstanding potential offsetting favorable impacts in other areas of our business, we expect decreases in short-term interest rates to generally reduce our net earnings. As it relates to our net interest income, the magnitude of the effect of a decrease in interest rates depends on a number of factors impacting balances, asset yields, and the cost of funding. The magnitude of the impact to our net interest margin depends on the yields on interest-earning assets relative to the cost of interest-bearing liabilities, including deposit rates paid to clients on their cash balances. Decreases in short-term interest rates generally also result in a decrease to our RJBDP fees earned from third-party banks, although the magnitude of the impact may also be impacted by demand for cash balances by third-party banks and the rate paid to clients on their cash sweep balances. Rates paid to clients on their cash balances are generally impacted by the level of short-term interest rates, as well as competitive industry dynamics impacting rates paid to clients and the demand for client cash. Additionally, any future changes to regulatory rules or interpretations governing the fees the firm earns on cash sweep balances could also impact the rates we pay to clients on cash balances. In recent fiscal years, we have sought to continue to meet client needs for higher yields on cash balances in a relatively higher interest rate environment without sacrificing the benefits of FDIC insurance on such balances by introducing new products leveraging our bank subsidiaries or through initiatives offered within the RJBDP. Such programs include our ESP which was introduced to our clients in fiscal year 2023 where such deposits are held by Raymond James Bank and offer enhanced rates and FDIC coverage of up to $50 million for certain accounts, as well as initiatives offered from time-to-time within the RJBDP program which may offer enhanced rates to clients on certain balances within the program. These programs, while meeting client needs and diversifying our funding sources, have a higher relative cost than other alternatives therefore reducing our net interest margin and yields on RJBDP balances.
Combined net interest income and RJBDP fees from third-party banks was $672 million and $2.06 billion for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, compared to $708 million and $2.16 billion for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2023. The 5% decline for both periods compared with the comparable prior-year periods was driven by a decline in net interest income, as the benefits from higher short-term interest rates to-date in fiscal year 2024 over fiscal year 2023 levels, and higher average interest-earning asset balances were more than offset by a significant increase in interest expense. The increase in interest expense primarily resulted from a shift in the mix of deposit balances in our Bank segment, as RJBDP balances swept to the Bank segment declined and a significant portion was replaced with higher-cost ESP balances, which was introduced to clients in March 2023, as well as an increase in certificate of deposit balances for the year-to-date period. However, the growth in the ESP balances year over year has allowed us to deploy a relatively higher portion of RJBDP balances to third-party banks instead of our Bank segment which, coupled with higher yields earned on such balances, resulted in an increase in RJBDP fees from third-party banks compared with the prior-year periods.
Refer to the discussion of our net interest income within the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis - Results of Operations” of our PCG, Bank, and Other segments, where applicable. Also refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis - Results of Operations - Private Client Group - Clients’ domestic cash sweep balances” for further information on the RJBDP.
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The following table presents our consolidated average interest-earning asset and interest-bearing liability balances, interest income and expense and the related rates.
Quarter ended June 30, 2024 compared with the quarter ended June 30, 2023
Three months ended June 30,
2024 2023
$ in millions Average
daily
balance Interest Annualized
average
rate Average
daily
balance Interest Annualized
average
rate
Interest-earning assets:
Bank segment:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 5,318 $ 72 5.38 % $ 5,502 $ 70 5.08 %
Available-for-sale securities 9,791 55 2.28 % 10,737 56 2.07 %
Loans held for sale and investment: (1) (2)
Loans held for investment:
SBL 15,029 269 7.10 % 14,200 251 7.02 %
C&I loans 9,935 194 7.70 % 10,916 202 7.33 %
CRE loans 7,465 142 7.52 % 7,097 132 7.31 %
REIT loans 1,731 34 7.71 % 1,716 31 7.30 %
Residential mortgage loans 9,173 83 3.66 % 8,279 67 3.22 %
Tax-exempt loans (3)
1,439 10 3.34 % 1,629 11 3.17 %
Loans held for sale 234 4 7.77 % 195 4 9.63 %
Total loans held for sale and investment 45,006 736 6.51 % 44,032 698 6.31 %
All other interest-earning assets 227 4 5.95 % 126 2 5.56 %
Interest-earning assets — Bank segment $ 60,342 $ 867 5.72 % $ 60,397 $ 826 5.44 %
All other segments:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,311 $ 49 5.99 % $ 2,820 $ 39 5.51 %
Assets segregated for regulatory purposes and restricted cash 3,624 46 5.08 % 4,236 47 4.69 %
Trading assets — debt securities 1,425 20 5.83 % 1,025 13 5.00 %
Brokerage client receivables 2,370 48 8.13 % 2,105 42 8.14 %
All other interest-earning assets 2,426 27 4.24 % 1,830 20 3.52 %
Interest-earning assets — all other segments $ 13,156 $ 190 5.78 % $ 12,016 $ 161 5.34 %
Total interest-earning assets $ 73,498 $ 1,057 5.73 % $ 72,413 $ 987 5.42 %
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Bank segment:
Bank deposits:
Money market and savings accounts $ 31,232 $ 173 2.24 % $ 38,757 $ 134 1.39 %
Interest-bearing demand deposits 20,261 250 4.95 % 12,877 153 4.76 %
Certificates of deposit 2,491 30 4.81 % 2,806 30 4.24 %
Total bank deposits (4)
53,984 453 3.38 % 54,440 317 2.33 %
FHLB advances and all other interest-bearing liabilities 1,189 8 2.90 % 1,478 12 3.18 %
Interest-bearing liabilities — Bank segment $ 55,173 $ 461 3.37 % $ 55,918 $ 329 2.35 %
All other segments:
Trading liabilities — debt securities $ 862 $ 11 5.22 % $ 703 $ 9 5.18 %
Brokerage client payables 4,558 22 1.93 % 5,184 17 1.48 %
Senior notes payable 2,039 23 4.50 % 2,038 23 4.53 %
All other interest-bearing liabilities (4)
1,522 17 4.42 % 579 8 3.88 %
Interest-bearing liabilities — all other segments $ 8,981 $ 73 3.25 % $ 8,504 $ 57 2.68 %
Total interest-bearing liabilities $ 64,154 $ 534 3.35 % $ 64,422 $ 386 2.39 %
Firmwide net interest income $ 523 $ 601
Net interest margin (net yield on interest-earning assets)
Bank segment 2.64 % 3.26 %
Firmwide 2.86 % 3.33 %
(1) Loans are presented net of unamortized purchase discounts or premiums, unearned income, deferred origination fees and costs, and charge-offs.
(2) Nonaccrual loans are included in the average loan balances. Any payments received for corporate nonaccrual loans are applied entirely to principal. Interest income on residential mortgage nonaccrual loans is recognized on a cash basis.
(3) The average rate on tax-exempt loans in the preceding table is presented on a taxable-equivalent basis utilizing the applicable federal statutory rates for each of the periods presented.
(4) The average balance, interest expense, and average rate for “Total bank deposits” included amounts associated with affiliate deposits. Such amounts are eliminated in consolidation and are offset in “All other interest-bearing liabilities” under “All other segments.”
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Increases and decreases in interest income and interest expense result from changes in average balances (volume) of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, as well as changes in average interest rates. The following table shows the effect that these factors had on the interest earned on our interest-earning assets and the interest incurred on our interest-bearing liabilities. The effect of changes in volume is determined by multiplying the change in volume by the previous period’s average rate. Similarly, the effect of rate changes is calculated by multiplying the change in average rate by the previous period’s volume. Changes attributable to both volume and rate have been allocated proportionately.
Three months ended June 30,
2024 compared to 2023
Increase/(decrease) due to
$ in millions Volume Rate Total
Interest-earning assets: Interest income
Bank segment:
Cash and cash equivalents $ (2) $ 4 $ 2
Available-for-sale securities (7) 6 (1)
Loans held for sale and investment:
Loans held for investment:
SBL 15 3 18
C&I loans (20) 12 (8)
CRE loans 6 4 10
REIT loans — 3 3
Residential mortgage loans 7 9 16
Tax-exempt loans (2) 1 (1)
Loans held for sale 1 (1) —
Total loans held for sale and investment 7 31 38
All other interest-earning assets 2 — 2
Interest-earning assets — Bank segment $ — $ 41 $ 41
All other segments:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 7 $ 3 $ 10
Assets segregated for regulatory purposes and restricted cash (5) 4 (1)
Trading assets — debt securities 5 2 7
Brokerage client receivables 6 — 6
All other interest-earning assets 4 3 7
Interest-earning assets — all other segments $ 17 $ 12 $ 29
Total interest-earning assets $ 17 $ 53 $ 70
Interest-bearing liabilities: Interest expense
Bank segment:
Bank deposits:
Money market and savings accounts $ (34) $ 73 $ 39
Interest-bearing demand deposits 91 6 97
Certificates of deposit (4) 4 —
Total bank deposits 53 83 136
FHLB advances and all other interest-bearing liabilities (3) (1) (4)
Interest-bearing liabilities — Bank segment $ 50 $ 82 $ 132
All other segments:
Trading liabilities — debt securities $ 2 $ — $ 2
Brokerage client payables (2) 7 5
Senior notes payable — — —
All other interest-bearing liabilities 8 1 9
Interest-bearing liabilities — all other segments $ 8 $ 8 $ 16
Total interest-bearing liabilities $ 58 $ 90 $ 148
Change in firmwide net interest income $ (41) $ (37) $ (78)
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Nine months ended June 30,
2024 2023
$ in millions Average
daily
balance Interest Annualized
average
rate Average
daily
balance Interest Annualized
average
rate
Interest-earning assets:
Bank segment:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 5,699 $ 232 5.40 % $ 3,637 $ 128 4.66 %
Available-for-sale securities 10,069 167 2.22 % 10,886 163 1.99 %
Loans held for sale and investment: (1) (2)
Loans held for investment:
SBL 14,721 798 7.12 % 14,580 717 6.49 %
C&I loans 10,265 597 7.64 % 11,109 566 6.72 %
CRE loans 7,365 423 7.55 % 6,951 358 6.79 %
REIT loans 1,704 100 7.71 % 1,671 86 6.80 %
Residential mortgage loans 8,972 240 3.57 % 7,960 186 3.12 %
Tax-exempt loans (3)
1,443 29 3.28 % 1,625 31 3.13 %
Loans held for sale 180 10 8.15 % 184 10 7.46 %
Total loans held for sale and investment 44,650 2,197 6.50 % 44,080 1,954 5.88 %
All other interest-earning assets 235 11 6.10 % 141 6 5.54 %
Interest-earning assets — Bank segment $ 60,653 $ 2,607 5.68 % $ 58,744 $ 2,251 5.08 %
All other segments:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,292 $ 149 6.04 % $ 3,084 $ 111 4.81 %
Assets segregated for regulatory purposes and restricted cash 3,634 140 5.15 % 5,125 152 3.96 %
Trading assets — debt securities 1,251 54 5.80 % 1,055 40 5.05 %
Brokerage client receivables 2,266 140 8.22 % 2,236 124 7.46 %
All other interest-earning assets 2,265 69 3.89 % 1,829 51 3.25 %
Interest-earning assets — all other segments $ 12,708 $ 552 5.77 % $ 13,329 $ 478 4.73 %
Total interest-earning assets $ 73,361 $ 3,159 5.70 % $ 72,073 $ 2,729 5.02 %
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Bank segment:
Bank deposits:
Money market and savings accounts $ 31,459 $ 497 2.11 % $ 42,828 $ 392 1.22 %
Interest-bearing demand deposits 20,206 747 4.94 % 7,881 257 4.36 %
Certificates of deposit 2,642 92 4.64 % 1,960 54 3.66 %
Total bank deposits (4)
54,307 1,336 3.29 % 52,669 703 1.78 %
FHLB advances and all other interest-bearing liabilities 1,201 26 2.92 % 1,408 30 2.82 %
Interest-bearing liabilities — Bank segment $ 55,508 $ 1,362 3.28 % $ 54,077 $ 733 1.81 %
All other segments:
Trading liabilities — debt securities $ 806 $ 33 5.46 % $ 736 $ 26 4.80 %
Brokerage client payables 4,688 63 1.78 % 6,291 57 1.25 %
Senior notes payable 2,039 69 4.50 % 2,038 69 4.52 %
All other interest-bearing liabilities (4)
1,134 34 4.00 % 655 26 4.06 %
Interest-bearing liabilities — all other segments $ 8,667 $ 199 3.05 % $ 9,720 $ 178 2.39 %
Total interest-bearing liabilities $ 64,175 $ 1,561 3.25 % $ 63,797 $ 911 1.90 %
Firmwide net interest income $ 1,598 $ 1,818
Net interest margin (net yield on interest-earning assets)
Bank segment 2.68 % 3.41 %
Firmwide 2.91 % 3.37 %
(1) Loans are presented net of unamortized discounts, unearned income, deferred loan fees and costs, and charge-offs.
(2) Nonaccrual loans are included in the average loan balances. Any payments received for corporate nonaccrual loans are applied entirely to principal. Interest income on residential mortgage nonaccrual loans is recognized on a cash basis.
(3) The average rate on tax-exempt loans in the preceding table is presented on a taxable-equivalent basis utilizing the applicable federal statutory rates for each of the years presented.
(4) The average balance, interest expense, and average rate for “Total bank deposits” included amounts associated with affiliate deposits. Such amounts are eliminated in consolidation and are offset in “All other interest-bearing liabilities” under “All other segments.”
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Increases and decreases in interest income and interest expense result from changes in average balances (volume) of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, as well as changes in average interest rates. The following table shows the effect that these factors had on the interest earned on our interest-earning assets and the interest incurred on our interest-bearing liabilities. The effect of changes in volume is determined by multiplying the change in volume by the previous period’s average yield/cost. Similarly, the effect of rate changes is calculated by multiplying the change in average yield/cost by the previous period’s volume. Changes attributable to both volume and rate have been allocated proportionately.
Nine months ended June 30,
2024 compared to 2023
Increase/(decrease) due to
$ in millions Volume Rate Total
Interest-earning assets: Interest income
Bank segment:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 81 $ 23 $ 104
Available-for-sale securities (15) 19 4
Loans held for sale and investment:
Loans held for investment:
SBL 7 74 81
C&I loans (46) 77 31
CRE loans 22 43 65
REIT loans 2 12 14
Residential mortgage loans 25 29 54
Tax-exempt loans (4) 2 (2)
Loans held for sale — — —
Total loans held for sale and investment 6 237 243
All other interest-earning assets 4 1 5
Interest-earning assets — Bank segment $ 76 $ 280 $ 356
All other segments:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 8 $ 30 $ 38
Assets segregated for regulatory purposes and restricted cash (58) 46 (12)
Trading assets — debt securities 8 6 14
Brokerage client receivables 2 14 16
All other interest-earning assets 10 8 18
Interest-earning assets — all other segments $ (30) $ 104 $ 74
Total interest-earning assets $ 46 $ 384 $ 430
Interest-bearing liabilities: Interest expense
Bank segment:
Bank deposits:
Money market and savings accounts $ (148) $ 253 $ 105
Interest-bearing demand deposits 452 38 490
Certificates of deposit 22 16 38
Total bank deposits 326 307 633
FHLB advances and all other interest-bearing liabilities (5) 1 (4)
Interest-bearing liabilities — Bank segment $ 321 $ 308 $ 629
All other segments:
Trading liabilities — debt securities $ 3 $ 4 $ 7
Brokerage client payables (19) 25 6
Senior notes payable — — —
All other interest-bearing liabilities 8 — 8
Interest-bearing liabilities — all other segments $ (8) $ 29 $ 21
Total interest-bearing liabilities $ 313 $ 337 $ 650
Change in firmwide net interest income $ (267) $ 47 $ (220)
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – PRIVATE CLIENT GROUP
For an overview of our PCG segment operations, as well as a description of the key factors impacting our PCG results of operations, refer to the information presented in “Item 1 - Business” and “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our 2023 Form 10-K.
Operating results
Three months ended June 30, Nine months ended June 30,
$ in millions 2024 2023 % change 2024 2023 % change
Revenues:
Asset management and related administrative fees
$ 1,364 $ 1,164 17 % $ 3,838 $ 3,319 16 %
Brokerage revenues:
Mutual and other fund products
142 135 5 % 419 398 5 %
Insurance and annuity products
130 103 26 % 382 320 19 %
Equities, ETFs and fixed income products
137 111 23 % 397 340 17 %
Total brokerage revenues 409 349 17 % 1,198 1,058 13 %
Account and service fees:
Mutual fund and annuity service fees
118 103 15 % 339 306 11 %
RJBDP fees:
Bank segment 198 277 (29) % 627 856 (27) %
Third-party banks 149 107 39 % 461 344 34 %
Client account and other fees
66 59 12 % 195 175 11 %
Total account and service fees 531 546 (3) % 1,622 1,681 (4) %
Investment banking
10 9 11 % 29 27 7 %
Interest income
121 114 6 % 361 340 6 %
All other
13 25 (48) % 23 40 (43) %
Total revenues 2,448 2,207 11 % 7,071 6,465 9 %
Interest expense
(32) (25) 28 % (88) (76) 16 %
Net revenues 2,416 2,182 11 % 6,983 6,389 9 %
Non-interest expenses:
Financial advisor compensation and benefits
1,327 1,151 15 % 3,790 3,344 13 %
Administrative compensation and benefits 389 355 10 % 1,159 1,042 11 %
Total compensation, commissions and benefits
1,716 1,506 14 % 4,949 4,386 13 %
Non-compensation expenses:
Communications and information processing
106 94 13 % 303 283 7 %
Occupancy and equipment
57 53 8 % 168 157 7 %
Business development
49 43 14 % 126 113 12 %
Professional fees
16 17 (6) % 47 47 — %
All other
31 58 (47) % 66 117 (44) %
Total non-compensation expenses
259 265 (2) % 710 717 (1) %
Total non-interest expenses 1,975 1,771 12 % 5,659 5,103 11 %
Pre-tax income $ 441 $ 411 7 % $ 1,324 $ 1,286 3 %
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PCG client asset balances
As of
$ in billions June 30,
2024 March 31,
2024 September 30,
2023 June 30,
2023 March 31,
2023 September 30,
2022
Assets under administration (“AUA”)
$ 1,415.7 $ 1,388.8 $ 1,201.2 $ 1,227.0 $ 1,171.1 $ 1,039.0
Registered Investment Advisor (“RIA”) & Custody Services (“RCS”) AUA (1)
$ 167.2 $ 160.8 $ 133.3 $ 130.5 $ 123.5 $ 108.5
Assets in fee-based accounts (2)
$ 820.6 $ 798.8 $ 683.2 $ 697.0 $ 666.3 $ 586.0
RCS assets in fee-based accounts (1)
$ 140.6 $ 134.5 $ 111.7 $ 109.9 $ 103.6 $ 89.9
Percent of AUA in fee-based accounts
58.0 % 57.5 % 56.9 % 56.8 % 56.9 % 56.4 %
(1) Represents assets associated with firms affiliated with us through our RCS division, which are included in AUA and assets in fee-based accounts. Based on the nature of the services provided to such firms, revenues related to these assets are included in “Account and service fees.”
(2) A portion of our “Assets in fee-based accounts” is invested in “managed programs” overseen by our Asset Management segment, specifically our Asset Management Services division of RJ&A (“AMS”). These assets are included in our financial assets under management as disclosed in the “Selected key metrics” section of our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis - Results of Operations - Asset Management.”
PCG net new assets
Three months ended June 30, Nine months ended June 30,
$ in millions 2024 2023 2024 2023
Domestic Private Client Group net new assets (1)
$ 16,517 $ 14,386 $ 47,740 $ 59,085
Domestic Private Client Group net new assets growth - annualized (2)
5.2 % 5.4 % 5.8 % 8.3 %
(1) Domestic Private Client Group net new assets represents domestic Private Client Group client inflows, including dividends and interest, less domestic Private Client Group client outflows, including commissions, advisory fees and other fees. This metric for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2023 includes the impact of the departure of approximately $5 billion of assets under administration, representing the portion of advisors previously associated through a single relationship in the firm’s independent contractors division whose affiliation with the firm ended in the fiscal third quarter of 2023.
(2) The Domestic Private Client Group net new asset growth - annualized percentage is based on the beginning Domestic Private Client Group AUA balance for the indicated period.
PCG AUA and PCG assets in fee-based accounts as of June 30, 2024 increased 2% and 3%, respectively, compared with March 31, 2024, and increased 15% and 18%, respectively, compared with June 30, 2023, due to equity market appreciation and net new assets, due to the favorable impact of our advisor retention and recruiting. PCG assets in fee-based accounts continued to be a significant percentage of overall PCG AUA due to many clients’ preference for fee-based alternatives versus transaction-based accounts and, as a result, a significant portion of our PCG revenues is more directly impacted by market movements.
Fee-based accounts within our PCG segment are comprised of a wide array of products and programs that we offer our clients. The majority of assets in fee-based accounts within our PCG segment are invested in programs for which our financial advisors provide investment advisory services, either on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis. Administrative services for such accounts (e.g., record-keeping) are generally performed by our Asset Management segment and, as a result, a portion of the related revenue is shared with the Asset Management segment.
We also offer our clients fee-based accounts that are invested in “managed programs” overseen by AMS, which is part of our Asset Management segment. Fee-billable assets invested in managed programs are included in both “Assets in fee-based accounts” in the preceding table and “Financial assets under management” in the Asset Management segment. Revenues related to managed programs are shared by our PCG and Asset Management segments. The Asset Management segment receives a higher portion of the revenues related to accounts invested in managed programs, as compared to the portion received for non-managed programs, as it is performing portfolio management services in addition to administrative services.
The vast majority of the revenues we earn from fee-based accounts are recorded in “Asset management and related administrative fees” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income. Fees received from such accounts are based on the value of client assets in fee-based accounts and vary based on the specific account types in which the client invests and the level of assets in the client relationship. As fees for the majority of such accounts are billed based on balances as of the beginning of the quarter, revenues from fee-based accounts may not be immediately affected by changes in asset values, but rather the impacts are seen in the following quarter.
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Financial advisors
June 30,
2024 March 31,
2024 December 31,
2023 September 30,
2023 June 30,
2023
Employees 3,812 3,747 3,718 3,693 3,654
Independent contractors
4,970 5,014 4,992 5,019 5,050
Total advisors 8,782 8,761 8,710 8,712 8,704
The number of financial advisors as of June 30, 2024 increased compared with March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023, as new recruits and trainees that were moved into production roles exceeded departures and planned retirements. Generally, with planned retirements, assets are retained at the firm pursuant to advisor succession plans. During the three months ended June 30, 2024, approximately 50 financial advisors transferred to our RCS division, primarily related to one firm with financial advisors previously affiliated as independent contractors. During the nine months ended June 30, 2024, approximately 90 financial advisors transferred to RCS. Advisors in our RCS division are not included in our financial advisor metric although their client assets are included in PCG AUA. We may continue to experience transfers to our RCS division; however, consistent with our experience in fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2024 to date, we would not expect these financial advisor transfers to significantly impact our results of operations.
Clients’ domestic cash sweep balances and ESP balances
As of
$ in millions June 30,
2024 March 31,
2024 December 31,
2023 September 30,
2023 June 30,
2023
RJBDP:
Bank segment $ 23,371 $ 23,405 $ 23,912 $ 25,355 $ 27,915
Third-party banks 17,325 18,234 17,820 15,858 16,923
Subtotal RJBDP 40,696 41,639 41,732 41,213 44,838
Client Interest Program (“CIP”) 1,713 1,715 1,765 1,620 1,915
Total clients’ domestic cash sweep balances
42,409 43,354 43,497 42,833 46,753
ESP (1)
14,039 14,863 14,476 13,592 11,225
Total clients’ domestic cash sweep and ESP balances
$ 56,448 $ 58,217 $ 57,973 $ 56,425 $ 57,978
(1) In March 2023, we introduced our ESP, in which Private Client Group clients may deposit cash in a high-yield Raymond James Bank account. ESP balances held at Raymond James Bank as of the respective period end are included in “Bank deposits” on our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition.
Three months ended June 30, Nine months ended June 30,
2024 2023 2024 2023
Average yield on RJBDP - third-party banks
3.41 % 3.37 % 3.55 % 3.05 %
A significant portion of our domestic clients’ cash is included in the RJBDP, a multi-bank sweep program in which clients’ cash deposits in their brokerage accounts are swept into interest-bearing deposit accounts at either of our bank subsidiaries, which are included in our Bank segment, or various third-party banks. Balances swept to third-party banks are not reflected on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition. Our PCG segment earns servicing fees for the administrative services we provide related to our clients’ deposits that are swept to banks as part of the RJBDP. These servicing fees are variable in nature and fluctuate based on client cash balances in the program, as well as the level of short-term interest rates and the interest paid to clients on balances in the RJBDP. Under our intersegment policies, the PCG segment receives from our Bank segment the greater of a base servicing fee or a net yield equivalent to the average yield that the firm would otherwise receive from third-party banks in the RJBDP. In the current interest-rate environment, the PCG segment RJBDP fee revenues are derived from the yield from third-party banks in the program and the Bank segment RJBDP servicing costs reflect such market rate for the deposits. The fees that the PCG segment earns from the Bank segment, as well as the servicing costs incurred on the deposits in the Bank segment, are eliminated in consolidation. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis - Net interest analysis” for further information regarding factors impacting the servicing fees we receive related to the RJBDP, as well as the interest paid to clients on their cash balances.
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The “Average yield on RJBDP - third-party banks” in the preceding table is computed by dividing annualized RJBDP fees from third-party banks, which are net of the interest expense paid to clients by the third-party banks, by the average daily RJBDP balances at third-party banks. The average yield on RJBDP - third-party banks for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2024 increased from the prior year largely as a result of the increases in the Fed’s short-term benchmark interest rate; however, the average yield on RJBDP - third-party banks for the three months ended June 30, 2024 decreased 18 basis points compared with the preceding quarter as a result of an increase in certain balances in the RJBDP program which offered a higher yield. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis - Net interest analysis” for further information.
Total clients’ domestic cash sweep and ESP balances decreased 3% compared with March 31, 2024, with decreases in both RJBDP balances and the ESP, which was introduced to clients in March 2023. Total clients’ domestic cash sweep and ESP balances also decreased 3% compared with June 30, 2023, where a decline in client cash sweep balances was largely offset by growth in the ESP. PCG segment results can be impacted by not only changes in the level of client cash balances, but also by the allocation of client cash balances between the RJBDP, the CIP, and the ESP, as the PCG segment may earn different amounts from each of these client cash destinations, depending on multiple factors. For example, the ESP has provided us the flexibility to sweep more RJBDP balances to third-party banks and reduce the amount of RJBDP balances held in our Bank segment.
Quarter ended June 30, 2024 compared with the quarter ended June 30, 2023
Net revenues of $2.42 billion increased 11% and pre-tax income of $441 million increased 7%.
Asset management and related administrative fees increased $200 million, or 17%, primarily due to higher assets in fee-based accounts at the beginning of the current quarter compared with the prior-year quarter resulting from market appreciation, as well as growth primarily from advisor recruiting.
Brokerage revenues increased $60 million, or 17%, primarily due to higher client activity in the current quarter.
Account and service fees decreased $15 million, or 3%, due to a decrease in RJBDP fees resulting from lower client cash sweep balances. RJBDP fees paid to PCG from our Bank segment decreased due to a decline in balances allocated to our Bank segment, while RJBDP fees from third-party banks increased largely due to higher average balances swept to third-party banks. Partially offsetting the decline in total RJBDP fees was an increase in mutual fund service fees, primarily resulting from higher average mutual fund assets held in client accounts.
Other revenues decreased $12 million, or 48%, primarily due to a favorable arbitration award during the prior-year quarter, which did not recur in the current quarter.
Compensation-related expenses increased $210 million, or 14%, primarily due to higher commission expense resulting from higher compensable revenues, including asset management and related administrative fees and brokerage revenues, as well as an increase in compensation costs to support our growth and annual salary increases.
Non-compensation expenses decreased $6 million, or 2%, due to lower provisions for legal and regulatory matters, partially offset by higher communications and information processing expenses and occupancy expenses as a result of our growth, and higher business development expenses.
Nine months ended June 30, 2024 compared with the nine months ended June 30, 2023
Net revenues of $6.98 billion increased 9% and pre-tax income of $1.32 billion increased 3%.
Asset management and related administrative fees increased $519 million, or 16%, primarily due to higher assets in fee-based accounts at the beginning of each of the current-year quarterly billing periods compared with the prior-year periods resulting from market appreciation, as well as growth primarily from advisor recruiting.
Brokerage revenues increased $140 million, or 13%, primarily due to higher client activity in the current-year period, as well as higher trailing revenues, largely due to higher asset values.
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Account and service fees decreased $59 million, or 4%, primarily due to a decrease in RJBDP fees resulting from lower client cash sweep balances. RJBDP fees paid to PCG from our Bank segment decreased due to a decline in balances allocated to our Bank segment which more than offset the impact of higher short-term interest rates, while RJBDP fees from third-party banks increased due to the aforementioned increase in short-term interest rates, as well as higher average balances swept to such banks. Partially offsetting the decline in total RJBDP fees, mutual fund service fees increased, primarily from higher average mutual fund assets, and client account and other fees increased primarily due to business growth.
Net interest income increased $9 million, or 3%, reflecting the increase in short-term interest rates.
Other revenues decreased by $17 million, or 43%, primarily due to the aforementioned favorable arbitration award during the prior-year period.
Compensation-related expenses increased $563 million, or 13%, primarily due to higher commission expense resulting from higher compensable revenues, including asset management and related administrative fees and brokerage revenues, as well as an increase in compensation costs to support our growth and annual salary increases.
Non-compensation expenses decreased $7 million, or 1%, compared with the prior-year period primarily due to the positive impact of a net legal and regulatory reserve release in the current-year period compared with provisions for legal and regulatory matters in the prior-year period, partially offset by higher communications and information processing, business development, and occupancy expenses largely to support our growth.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – CAPITAL MARKETS
For an overview of our Capital Markets segment operations, as well as a description of the key factors impacting our Capital Markets results of operations, refer to the information presented in “Item 1 - Business” and “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our 2023 Form 10-K.
Operating results
Three months ended June 30, Nine months ended June 30,
$ in millions 2024 2023 % change 2024 2023 % change
Revenues:
Brokerage revenues:
Fixed income $ 86 $ 78 10 % $ 276 $ 274 1 %
Equity 35 32 9 % 107 100 7 %
Total brokerage revenues
121 110 10 % 383 374 2 %
Investment banking:
Merger & acquisition and advisory
91 88 3 % 316 277 14 %
Equity underwriting
33 25 32 % 82 69 19 %
Debt underwriting
49 28 75 % 116 73 59 %
Total investment banking 173 141 23 % 514 419 23 %
Interest income
32 21 52 % 81 65 25 %
Affordable housing investments business revenues 30 21 43 % 75 68 10 %
All other
4 4 — % 12 11 9 %
Total revenues 360 297 21 % 1,065 937 14 %
Interest expense
(30) (21) 43 % (76) (64) 19 %
Net revenues 330 276 20 % 989 873 13 %
Non-interest expenses:
Compensation, commissions and benefits
243 220 10 % 721 664 9 %
Non-compensation expenses:
Communications and information processing
28 27 4 % 85 77 10 %
Occupancy and equipment
12 10 20 % 35 31 13 %
Business development
14 14 — % 45 46 (2) %
Professional fees
17 12 42 % 42 39 8 %
All other
30 27 11 % 89 100 (11) %
Total non-compensation expenses
101 90 12 % 296 293 1 %
Total non-interest expenses 344 310 11 % 1,017 957 6 %
Pre-tax loss
$ (14) $ (34) 59 % $ (28) $ (84) 67 %
Quarter ended June 30, 2024 compared with the quarter ended June 30, 2023
Net revenues of $330 million increased 20% and the pre-tax loss was $14 million, compared with a pre-tax loss of $34 million for the prior-year quarter.
Investment banking revenues increased $32 million, or 23%, compared with the prior-year quarter, primarily due to improvement in debt underwriting revenues in both our public finance and fixed income businesses, as well as higher equity underwriting revenues. Merger & acquisition and advisory revenues were slightly higher compared with the prior-year quarter.
Brokerage revenues increased $11 million, or 10%, due to higher fixed income brokerage revenues, primarily resulting from an increase in activity by depository institution clients.
Compensation-related expenses increased $23 million, or 10%, primarily due to the increase in revenues, as well as an increase in compensation costs to support our growth and annual salary increases.
Non-compensation expenses increased $11 million, or 12%, primarily due to an increase in professional fees, largely resulting from higher investment banking deal expenses and external legal fees, as well as higher occupancy expenses.
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Nine months ended June 30, 2024 compared with the nine months ended June 30, 2023
Net revenues of $989 million increased 13% and the pre-tax loss was $28 million, compared with a pre-tax loss of $84 million for the prior-year period.
Investment banking revenues increased $95 million, or 23%, primarily due to a higher volume of transactions closed as a result of more favorable investment banking market conditions in the current-year period compared to the prior-year period.
Brokerage revenues increased $9 million, or 2%, due to increases in equity brokerage revenues and, to a lesser extent, fixed income brokerage revenues.
Compensation-related expenses increased $57 million, or 9%, primarily due to the increase in revenues, as well as an increase in compensation costs to support our growth and annual salary increases.
Non-compensation expenses increased $3 million, or 1%, primarily due to higher communications and information processing expenses and occupancy expenses, largely offset by lower provisions for legal and regulatory matters and external legal fee expenses.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – ASSET MANAGEMENT
For an overview of our Asset Management segment operations as well as a description of the key factors impacting our Asset Management results of operations, refer to the information presented in “Item 1 - Business” and “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our 2023 Form 10-K.
Operating results
Three months ended June 30, Nine months ended June 30,
$ in millions 2024 2023 % change 2024 2023 % change
Revenues:
Asset management and related administrative fees:
Managed programs
$ 171 $ 146 17 % $ 484 $ 420 15 %
Administration and other 83 71 17 % 236 200 18 %
Total asset management and related administrative fees 254 217 17 % 720 620 16 %
Account and service fees
5 5 — % 16 16 — %
All other 6 4 50 % 16 13 23 %
Net revenues 265 226 17 % 752 649 16 %
Non-interest expenses:
Compensation, commissions and benefits
56 51 10 % 167 150 11 %
Non-compensation expenses:
Communications and information processing
16 15 7 % 47 43 9 %
Investment sub-advisory fees
47 39 21 % 129 107 21 %
All other
34 32 6 % 104 98 6 %
Total non-compensation expenses 97 86 13 % 280 248 13 %
Total non-interest expenses 153 137 12 % 447 398 12 %
Pre-tax income $ 112 $ 89 26 % $ 305 $ 251 22 %
Selected key metrics
Managed programs
Management fees recorded in our Asset Management segment are generally calculated as a percentage of the value of our fee-billable financial assets under management (“AUM”). These AUM include the portion of fee-based AUA in our PCG segment that is invested in programs overseen by our Asset Management segment (included in the “AMS” line of the following table), as well as retail accounts managed on behalf of third-party institutions, institutional accounts and proprietary mutual funds that we manage (collectively included in the Raymond James Investment Management (“RJIM”) line of the following table).
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Revenues related to fee-based AUA in our PCG segment are shared by the PCG and Asset Management segments, the amount of which depends on whether or not clients are invested in assets that are in managed programs overseen by our Asset Management segment and the administrative services provided (see our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis - Results of Operations - Private Client Group” for more information). Our AUM in AMS are impacted by market fluctuations and net inflows or outflows of assets, including transfers between fee-based accounts and transaction-based accounts within our PCG segment.
Revenues earned by RJIM for retail accounts managed on behalf of third-party institutions, institutional accounts and our proprietary mutual funds are recorded entirely in the Asset Management segment. Our AUM in RJIM are impacted by market and investment performance and net inflows or outflows of assets.
Fees for our managed programs are generally collected quarterly. Approximately 70% of these fees are based on balances as of the beginning of the quarter (primarily in AMS), approximately 15% are based on balances as of the end of the quarter, and approximately 15% are based on average daily balances throughout the quarter.
Financial assets under management
$ in billions June 30,
2024 March 31,
2024 September 30,
2023 June 30,
2023 March 31,
2023 September 30,
2022
AMS (1)
$ 170.5 $ 165.7 $ 139.2 $ 142.3 $ 136.5 $ 119.8
RJIM
72.5 74.4 68.7 70.2 69.4 64.2
Subtotal financial assets under management 243.0 240.1 207.9 212.5 205.9 184.0
Less: Assets managed for affiliated entities (2)
(13.7) (13.3) (11.5) (11.8) (11.5) (10.2)
Total financial assets under management $ 229.3 $ 226.8 $ 196.4 $ 200.7 $ 194.4 $ 173.8
(1) Represents the portion of our PCG segment fee-based AUA (as disclosed in “Assets in fee-based accounts” in the “Selected key metrics - PCG client asset balances” section of our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis - Results of Operations - Private Client Group”) that is invested in managed programs overseen by the Asset Management segment.
(2) Represents the portion of the AMS AUM that is managed by RJIM and, as a result, is included in both AMS and RJIM in the preceding table. This amount is removed in the calculation of “Total financial assets under management.”
Activity (including activity in assets managed for affiliated entities)
Three months ended June 30, Nine months ended June 30,
$ in billions 2024 2023 2024 2023
Financial assets under management at beginning of period $ 240.1 $ 205.9 $ 207.9 $ 184.0
RJIM - net inflows/(outflows)
(1.5) (0.4) (3.7) 1.3
AMS - net inflows 4.2 0.8 8.4 3.5
Net market appreciation in asset values
0.2 6.2 30.4 23.7
Financial assets under management at end of period $ 243.0 $ 212.5 $ 243.0 $ 212.5
AMS
See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis - Results of Operations - Private Client Group” for further information about our retail client assets, including those fee-based assets invested in programs managed by AMS.
RJIM
Assets managed by RJIM include assets managed by our subsidiaries: Eagle Asset Management, Scout Investments, Reams Asset Management (a division of Scout Investments), ClariVest Asset Management, Cougar Global Investments, and Chartwell Investment Partners. The following table presents RJIM’s AUM by objective, excluding assets for which it does not exercise discretion, as well as the approximate average client fee rate earned on such assets.
As of June 30, 2024
$ in billions AUM Average fee rate
Equity $ 22.4 0.56 %
Fixed income 40.8 0.20 %
Balanced 9.3 0.33 %
Total financial assets under management $ 72.5 0.33 %
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Non-discretionary asset-based programs
The following table includes assets held in certain non-discretionary asset-based programs for which the Asset Management segment does not exercise discretion but provides other services such as administrative support (including for affiliated entities) and investment advice. The vast majority of these assets are also included in our PCG segment fee-based AUA (as disclosed in “Assets in fee-based accounts” in the “Selected key metrics - PCG client asset balances” section of our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis - Results of Operations - Private Client Group”).
$ in billions June 30,
2024 March 31,
2024 September 30,
2023 June 30,
2023 March 31,
2023 September 30,
2022
Total assets $ 474.7 $ 462.9 $ 391.1 $ 399.2 $ 378.7 $ 329.2
The increase in these assets as of June 30, 2024 compared with March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023 was primarily due to market appreciation, successful financial advisor retention and recruiting, and the continued trend of clients moving to fee-based accounts from transaction-based accounts. Administrative fees associated with these programs are predominantly based on balances at the beginning of the quarter.
Raymond James Trust
The following table includes assets held in asset-based programs in Raymond James Trust, N.A. (including those managed for affiliated entities).
$ in billions June 30,
2024 March 31,
2024 September 30,
2023 June 30,
2023 March 31,
2023 September 30,
2022
Total assets $ 10.0 $ 9.8 $ 8.5 $ 8.6 $ 8.2 $ 7.3
Fees earned on trust services are primarily reported within “Asset management and related administrative fees” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income.
Quarter ended June 30, 2024 compared with the quarter ended June 30, 2023
Net revenues of $265 million increased 17% and pre-tax income of $112 million increased 26%.
Asset management and related administrative fees increased $37 million, or 17%, driven by higher beginning balances of financial assets under management and assets in non-discretionary asset-based programs at AMS, primarily due to market-driven appreciation in asset values and net inflows to PCG fee-based accounts.
Compensation expenses increased $5 million, or 10%, primarily due to higher revenues. Non-compensation expenses increased $11 million, or 13%, largely due to higher investment sub-advisory fees, resulting from the increase in the beginning balance of assets under management in sub-advised programs.
Nine months ended June 30, 2024 compared with the nine months ended June 30, 2023
Net revenues of $752 million increased 16% and pre-tax income of $305 million increased 22%.
Asset management and related administrative fees increased $100 million, or 16%, driven by higher beginning balances of financial assets under management and assets in non-discretionary asset-based programs at AMS, primarily due to market-driven appreciation in asset values and net inflows to PCG fee-based accounts.
Compensation expenses increased $17 million, or 11%, primarily due to higher revenues, as well as an increase in compensation costs to support our growth and annual cost increases, including salaries. Non-compensation expenses increased $32 million, or 13%, largely due to higher investment sub-advisory fees, resulting from the increase in assets under management in sub-advised programs, as well as higher communications and information processing expenses.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – BANK
For an overview of our Bank segment operations, as well as a description of the key factors impacting our Bank segment results of operations, refer to the information presented in “Item 1 - Business” and “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our 2023 Form 10-K.
Operating results
Three months ended June 30, Nine months ended June 30,
$ in millions 2024 2023 % change 2024 2023 % change
Revenues:
Interest income $ 867 $ 826 5 % $ 2,607 $ 2,251 16 %
Interest expense (461) (329) 40 % (1,362) (733) 86 %
Net interest income 406 497 (18) % 1,245 1,518 (18) %
All other 12 17 (29) % 38 44 (14) %
Net revenues 418 514 (19) % 1,283 1,562 (18) %
Non-interest expenses:
Compensation and benefits
45 48 (6) % 136 136 — %
Non-compensation expenses:
Bank loan provision/(benefit) for credit losses
(10) 54 NM 23 96 (76) %
RJBDP fees to PCG
198 277 (29) % 627 856 (27) %
All other
70 69 1 % 215 181 19 %
Total non-compensation expenses 258 400 (36) % 865 1,133 (24) %
Total non-interest expenses 303 448 (32) % 1,001 1,269 (21) %
Pre-tax income $ 115 $ 66 74 % $ 282 $ 293 (4) %
Quarter ended June 30, 2024 compared with the quarter ended June 30, 2023
Net revenues of $418 million decreased 19%, while pre-tax income of $115 million increased 74%.
Net interest income decreased $91 million, or 18%, as the favorable impact from higher short-term rates in the current quarter was more than offset by increased interest expense resulting from a higher-cost mix of deposits, as RJBDP balances declined and a significant portion was replaced with higher-cost ESP balances, which was introduced to clients in March 2023. The Bank segment net interest margin decreased to 2.64% from 3.26% for the prior-year quarter.
The bank loan benefit for credit losses was $10 million for the current quarter, compared with a bank loan provision for credit losses of $54 million for the prior-year quarter. The bank loan benefit for credit losses for the current quarter primarily reflected the positive impacts of net loan repayments, sales, and improved loan grades on the C&I loan portfolio, and an improvement in forecasted home prices on the residential mortgage portfolio, partially offset by the impact of loan downgrades in our CRE portfolio. The bank loan provision for credit losses for the prior-year quarter largely reflected the impacts of a weaker economic outlook for the CRE portfolio as reflected in Moody’s CRE Price Index utilized in our CECL model and, to a lesser extent, loan downgrades.
Non-compensation expenses, excluding the bank loan provision for credit losses, decreased $78 million, or 23%, primarily due to a decrease in RJBDP fees paid to PCG resulting from the aforementioned decline in RJBDP balances swept to the Bank segment, partially offset by the impact of higher rates applicable to such balances. These Bank segment fees and the related revenues earned by the PCG segment are eliminated in consolidation (see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Private Client Group” for further information about these servicing fees).
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Nine months ended June 30, 2024 compared with the nine months ended June 30, 2023
Net revenues of $1.28 billion decreased 18% and pre-tax income of $282 million decreased 4%.
Net interest income decreased $273 million, or 18%, primarily due to increased interest expense resulting from a higher-cost mix of deposits, as RJBDP balances declined and a significant portion was replaced with higher-cost ESP balances, which was introduced to clients in March 2023, as well as an increase in certificate of deposit balances. The increase in interest expense was partially offset by an increase in interest income, primarily due to higher short-term interest rates and higher average cash balances during the current-year period. The Bank segment net interest margin decreased to 2.68% from 3.41% for the prior-year period.
The bank loan provision for credit losses was $23 million for the current-year period, compared with $96 million for the prior-year period. The bank loan provision for credit losses for the current-year period primarily reflected the impacts of loan growth, specific reserves, loan downgrades, and charge-offs in our C&I and CRE loan portfolios, partially offset by the favorable impacts of an improved economic forecast, loan repayments, and loan sales. The bank loan provision for credit losses for the prior-year period primarily reflected the impacts of a weakened macroeconomic outlook for certain loan portfolios, including the impact of a weaker economic outlook for the CRE portfolio as reflected in Moody’s CRE Price Index utilized in our CECL model, as well as loan downgrades during the prior-year period, partially offset by the impact of loan repayments and sales, which had a larger impact than provisions on new loans during the prior-year period.
Non-compensation expenses, excluding the bank loan provision for credit losses, decreased $195 million, or 19%, primarily due to a decrease in RJBDP fees paid to PCG. RJBDP fees to PCG decreased $229 million, or 27%, primarily due to the aforementioned decline in RJBDP balances swept to the Bank segment, partially offset by an increase in rates applicable to such balances. These Bank segment fees and the related revenues earned by the PCG segment are eliminated in consolidation. Non-compensation expenses also decreased as a result of a smaller provision for credit losses on unfunded lending comments in the current-year period. These decreases were partially offset by increases in expenses related to deposits, including an incremental FDIC special assessment enacted during the current-year period and expenses related to the ESP and certificate of deposit issuances during the current-year period, as well as higher communications and information processing expenses. The FDIC special assessment resulted in $10 million of incremental expense for the nine months ended June 30, 2024.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – OTHER
This segment includes interest income on certain corporate cash balances, our private equity investments, which predominantly consist of investments in third-party funds, certain other corporate investing activity, and certain corporate overhead costs of RJF that are not allocated to other segments, including the interest costs on our public debt, certain provisions for legal and regulatory matters, and certain acquisition-related expenses. For an overview of our Other segment operations, refer to the information presented in “Item 1 - Business” and “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our 2023 Form 10-K.
Operating results
Three months ended June 30, Nine months ended June 30,
$ in millions 2024 2023 % change 2024 2023 % change
Revenues:
Interest income $ 47 $ 37 27 % $ 140 $ 103 36 %
All other 6 2 200 % 6 6 — %
Total revenues 53 39 36 % 146 109 34 %
Interest expense (25) (24) 4 % (75) (75) — %
Net revenues 28 15 87 % 71 34 109 %
Non-interest expenses:
Compensation and benefits 29 27 7 % 78 71 10 %
Insurance settlement received — — — % — (32) 100 %
All other 9 34 (74) % (7) 46 NM
Total non-interest expenses 38 61 (38) % 71 85 (16) %
Pre-tax loss
$ (10) $ (46) 78 % $ — $ (51) 100 %
Quarter ended June 30, 2024 compared with the quarter ended June 30, 2023
Pre-tax loss was $10 million, compared with a pre-tax loss of $46 million for the prior-year quarter.
Net revenues increased $13 million primarily due to an increase in interest income earned as a result of higher average corporate cash balances, as well as higher short-term interest rates applicable to such balances.
Non-interest expenses decreased $23 million, primarily due to a provision for legal and regulatory matters in the prior-year quarter which did not recur in the current quarter.
Nine months ended June 30, 2024 compared with the nine months ended June 30, 2023
Pre-tax earnings were breakeven compared with a pre-tax loss of $51 million for the prior-year period.
Net revenues increased $37 million, primarily due to an increase in interest income earned as a result of higher short-term interest rates applicable to our corporate cash balances and, to a lesser extent, higher average corporate cash balances.
Non-interest expenses decreased $14 million, or 16%, primarily due to the positive impact of a net legal and regulatory reserve release in the current-year period compared with a provision in the prior-year period, partially offset by the impacts of a $32 million insurance settlement received during the prior-year period related to a previously-settled legal matter that did not recur in the current-year period and, to a lesser extent, higher compensation expenses in the current-year period.
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION ANALYSIS
The assets on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition consisted primarily of cash and cash equivalents, assets segregated for regulatory purposes and restricted cash (primarily segregated for the benefit of clients), receivables including bank loans, financial instruments held either for trading purposes or as investments, goodwill and identifiable intangible assets, and other assets. A significant portion of our assets were liquid in nature, providing us with flexibility in financing our business.
Total assets of $80.63 billion as of June 30, 2024 were $2.27 billion, or 3%, greater than our total assets as of September 30, 2023. Bank loans, net increased $1.37 billion primarily driven by increases in SBL, residential mortgage loans, and CRE loans, partially offset by a decrease in C&I loans, largely resulting from net loan repayments and sales. Other assets increased $429 million, primarily due to valuation increases on our company-owned life insurance policies. Assets segregated for regulatory purposes and restricted cash increased $406 million, primarily due to an increase in client cash balances in our broker-dealer subsidiaries. Other receivables, net, trading assets, and brokerage client receivables, net also increased $325 million, $285 million, and $273 million, respectively. These increases were partially offset by a $651 million decrease in available-for-sale securities primarily driven by net maturities.
As of June 30, 2024, our total liabilities of $69.44 billion were $1.27 billion, or 2%, greater than our total liabilities as of September 30, 2023. Collateralized financings increased $817 million due to an increase in securities lending activity. Bank deposits increased $202 million, primarily driven by growth in ESP balances and other interest-bearing demand deposits, partially offset by a decrease in RJBDP client cash sweep balances swept to our Bank segment. Trading liabilities and other payables also increased $175 million and $153 million, respectively.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Liquidity and capital are essential to our business. The primary goal of our liquidity management activities is to ensure adequate funding and liquidity to conduct our business over a range of economic and market environments, including times of broader industry or market liquidity stress events. In times of market stress or uncertainty, we generally maintain higher levels of liquidity, including increased cash levels in our Bank segment, to ensure we have adequate funding to support our business and meet our clients’ needs. We seek to manage capital levels to support execution of our business strategy, provide financial strength to our subsidiaries, and maintain sustained access to the capital markets, while at the same time meeting our regulatory capital requirements and conservative internal management targets.
Liquidity and capital resources are provided primarily through our business operations and financing activities. Our business operations generate substantially all of their own liquidity and funding needs. We have a contingency funding plan which would guide our actions if one or more of our businesses were to experience disruptions from normal funding and liquidity sources. These actions include reallocating client cash balances in the RJBDP from third-party banks to our bank subsidiaries thereby bringing those deposits onto our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition, increasing our FHLB borrowings at our bank subsidiaries, accessing committed and uncommitted lines of credit at the parent or certain operating subsidiaries, accessing capital markets, or borrowing from the Federal Reserve’s discount window. We also have the ability to create additional sources of funding by developing new products to meet the financial needs of our clients, such as the ESP deposit offering which was introduced to PCG clients in fiscal 2023, and, from time to time offering enhanced rates on certain RJBDP deposits. With each of our deposit offerings, we work to obtain sufficient liquidity to support our business operations while also maintaining a high level of FDIC insurance coverage for our clients.
Our financing activities could also include bank borrowings, collateralized financing arrangements, or additional capital raising activities under our “universal” shelf registration statement. We believe our existing assets, most of which are liquid in nature, together with funds generated from operations and available from committed and uncommitted financing facilities, provide adequate funds for continuing operations at current levels of activity in the short-term. We also believe that we will be able to continue to meet our long-term funding and liquidity requirements due to our strong financial position and ability to access capital from financial markets.
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Liquidity and capital management
Senior management establishes our liquidity and capital management frameworks. Our liquidity and capital management frameworks are overseen by our Asset and Liability Committee, a senior management committee that develops and executes strategies and policies to manage our liquidity risk and interest rate risk, as well as provides oversight over the firm’s investments. Our liquidity management framework is designed to ensure we have a sufficient amount of funding, even when funding markets experience stress. We manage the maturities and diversity of our funding across products and seek to maintain a diversified funding profile with an appropriate tenor, taking into consideration the characteristics and liquidity profile of our assets (e.g., the maturities of our available-for-sale securities portfolio). The liquidity management framework includes senior management’s review of short- and long-term cash flow forecasts, review of necessary expenditures, monitoring of the availability of alternative sources of financing, and daily monitoring of liquidity in our significant subsidiaries. Our decisions on the allocation of resources to our business units consider, among other factors, projected profitability, cash flow, risk, future liquidity needs, and required capital levels. Our treasury department assists in evaluating, monitoring and controlling the impact that our business activities have on our financial condition and liquidity, and also maintains our relationships with various lenders. The objective of our liquidity management framework is to support the successful execution of our business strategies while ensuring ongoing and sufficient funding and liquidity.
Our capital planning and capital risk management processes are governed by the Capital Planning Committee (“CPC”), a senior management committee that provides oversight on our capital planning and ensures that our strategic planning and risk management processes are integrated into the capital planning process. The CPC meets at least quarterly to review key metrics related to the firm’s capital, such as debt structure and capital ratios; to analyze potential and emerging risks to capital; to oversee our annual firmwide capital stress test; and to propose capital actions to the Board of Directors, such as declaring dividends, repurchasing securities, and raising capital. To ensure that we have sufficient capital to absorb unanticipated losses, the firm adheres to capital risk appetite statements and tolerances set in excess of regulatory minimums, which are established by the CPC and approved by the Board of Directors. We conduct enterprise-wide capital stress testing to ensure that we maintain adequate capital to adhere to our established tolerances under multiple scenarios, including a stressed scenario.
Capital structure
Common equity (i.e., common stock, additional paid-in capital, and retained earnings) is the primary component of our capital structure. Common equity allows for the absorption of losses on an ongoing basis and for the conservation of resources during stress periods, as it provides us with discretion on the amount and timing of dividends and other capital actions. Information about our common equity is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition, the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity, and Note 17 of this Form 10-Q.
Under regulatory capital rules applicable to us as a bank holding company, we are required to maintain minimum leverage ratios (defined as tier 1 capital divided by adjusted average assets), as well as minimum ratios of tier 1 capital, CET1, and total capital to risk-weighted assets. These capital ratios incorporate quantitative measures of our assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under the regulatory capital rules and are subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk-weightings, and other factors. We calculate these ratios in order to assess compliance with both regulatory requirements and internal capital policies. In order to maintain our ability to take certain capital actions, including dividends and common equity repurchases, and to make bonus payments, we must hold a capital conservation buffer above our minimum risk-based capital requirements. See Note 21 for further information about our regulatory capital and related capital ratios.
We have classified all of our investments in debt securities as available-for-sale and have not classified any of our investments in debt securities as held-to-maturity. Accordingly, we account for our available-for-sale securities at fair value at each reporting date, with unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, included in AOCI. Current Basel III rules permit us to make an election to exclude most components of AOCI when calculating CET1, tier 1 capital, and total capital. We have elected the AOCI opt-out for regulatory capital purposes and therefore exclude certain elements of AOCI, including gains/losses on our available-for-sale portfolio, from our capital calculations.
On July 27, 2023, U.S. banking regulators issued proposed rules that, if enacted, would result in changes to regulations applicable to bank holding companies, including higher capital requirements and eliminating the AOCI opt-out election, which could reduce our regulatory capital ratios in the future. Under the proposed rule, if enacted, there would be a three-year transition period for the elimination of the AOCI opt-out election. We are continuing to evaluate these proposals, most of which would apply to us if our average total consolidated assets for four consecutive calendar quarters exceeded $100 billion, to assess their potential impact to our current businesses and strategies.
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The following table presents the components of RJF’s regulatory capital used to calculate the aforementioned regulatory capital ratios.
$ in millions
June 30, 2024 September 30, 2023
Common equity tier 1 capital/Tier 1 capital
Common stock and related additional paid-in capital $ 3,223 $ 3,145
Retained earnings
11,385 10,213
Treasury stock
(2,773) (2,252)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(717) (971)
Less: Goodwill and identifiable intangible assets, net of related deferred tax liabilities (1,748) (1,776)
Other adjustments 646 886
Common equity tier 1 capital 10,016 9,245
Preferred stock 79 79
Less: Tier 1 capital deductions (3) (3)
Tier 1 capital 10,092 9,321
Tier 2 capital
Qualifying subordinated debt 99 100
Qualifying allowances for credit losses 516 513
Tier 2 capital 615 613
Total capital $ 10,707 $ 9,934
The following table presents RJF’s risk-weighted assets by exposure type used to calculate the aforementioned regulatory capital ratios.
$ in millions
June 30, 2024 September 30, 2023
On-balance sheet assets:
Corporate exposures $ 19,259 $ 19,262
Exposures to sovereign and government-sponsored entities (1)
1,698 1,844
Exposures to depository institutions, foreign banks, and credit unions 1,907 1,878
Exposures to public-sector entities 692 698
Residential mortgage exposures 4,677 4,377
Statutory multi-family mortgage exposures 185 118
High volatility commercial real estate exposures 141 141
Past due loans 263 203
Equity exposures 550 538
Securitization exposures 145 134
Other assets 9,772 8,665
Off-balance sheet:
Standby letters of credit 77 91
Commitments with original maturity of one year or less 194 131
Commitments with original maturity greater than one year 2,340 2,396
Over-the-counter derivatives 278 311
Other off-balance sheet items 331 275
Market risk-weighted assets
2,929 2,485
Total standardized risk-weighted assets $ 45,438 $ 43,547
(1) Exposure is predominantly to the U.S. government and its agencies.
Cash flows
Cash and cash equivalents (excluding amounts segregated for regulatory purposes and restricted cash) of $9.10 billion at June 30, 2024 decreased $218 million compared with September 30, 2023. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents primarily resulted from investments in bank loans, property and equipment, and loans to financial advisors, as well as common stock repurchases and dividends paid on our common and preferred stock. These decreases were partially offset by net income and net maturities of available-for-sale securities during the period.
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Sources of liquidity
Approximately $2.11 billion of our total June 30, 2024 cash and cash equivalents was RJF corporate cash, which included the cash held at the parent company, as well as cash it loaned to RJ&A. As of June 30, 2024, RJF had loaned $1.39 billion to RJ&A (such amount is included in the RJ&A cash balance in the following table), which RJ&A has invested on behalf of RJF in cash and cash equivalents or otherwise deployed in its normal business activities.
The following table presents our holdings of cash and cash equivalents.
$ in millions June 30, 2024
RJF $ 755
TriState Capital Bank 2,995
RJ&A 1,906
Raymond James Bank 1,861
Raymond James Ltd. (“RJ Ltd.”) 610
Raymond James Capital Services, LLC 177
Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. 151
Raymond James Trust Company of New Hampshire 124
Charles Stanley Group Limited (“Charles Stanley”) 119
RJIM 95
Other subsidiaries 302
Total cash and cash equivalents $ 9,095
RJF maintained depository accounts at Raymond James Bank and TriState Capital Bank totaling $294 million as of June 30, 2024. The portion of this total that was available on demand without restrictions, which amounted to $250 million as of June 30, 2024, is reflected in the RJF cash balance and excluded from Raymond James Bank’s cash balance in the preceding table.
A large portion of the cash and cash equivalents balances at our non-U.S. subsidiaries, including RJ Ltd. and Charles Stanley, as of June 30, 2024 was held to meet regulatory requirements and was not available for use by the parent.
In addition to the cash balances described, we have various other potential sources of cash available to the parent company from subsidiaries, as described in the following section.
Liquidity available from subsidiaries
Liquidity is principally available to RJF from RJ&A and Raymond James Bank.
Certain of our broker-dealer subsidiaries are subject to the requirements of the Uniform Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3-1) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. As a member firm of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), RJ&A is subject to FINRA’s capital requirements, which are substantially the same as Rule 15c3-1. Rule 15c3-1 provides for an “alternative net capital requirement,” which RJ&A has elected. Regulations require that minimum net capital, as defined, be equal to the greater of $1.5 million or 2% of aggregate debit items arising from client balances. In addition, covenants in RJ&A’s committed financing facilities require its net capital to be a minimum of 10% of aggregate debit items. At June 30, 2024, RJ&A significantly exceeded the minimum regulatory requirements, the covenants in its financing arrangements pertaining to net capital, as well as its internally-targeted net capital tolerances. FINRA may impose certain restrictions, such as restricting withdrawals of equity capital, if a member firm were to fall below a certain threshold or fail to meet minimum net capital requirements which may result in RJ&A limiting dividends it would otherwise remit to RJF. We evaluate regulatory requirements, loan covenants and certain internal tolerances when determining the amount of liquidity available to RJF from RJ&A.
Our bank subsidiaries may pay dividends to RJF without prior approval of their regulators as long as the dividends do not exceed the sum of their current calendar year and the previous two calendar years’ retained net income, and they maintain their targeted regulatory capital ratios, among other restrictions. Dividends paid to RJF from our bank subsidiaries may be limited to the extent that capital is needed to support balance sheet growth or as part of our liquidity and capital management activities.
Although we have liquidity available to us from our other subsidiaries, the available amounts may not be as significant as those previously described and, in certain instances, may be subject to regulatory requirements.
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Borrowings and financing arrangements
Financing arrangements
We have various financing arrangements in place with third-party lenders that allow us the flexibility to borrow funds on a secured or unsecured basis to meet our liquidity needs. We generally utilize these financing arrangements to finance a portion of our fixed income trading instruments held by RJ&A or for cash management purposes. Our ability to borrow under these arrangements is dependent upon compliance with the conditions in our various loan agreements and, in the case of secured borrowings, collateral eligibility requirements.
As of June 30, 2024, RJF and RJ&A had the ability to borrow under our $750 million Credit Facility, a committed unsecured line of credit. We had no such borrowings outstanding under this facility as of June 30, 2024. See Note 14 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding our Credit Facility.
In addition to our Credit Facility, we have various uncommitted financing arrangements with third-party lenders, which are in the form of secured lines of credit, secured bilateral repurchase agreements, or unsecured lines of credit. Our uncommitted secured financing arrangements generally require us to post collateral in excess of the amount borrowed and are generally collateralized by RJ&A-owned securities or by securities that we have received as collateral under reverse repurchase agreements (i.e., securities purchased under agreements to resell). As of June 30, 2024, we had outstanding borrowings of $374 million under four uncommitted secured borrowing arrangements out of a total of 12 uncommitted financing arrangements (eight uncommitted secured and four uncommitted unsecured). However, lenders are generally under no contractual obligation to lend to us under uncommitted credit facilities. See Notes 6 and 14 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding these borrowings.
Our borrowings on uncommitted secured financing arrangements, which were in the form of repurchase agreements in RJ&A, were included in “Collateralized financings” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition. The average daily balance outstanding during the five most recent quarters, the maximum month-end balance outstanding during the quarter and the period-end balances for repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements are detailed in the following table.
Repurchase transactions Reverse repurchase transactions
For the quarter ended:
($ in millions)
Average daily
balance
outstanding Maximum month-end
balance outstanding
during the quarter End of period
balance
outstanding Average daily
balance
outstanding Maximum month-end
balance outstanding
during the quarter End of period
balance
outstanding
June 30, 2024 $ 407 $ 374 $ 374 $ 349 $ 311 $ 311
March 31, 2024 $ 256 $ 371 $ 371 $ 244 $ 449 $ 449
December 31, 2023 $ 171 $ 193 $ 169 $ 225 $ 252 $ 194
September 30, 2023 $ 153 $ 232 $ 157 $ 215 $ 279 $ 187
June 30, 2023 $ 123 $ 128 $ 110 $ 179 $ 181 $ 181
Other borrowings and collateralized financings
We had $950 million in FHLB borrowings outstanding at June 30, 2024, comprised of floating-rate and fixed-rate advances. The interest rates on our floating-rate advances are based on SOFR. We use interest rate swaps to manage the risk of increases in interest rates associated with the majority of our floating-rate FHLB advances by converting the balances subject to variable interest rates to a fixed interest rate.
We pledge certain of our bank loans and available-for-sale securities with the FHLB as security for both the repayment of certain borrowings and to secure capacity for additional borrowings as needed. As of June 30, 2024, we had $9.57 billion in immediate credit available from the FHLB based on the collateral pledged. With the pledge of incremental collateral, we could further increase credit available to us from the FHLB. See Notes 4, 6, 7, and 14 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding bank loans and available-for-sale securities pledged with the FHLB and for further information on our FHLB borrowings, including the related maturities and interest rates.
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As member banks, our bank subsidiaries have access to the Federal Reserve’s discount window and may have access to other lending programs that may be established by the Federal Reserve in unusual and exigent circumstances; however; we do not view borrowings from the Federal Reserve as one of our primary sources of funding. See Note 6 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding available-for-sale securities and bank loans pledged with the FRB.
A portion of our fixed income transactions are cleared through a third-party clearing organization, which provides financing for the purchase of trading instruments to support such transactions. The amount of financing is based on the amount of trading inventory financed, as well as any deposits held at the clearing organization. Amounts outstanding under this financing arrangement are collateralized by a portion of our trading inventory and accrue interest based on market rates. While we had borrowings outstanding as of June 30, 2024, the clearing organization is under no contractual obligation to lend to us under this arrangement.
At June 30, 2024, we had subordinated notes due 2030 outstanding, with an aggregate principal amount of $98 million. See Note 14 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q and Note 16 of our 2023 Form 10-K for additional information regarding these borrowings.
We may act as an intermediary between broker-dealers and other financial institutions whereby we borrow securities from one counterparty and then lend them to another counterparty. Where permitted, we have also loaned securities owned by clients or the firm to broker-dealers and other financial institutions. We account for each of these types of transactions as collateralized agreements and financings, with the outstanding balance of $780 million as of June 30, 2024 related to the securities loaned included in “Collateralized financings” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition of this Form 10-Q. See Note 6 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q and Note 2 of our 2023 Form 10-K for more information on our collateralized agreements and financings.
Senior notes payable
At June 30, 2024, we had aggregate outstanding senior notes payable of $2.04 billion, which, exclusive of any unaccreted premiums or discounts and debt issuance costs, was comprised of $500 million par 4.65% senior notes due 2030, $800 million par 4.95% senior notes due 2046, and $750 million par 3.75% senior notes due 2051. See Note 17 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2023 Form 10-K for additional information on our senior notes payable.
Credit ratings
Our issuer, senior long-term debt, and preferred stock credit ratings as of the most current report are detailed in the following table.
Credit Rating
Fitch Ratings, Inc. Moody’s Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
Issuer and senior long-term debt:
Rating
A- A3 A-
Outlook Stable Stable Stable
Last rating action
Affirmed
Affirmed
Affirmed
Date of last rating action
March 2024
March 2024
February 2024
Preferred stock:
Rating
BB+ Baa3 (hyb) Not rated
Last rating action
Affirmed
Affirmed
N/A
Date of last rating action
March 2024
March 2024
N/A
Our current credit ratings depend upon a number of factors, including industry dynamics, operating and economic environment, operating results, operating margins, earnings trends and volatility, balance sheet composition, liquidity and liquidity management, capital structure, overall risk management, business diversification and market share, and competitive position in the markets in which we operate. Deterioration in any of these factors could impact our credit ratings. Any rating downgrades could increase our costs in the event we were to obtain additional financing.
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Should our credit rating be downgraded prior to a public debt offering, it is probable that we would have to offer a higher rate of interest to bond investors. A downgrade to below investment grade may make a public debt offering difficult to execute on terms we would consider to be favorable. A downgrade below investment grade could result in the termination of certain derivative contracts and the counterparties to the derivative instruments could request immediate payment or demand immediate and ongoing overnight collateralization on our derivative instruments in liability positions. A credit downgrade could damage our reputation and result in certain counterparties limiting their business with us, result in negative comments by analysts, potentially negatively impact investors’ and/or clients’ perception of us, cause clients to withdraw bank deposits that exceed FDIC insurance limits from our bank subsidiaries, and cause a decline in our stock price. None of our borrowing arrangements contains a condition or event of default related to our credit ratings. However, a credit downgrade would result in the firm incurring a higher facility fee on the Credit Facility, in addition to triggering a higher interest rate applicable to any borrowings outstanding on that line as of and subsequent to such downgrade. Conversely, an improvement in RJF’s current credit rating could have a favorable impact on the facility fee, as well as the interest rate applicable to any borrowings on such line.
Other sources and uses of liquidity
We have company-owned life insurance policies which are utilized to fund certain non-qualified deferred compensation plans and other employee benefit plans. Certain of our non-qualified deferred compensation plans and other employee benefit plans are employee-directed (i.e., the participant chooses investment portfolio benchmarks) while others are company-directed. Of the company-owned life insurance policies which fund these plans, certain policies could be used as a source of liquidity for the firm. Those policies against which we could readily borrow had a cash surrender value of $1.11 billion as of June 30, 2024, comprised of $746 million related to employee-directed plans and $363 million related to company-directed plans, and we were able to borrow up to 90%, or $998 million, of the June 30, 2024 total without restriction. To effect any such borrowing, the underlying investments would be converted to money market investments, therefore requiring us to take market risk related to the employee-directed plans. There were no borrowings outstanding against any of these policies as of June 30, 2024.
On May 8, 2024, we filed a “universal” shelf registration statement with the SEC pursuant to which we can issue debt, equity and other capital instruments if and when necessary or perceived by us to be opportune. Subject to certain conditions, this registration statement will be effective through May 8, 2027.
In May 2024, Raymond James Bank entered into a joint venture with a third party to offer private credit solutions in order to finance merger and acquisitions transactions. All loans made by the joint venture to borrower companies are subject to unanimous approval by both Raymond James Bank and the joint venture member. Raymond James Bank may make advances through a loan to the joint venture. The activity of this joint venture did not have a significant impact on our financial position as of June 30, 2024 or results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
As part of our ongoing operations, we also enter into contractual arrangements that may require future cash payments, including certificates of deposit, lease obligations and other contractual arrangements, such as for software licenses and various services. See Notes 12 and 13 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q and Notes 14 and 15 of our 2023 Form 10-K for information regarding our lease obligations and certificates of deposit, respectively. We have entered into investment commitments, lending commitments and other commitments to extend credit for which we are unable to reasonably predict the timing of future payments. See Note 16 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for further information.
REGULATORY
Refer to the discussion of the regulatory environment in which we operate and the impact on our operations of certain rules and regulations in “Item 1 - Business - Regulation” of our 2023 Form 10-K.
RJF and many of its subsidiaries are each subject to various regulatory capital requirements. As of June 30, 2024, all of our active regulated domestic and international subsidiaries had net capital in excess of minimum requirements. In addition, RJF, Raymond James Bank, and TriState Capital Bank were categorized as “well-capitalized” as of June 30, 2024. The maintenance of certain risk-based and other regulatory capital levels could influence various capital allocation decisions impacting one or more of our businesses. However, due to the current capital position of RJF and its regulated subsidiaries, we do not anticipate these capital requirements will have a negative impact on our future business activities. See Note 21 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and capital resources - Capital structure” of this Form 10-Q for further information on regulatory capital requirements.
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In March 2024, the SEC adopted a final rule that requires registrants to provide significantly enhanced and standardized climate-related disclosures in their annual reports. The rule requires, among other things, disclosures about the financial statement impacts of severe weather events and other natural conditions, as well as our climate-related oversight and risk management activities and material Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions. Under the final rule, the aforementioned disclosures are effective for annual periods beginning with our fiscal 2026, except for disclosures of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions and certain other disclosures which are effective for annual periods beginning with our fiscal 2027. However, several legal challenges were filed following issuance of the final rule, and the consolidated petitions are currently being reviewed by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The SEC has stayed the final rule pending completion of judicial review and has indicated that a new implementation period will be provided upon lifting of the stay. We are monitoring the legal activity while continuing to evaluate the impact that this new rule will have on our disclosures. Compliance with these additional disclosures could result in additional costs.
On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a final rule significantly expanding the definition of “investment advice fiduciary” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In related rulemakings, the DOL also finalized amendments to several class prohibited transaction exemptions (“PTEs”), which exempt certain compensation arrangements that would otherwise be prohibited. In July 2024, two federal district courts separately issued nationwide stays of the effective date of the final rule and PTE amendments pending consideration of the merits. We are monitoring the legal activity while continuing to evaluate the impact these new rules could have on our business. If the rules become effective as promulgated, we expect compliance will require us to alter certain of our business practices and impose additional costs.
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a final rule which will prohibit companies from entering into any new post-employment non-competition agreements with employees and independent contractors and make existing non-competition clauses for the vast majority of U.S. workers unenforceable. The rule will permit companies to enforce existing non-competition clauses only with a narrowly defined group of “senior executives,” but provides an exception for non-competition agreements entered into as part of the sale of a business. The rule will become effective on September 4, 2024, unless it is enjoined or stayed as a result of legal challenges. Compliance with the rule could require us to alter our business practices where such non-competition agreements are present and would result in the accelerated recognition of compensation expense related to certain of our deferred compensation plans.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
The condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which require us to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the reporting period. Management has established detailed policies and control procedures intended to ensure the appropriateness of such estimates and assumptions and their consistent application from period to period. For a description of our significant accounting policies, see Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2023 Form 10-K.
Due to their nature, estimates involve judgment based upon available information. Actual results or amounts could differ from estimates and the difference could have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements. Therefore, understanding these critical accounting estimates is important in understanding our reported results of operations and financial position. We believe that of our accounting estimates and assumptions, those described in the following sections involve a high degree of judgment and complexity.
Loss provisions
Loss provisions for legal and regulatory matters
The recorded amount of liabilities related to legal and regulatory matters is subject to significant management judgment. For a description of the significant estimates and judgments associated with establishing such accruals, see the “Contingent liabilities” section of Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2023 Form 10-K. In addition, refer to Note 16 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for information regarding legal and regulatory matters contingencies as of June 30, 2024.
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Allowance for credit losses
We evaluate certain of our financial assets, including bank loans, to estimate an allowance for credit losses based on expected credit losses over a financial asset’s lifetime. The remaining life of our financial assets is determined by considering contractual terms and expected prepayments, among other factors. We use multiple methodologies in estimating an allowance for credit losses and our approaches differ by type of financial asset and the risk characteristics within each financial asset type. Our estimates are based on ongoing evaluations of our financial assets, the related credit risk characteristics, and the overall economic and environmental conditions affecting the financial assets. Our process for determining the allowance for credit losses includes a complex analysis of several quantitative and qualitative factors requiring significant management judgment due to matters that are inherently uncertain. This uncertainty can produce volatility in our allowance for credit losses. In addition, the allowance for credit losses could be insufficient to cover actual losses. In such an event, any losses in excess of our allowance would result in a decrease in our net income, as well as a decrease in the level of regulatory capital.
We generally estimate the allowance for credit losses on bank loans using credit risk models which incorporate relevant available information from internal and external sources relating to past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable economic forecasts. After testing the reasonableness of a variety of economic forecast scenarios, each model is run using a single forecast scenario selected for each model. Our forecasts incorporate assumptions related to macroeconomic indicators including, but not limited to, U.S. gross domestic product, equity market indices, unemployment rates, and commercial real estate and residential home price indices.
To demonstrate the sensitivity of credit loss estimates on our bank loan portfolio to macroeconomic forecasts, we compared our modeled estimates under the base case economic scenario used to estimate the allowance for credit losses as of June 30, 2024, to what our estimate would have been under a downside case scenario and an upside scenario, without considering any offsetting effects in the qualitative component of our allowance for credit losses as of June 30, 2024. As of June 30, 2024, use of the downside case scenario would have resulted in an increase of approximately $180 million in the quantitative portion of our allowance for credit losses on bank loans, while the use of the upside case would have resulted in a reduction of approximately $30 million in the quantitative portion of our allowance for credit losses on bank loans at June 30, 2024. These hypothetical outcomes reflect the relative sensitivity of the modeled portion of our allowance estimate to macroeconomic forecasted scenarios but do not consider any potential impact qualitative adjustments could have on the allowance for credit losses in such environments. Qualitative adjustments could either increase or decrease modeled loss estimates calculated using an alternative economic scenario assumption. Further, such sensitivity calculations do not necessarily reflect the nature and extent of future changes in the related allowance for a number of reasons including: (1) management’s predictions of future economic trends and relationships among the scenarios may differ from actual events; and (2) management’s application of subjective measures to modeled results through the qualitative portion of the allowance for credit losses when appropriate. The downside case scenario utilized in this hypothetical sensitivity analysis assumes a moderate recession. To the extent macroeconomic conditions worsen beyond those assumed in this downside case scenario, we could incur provisions for credit losses significantly in excess of those estimated in this analysis.
See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2023 Form 10-K for information regarding our methodologies and assumptions used in estimating the allowance for credit losses. See Note 7 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for information regarding our allowance for credit losses related to bank loans as of June 30, 2024.
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE
In November 2023, the FASB issued amended guidance related to disclosures for segment reporting (ASU 2023-07). The amendment requires a public entity to disclose on an annual and interim basis, for each reportable segment, the significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker and included within each reported measure of segment profit or loss. The guidance also requires a public entity to disclose, for each reportable segment, an amount for other segment items (those not captured as a significant expense) and the reported measure of a segment’s profit or loss. This new guidance is effective for annual periods beginning in our fiscal 2025 and interim periods beginning in our fiscal first quarter of 2026 with early adoption permitted. This guidance will be applied on a retrospective basis. We are evaluating the impact that this new guidance will have on our disclosures.
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In December 2023, the FASB issued amended guidance related to disclosures for income taxes (ASU 2023-09). The amendment requires a public entity to enhance its existing annual tabular reconciliation of its statutory income tax rate to its effective tax rate, with certain reconciling items at or above 5% of the applicable statutory income tax rate broken out by nature and/or jurisdiction. The guidance also requires an entity to disclose income taxes paid (net of refunds received), disaggregated by federal, state, and foreign taxes, and net amounts paid to an individual jurisdiction when they represent 5% or more of the total income taxes paid. This new guidance is effective for annual periods beginning in our fiscal 2026 with early adoption permitted. This guidance will be applied on a prospective basis with retrospective application permitted. We are evaluating the impact that this new guidance will have on our disclosures.
See Note 2 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for information regarding new accounting guidance we adopted during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2024.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Risks are an inherent part of our business and activities. Management of risk is critical to our fiscal soundness and profitability. Our risk management processes are multi-faceted and require communication, judgment, and knowledge of financial products and markets. We have a formal Enterprise Risk Management (“ERM”) program to assess and review aggregate risks across the firm. Our management takes an active role in the ERM process, which requires specific administrative and business functions to participate in the identification, assessment, monitoring and control of various risks.
The principal risks related to our business activities are market, credit, liquidity, operational, model, and compliance.
Governance
Our Board of Directors, including its Risk Committee and Audit Committee, oversees the firm’s management and mitigation of risk, reinforcing a culture that encourages ethical conduct and risk management throughout the firm. Senior management communicates and reinforces this culture through three lines of risk management and a number of senior-level management committees. Our first line of risk management, which includes all of our businesses, owns its risks and is responsible for identifying, mitigating, and escalating risks arising from its day-to-day activities. The second line of risk management, which includes Compliance and Risk Management, advises our client-facing businesses and other first-line functions in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risk. The second line of risk management tests and monitors the effectiveness of controls, as deemed necessary, and escalates risks when appropriate to senior management and the Board of Directors. The third line of risk management, Internal Audit, independently reviews activities conducted by the previous lines of risk management to assess their management and mitigation of risk, providing additional assurance to the Board of Directors and senior management, with a view toward enhancing our oversight, management, and mitigation of risk. Our legal department provides legal advice and guidance to each of these three lines of risk management.
Market risk
Market risk is our risk of loss resulting from the impact of changes in market prices on our trading inventory, derivatives, and investment positions. We have exposure to market risk primarily through our broker-dealer trading operations and our banking operations. Through our broker-dealer subsidiaries, we trade debt obligations and equity securities and maintain trading inventories to ensure availability of securities to facilitate client transactions. Inventory levels may fluctuate daily as a result of client demand. We also hold investments within our available-for-sale securities portfolio, and from time to time may hold SBA loan securitizations not yet sold. Our primary market risks relate to interest rates, equity prices, and foreign exchange rates. Interest rate risk results from changes in levels of interest rates, the volatility of interest rates, mortgage prepayment speeds, and credit spreads. Equity risk results from changes in prices of equity securities. Foreign exchange risk results from changes in spot prices, forward prices, and volatility of foreign exchange rates. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2023 Form 10-K and Notes 3, 4, and 5 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for fair value and other information regarding our trading inventories, available-for-sale securities, and derivative instruments.
We regularly enter into underwriting commitments and, as a result, we may be subject to market risk on any unsold securities issued in the offerings to which we are committed. Risk exposure is controlled by limiting our participation, the transaction size, or through the syndication process.
The Market Risk Management department is responsible for measuring, monitoring, and reporting market risks associated with the firm’s trading and derivative portfolios. While Market Risk Management maintains ongoing communication with the revenue-generating business units, it is independent of such units.
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Interest rate risk
Trading activities
We are exposed to interest rate risk as a result of our trading inventory (primarily comprised of fixed income instruments) in our Capital Markets segment. Changes in the value of our trading inventory may result from fluctuations in interest rates, credit spreads, equity prices, macroeconomic factors, investor expectations or risk appetites, liquidity, as well as dynamic relationships between these factors. We actively manage interest rate risk arising from our fixed income trading inventory through the use of hedging strategies utilizing U.S. Treasuries, exchange traded funds, futures contracts, liquid spread products, and derivatives.
Our primary method for controlling risks within trading inventories is through the use of dollar-based and exposure-based limits. A hierarchy of limits exists at multiple levels, including firm, business unit, desk (e.g., for equities, corporate bonds, municipal bonds), product sub-type (e.g., below-investment-grade positions) and issuer concentration. For derivative positions, which are primarily comprised of interest rate swaps, we have established sensitivity-based and foreign exchange spot limits. Trading positions and derivatives are monitored against these limits through daily reports that are distributed to senior management. During volatile markets, we may temporarily reduce limits and/or choose to pare our trading inventories to reduce risk.
We monitor Value-at-Risk (“VaR”) for all of our trading portfolios on a daily basis for risk management purposes and as a result of applying the Fed’s Market Risk Rule (“MRR”) for the purpose of calculating our capital ratios. The MRR, also known as the “Risk-Based Capital Guidelines: Market Risk” rule released by the Fed, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the FDIC, requires us to calculate VaR for all of our trading portfolios, including fixed income, equity, derivatives, and foreign exchange instruments. VaR is an appropriate statistical technique for estimating potential losses in trading portfolios due to typical adverse market movements over a specified time horizon with a suitable confidence level. However, there are inherent limitations to utilizing VaR including: historical movements in markets may not accurately predict future market movements; VaR does not take into account the liquidity of individual positions; VaR does not estimate losses over longer time horizons; and extended periods of one-directional markets potentially distort risks within the portfolio. In addition, should markets become more volatile, actual trading losses may exceed VaR results presented on a single day and might accumulate over a longer time horizon. As a result, management complements VaR with sensitivity analysis and stress testing and employs additional controls such as a daily review of trading results, review of aged inventory, independent review of pricing, monitoring of concentrations, and review of issuer ratings.
To calculate VaR, we use models that incorporate historical simulation. This approach assumes that historical changes in market conditions, such as in interest rates and equity prices, are representative of future changes. Simulation is based on daily market data for the previous twelve months. VaR is reported at a 99% confidence level for a one-day time horizon. Assuming that future market conditions change as they have in the past twelve months, we would expect to incur losses greater than those predicted by our one-day VaR estimates about once every 100 trading days, or about three times per year on average. For regulatory capital calculation purposes, we also report VaR and Stressed VaR numbers for a ten-day time horizon. The VaR model is independently reviewed by our Model Risk Management function. See “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk management - Model risk” of our 2023 Form 10-K for further information.
The modeling of the risk characteristics of trading positions involves a number of assumptions and approximations that management believes to be reasonable. However, there is no uniform industry methodology for estimating VaR, and different assumptions or approximations could produce materially different VaR estimates. As a result, VaR results are more reliable when used as indicators of risk levels and trends within a firm than as a basis for inferring differences in risk-taking across firms.
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The following table sets forth the high, low, period-end and average daily one-day VaR for all of our trading portfolios, including fixed income and equity instruments, and for our derivatives for the periods and dates indicated.
Nine months ended June 30, 2024 Period-end VaR Three months ended June 30, Nine months ended June 30,
$ in millions High Low June 30,
2024 September 30,
2023 $ in millions 2024 2023 2024 2023
Daily VaR $ 3 $ 1 $ 3 $ 2 Average daily VaR $ 2 $ 2 $ 2 $ 2
The Fed’s MRR requires us to perform daily back-testing procedures for our VaR model, whereby we compare each day’s projected VaR to its regulatory-defined daily trading losses, which exclude fees, commissions, reserves, net interest income, and intraday trading. Regulatory-defined daily trading losses are used to evaluate the performance of our VaR model and are not comparable to our actual daily net revenues. Based on these daily “ex ante” versus “ex post” comparisons, we determine whether the number of times that regulatory-defined daily trading losses exceed VaR is consistent with our expectations at a 99% confidence level. During the three and nine months ended June 30, 2024, our regulatory-defined daily losses in our trading portfolios exceeded our predicted VaR on one occasion and two occasions, respectively.
Separately, RJF provides additional market risk disclosures to comply with the MRR, including 10-day VaR and 10-day Stressed VaR, which are available on our website at https://www.raymondjames.com/investor-relations/financial-information/filings-and-reports within “Other Reports and Information.”
Banking operations
Our Bank segment maintains an interest-earning asset portfolio that is comprised of cash, SBL, C&I loans, CRE loans, REIT loans, residential mortgage loans, and tax-exempt loans, as well as securities held in the available-for-sale securities portfolio. These interest-earning assets are primarily funded by client deposits. Based on the current asset portfolio, our banking operations are subject to interest rate risk. We analyze interest rate risk based on forecasted net interest income, which is the net amount of interest received and interest paid, and the net portfolio valuation, both across a range of interest rate scenarios.
One of the objectives of our Asset and Liability Committee is to manage the sensitivity of net interest income to changes in market interest rates. This committee uses several measures to monitor and limit interest rate risk in our banking operations, including scenario analysis and economic value of equity (“EVE”). We utilize hedging strategies using interest rate swaps in our banking operations as a component of our asset and liability management process. For further information regarding this hedging strategy, see Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2023 Form 10-K and Notes 13 and 14 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q. See “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and capital resources” of our 2023 Form 10-K for further information.
To ensure that we remain within the tolerances established for net interest income, a sensitivity analysis of net interest income to interest rate conditions is estimated under a variety of scenarios. We use simulation models and estimation techniques to assess the sensitivity of net interest income to movements in interest rates. The model estimates the sensitivity by calculating interest income and interest expense in a dynamic balance sheet environment using current repricing, prepayment, and reinvestment of cash flow assumptions over a 12-month time horizon. Assumptions used in the model include interest rate movement, the slope of the yield curve, and balance sheet composition and growth. The model also considers interest rate-related risks such as pricing spreads, pricing of client cash accounts, including deposit betas, and prepayments. Various interest rate scenarios are modeled in order to determine the effect those scenarios may have on net interest income.
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The following table is an analysis of our banking operations’ estimated net interest income over a 12-month period based on instantaneous shifts in interest rates (expressed in basis points) using our previously described asset/liability model, which assumes a dynamic balance sheet, a weighted-average deposit beta on our interest-bearing deposit accounts without stated maturities of approximately 60% as interest rates rise and approximately 50% as interest rates fall, and that interest rates do not decline below zero. While not presented, additional rate scenarios are performed, including interest rate ramps and yield curve shifts that may more realistically mimic the speed of potential interest rate movements. We also perform simulations on time horizons of up to five years to assess longer-term impacts to various interest rate scenarios. On a quarterly basis, we test expected model results to actual performance. Additionally, any changes made to key assumptions in the model are documented and approved by the Asset and Liability Committee.
Instantaneous
changes in rate (1)
Net interest income
($ in millions)
Projected change in
net interest income
+200 $1,884 10%
+100 $1,803 5%
0 $1,711 —%
-100 $1,594 (7)%
-200 $1,575 (8)%
(1) Our 0-basis point scenario was based on interest rates as of June 30, 2024.
The preceding table does not include the impacts of an instantaneous change in interest rates on net interest income on assets and liabilities outside of our banking operations or on our RJBDP fees from third-party banks, which are also sensitive to changes in interest rates and are included in “Account and service fees” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income. Refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Net interest analysis” of this Form 10-Q for additional information on our net interest income.
We have classified all of our investments in debt securities as available-for-sale and have not classified any of our investments in debt securities as held-to-maturity. In our available-for-sale securities portfolio, we hold primarily fixed-rate agency-backed MBS, agency-backed CMOs, and U.S. Treasuries, which are carried at fair value on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition, with changes in the fair value of the portfolio recorded through OCI on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income. As the majority of our available-for-sale securities portfolio is comprised of U.S. government and government agency-backed securities, changes in fair value are primarily driven by changes in interest rates. At June 30, 2024, our available-for-sale securities portfolio had a fair value of $8.53 billion with a weighted-average yield of 2.25% and a weighted-average life, after factoring in estimated prepayments, of 4.0 years. To evaluate the interest rate sensitivity of our available-for-sale securities portfolio we also monitor, among other things, effective duration, defined as the approximate percentage change in price for a 100-basis point change in rates. As of June 30, 2024, the effective duration of our available-for-sale securities portfolio was approximately 3.29, which means that we would expect the market value of our available-for-sale securities portfolio to decline approximately 3.29% for every 100-basis point increase in interest rates and increase approximately 3.29% for every 100-basis point decline in interest rates. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2023 Form 10-K and Note 4 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for additional information on our available-for-sale securities portfolio.
The Asset and Liability Committee also reviews EVE, which is a point in time analysis of current interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities that incorporates cash flows over their estimated remaining lives, discounted at current rates. The EVE approach is based on a static balance sheet and provides an indicator of future earnings and capital levels as the changes in EVE indicate the anticipated change in the value of future cash flows. We monitor sensitivity to changes in EVE utilizing Board of Directors-approved limits. These limits set a risk tolerance to changing interest rates and assist in determining strategies for mitigating this risk as EVE approaches these limits. As of June 30, 2024, our EVE analyses were within approved limits.
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The following table shows the maturities of our bank loan portfolio at June 30, 2024, including contractual principal repayments. Maturities are generally determined based upon contractual terms; however, rollovers or extensions that are included for the purposes of measuring the allowance for credit losses are reflected in maturities in the following table. This table does not include any estimates of prepayments, which could shorten the average loan lives and cause the actual timing of the loan repayments to differ significantly from those shown in the table.
Due in
$ in millions One year or less > One year - five years
> Five years - fifteen years > Fifteen years Total
SBL $ 14,927 $ 482 $ 19 $ 1 $ 15,429
C&I loans 1,310 5,492 3,117 37 9,956
CRE loans 724 5,128 1,751 16 7,619
REIT loans 408 1,347 — — 1,755
Residential mortgage loans 8 31 163 9,043 9,245
Tax-exempt loans 10 390 1,031 — 1,431
Total loans held for investment 17,387 12,870 6,081 9,097 45,435
Held for sale loans — — 70 100 170
Total loans held for sale and investment $ 17,387 $ 12,870 $ 6,151 $ 9,197 $ 45,605
The following table shows the distribution of the recorded investment of those bank loans that mature in more than one year between fixed and adjustable interest rate loans at June 30, 2024.
Interest rate type
$ in millions Fixed Adjustable Total
SBL $ 75 $ 427 $ 502
C&I loans 820 7,826 8,646
CRE loans 479 6,416 6,895
REIT loans — 1,347 1,347
Residential mortgage loans 216 9,021 9,237
Tax-exempt loans 1,421 — 1,421
Total loans held for investment 3,011 25,037 28,048
Held for sale loans 3 167 170
Total loans held for sale and investment $ 3,014 $ 25,204 $ 28,218
Contractual loan terms for SBL, C&I loans, CRE loans, REIT loans, and residential mortgage loans may include an interest rate floor, cap and/or fixed interest rates for a certain period of time, which would impact the timing of the interest rate reset for the respective loan. See the discussion within the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk management - Credit risk - Risk monitoring process” section of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding our interest-only residential mortgage loan portfolio.
Equity price risk
We are exposed to equity price risk as a result of our capital markets activities. Our broker-dealer activities are generally client-driven, and we carry equity securities as part of our trading inventory to facilitate such activities, although the amounts are not as significant as our fixed income trading inventory. We attempt to reduce the risk of loss inherent in our inventory of equity securities by monitoring those security positions each day and establishing position limits. Equity securities held in our trading inventory are generally included in VaR.
In addition, we have a private equity portfolio, included in “Other investments” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition, which is primarily comprised of investments in third-party funds. See Note 3 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for additional information on this portfolio.
Foreign exchange risk
We are subject to foreign exchange risk due to our investments in foreign subsidiaries as well as transactions and resulting balances denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar (“USD”). For example, our bank loan portfolio includes loans which are denominated in Canadian dollars (“CAD”), totaling $1.28 billion and $1.40 billion at June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively, when converted to the USD. A majority of such loans are held in a Canadian subsidiary of Raymond James Bank, which is discussed in the following sections.
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Investments in foreign subsidiaries
Raymond James Bank has an investment in a Canadian subsidiary, resulting in foreign exchange risk. To mitigate its foreign exchange risk, Raymond James Bank utilizes short-term, forward foreign exchange contracts. These derivatives are primarily accounted for as net investment hedges in the condensed consolidated financial statements. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2023 Form 10-K and Note 5 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for further information regarding these derivatives.
At June 30, 2024, we had foreign exchange risk in our investment in RJ Ltd. of CAD 431 million and in our investment in Charles Stanley of £284 million, which were not hedged. We had other, less significant investments in foreign domiciled subsidiaries, primarily in Europe, which were not hedged; however, we do not believe we had material foreign exchange risk either individually, or in the aggregate, pertaining to these subsidiaries as of June 30, 2024. Foreign exchange gains/losses related to our foreign investments are primarily reflected in OCI on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income. See Note 17 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for further information regarding our components of OCI.
Transactions and resulting balances denominated in a currency other than the USD
We are subject to foreign exchange risk due to our holdings of cash and certain other assets and liabilities resulting from transactions denominated in a currency other than the USD. Any currency-related gains/losses arising from these foreign currency denominated balances are reflected in “Other” revenues in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income. The foreign exchange risk associated with a portion of such transactions and balances denominated in foreign currency are mitigated utilizing short-term, forward foreign exchange contracts. Such derivatives are not designated hedges and therefore, the related gains/losses are included in “Other” revenues in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income. See Note 5 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for information regarding our derivatives.
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of loss due to adverse changes in a borrower’s, issuer’s, or counterparty’s ability to meet its financial obligations under contractual or agreed-upon terms. The nature and amount of credit risk depends on the type of transaction, the structure and duration of that transaction, and the parties involved. Credit risk is an integral component of the profit assessment of lending and other financing activities. See further discussion of our credit risk, including how we manage such risk, in “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk management - Credit risk” of our 2023 Form 10-K.
Corporate activities
We maintain cash balances with the Fed and with various financial institutions, primarily global systemically important financial institutions, in our normal course of business. A large portion of such balances are in excess of FDIC insurance limits. As a result, we may be exposed to the risk that these financial institutions may not return our cash to us in the event that the institution experiences financial distress or ceases its operations. In order to mitigate our credit risk to such financial institutions, we monitor our exposure with each institution on a daily basis and subject each institution to limits based on various factors including but not limited to financial strength, capitalization levels, liquidity, credit ratings, and market factors to the extent applicable.
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Brokerage activities
We are engaged in various trading and brokerage activities in which our counterparties primarily include broker-dealers, banks, exchanges, clearing organizations, and other financial institutions. We are exposed to risk that these counterparties may not fulfill their obligations. In addition, certain commitments, including underwritings, may create exposure to individual issuers and businesses. The risk of default depends on the creditworthiness of the counterparty and/or the issuer of the instrument. In addition, we may be subject to concentration risk if we hold large positions in or have large commitments to a single counterparty, borrower, or group of similar counterparties or borrowers (e.g., in the same industry). We seek to mitigate these risks by imposing and monitoring individual and aggregate position limits within each business segment for each counterparty, conducting regular credit reviews of financial counterparties, reviewing security, derivative and loan concentrations, holding collateral as security for certain transactions and conducting business through clearing organizations, which may guarantee performance. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2023 Form 10-K and Notes 5 and 6 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for further information about our credit risk mitigation related to derivatives and collateralized agreements.
Our client activities involve the execution, settlement, and financing of various transactions on behalf of our clients. Client activities are transacted on either a cash or margin basis. Credit exposure results from client margin loans, which are monitored daily and are collateralized by the securities in the clients’ accounts. We monitor exposure to industry sectors and individual securities on a daily basis in connection with our margin lending activities. We adjust our margin requirements if we believe our risk exposure is not appropriate based on market conditions. In addition, when clients execute a purchase, we are at some risk that the client will default on their financial obligation associated with the trade. If this occurs, we may have to liquidate the position at a loss. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2023 Form 10-K for additional information about our determination of the allowance for credit losses associated with certain of our brokerage lending activities.
We offer loans to financial advisors for retention and recruiting purposes. We have credit risk and may incur a loss primarily in the event that such borrower is no longer affiliated with us. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2023 Form 10-K and Note 8 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for further information about our loans to financial advisors.
Banking activities
Our Bank segment has a substantial loan portfolio. Our strategy for credit risk management related to bank loans includes well-defined credit policies, uniform underwriting criteria, and ongoing risk monitoring and review processes for all credit exposures. The strategy also includes diversification across loan types, geographic locations, industries and clients, regular credit examinations and management reviews of all corporate and tax-exempt loans as well as individual delinquent residential loans. The credit risk management process also includes independent reviews at least annually of the credit risk monitoring process that performs assessments of compliance with credit policies, risk ratings, and other critical credit information. We seek to identify potential problem loans early, record any necessary risk rating changes and charge-offs promptly, and maintain appropriate reserve levels for expected losses. We utilize a thorough credit risk rating system to measure the credit quality of individual corporate and tax-exempt loans and related unfunded lending commitments. For our SBL and residential mortgage loans, we utilize the credit risk rating system used by bank regulators in measuring the credit quality of each homogeneous class of loans. In evaluating credit risk, we consider trends in loan performance, historical experience through various economic cycles, industry or client concentrations, the loan portfolio composition and macroeconomic factors (both current and forecasted). These factors have a potentially negative impact on loan performance and net charge-offs.
While our bank loan portfolio is diversified, a significant downturn in the overall economy, deterioration in real estate values or a significant issue within any sector or sectors where we have a concentration will generally result in large provisions for credit losses and/or charge-offs. We determine the allowance required for specific loan pools based on relative risk characteristics of the loan portfolio. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our methods for determining the allowance for each class of loans and make enhancements we consider appropriate. Our allowance for credit losses methodology is described in Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2023 Form 10-K. As our bank loan portfolio is segregated into six portfolio segments, likewise, the allowance for credit losses is segregated by these same segments. See “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk management - Credit risk” of our 2023 Form 10-K for further information about the risk characteristics relevant to each portfolio segment.
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The level of charge-off activity is a factor that is considered in evaluating the potential severity of future credit losses. The following table presents net loan (charge-offs)/recoveries and the annualized percentage of net loan (charge-offs)/recoveries to the average outstanding loan balances by loan portfolio segment.
Three months ended June 30, Nine months ended June 30,
2024 2023 2024 2023
$ in millions Net loan
(charge-off)/recovery
amount Annualized
% of avg.
outstanding
loans Net loan
(charge-off)/recovery
amount Annualized
% of avg.
outstanding
loans Net loan
(charge-off)/recovery
amount Annualized
% of avg.
outstanding
loans Net loan
(charge-off)/recovery
amount Annualized
% of avg.
outstanding
loans
C&I loans $ (6) 0.24 % $ (6) 0.22 % $ (35) 0.45 % $ (30) 0.36 %
CRE loans (1) 0.05 % (9) 0.51 % (8) 0.14 % (7) 0.13 %
Residential mortgage loans 1 0.04 % — — % 1 0.09 % — — %
Total loans held for sale and investment $ (6) 0.05 % $ (15) 0.14 % $ (42) 0.13 % $ (37) 0.11 %
The level of nonperforming assets is another indicator of potential future credit losses. Nonperforming assets are comprised of both nonperforming loans and other real estate owned. Nonperforming loans include those loans which have been placed on nonaccrual status and any accruing loans which are 90 days or more past due and in the process of collection. The following table presents the balance of nonperforming loans, nonperforming assets, and related key credit ratios.
$ in millions June 30, 2024 September 30, 2023
Nonperforming loans (1)
$ 160 $ 128
Nonperforming assets $ 160 $ 128
Nonperforming loans as a % of total loans held for sale and investment 0.35 % 0.29 %
Allowance for credit losses as a % of nonperforming loans 285 % 370 %
Nonperforming assets as a % of Bank segment total assets 0.26 % 0.21 %
(1) Nonperforming loans at June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023 included $56 million and $96 million, respectively, of loans, which were current pursuant to their contractual terms.
The increase in nonperforming loans and assets as of June 30, 2024 as compared with September 30, 2023 was primarily due to certain loans that were placed on nonaccrual status with an associated allowance during the nine months ended June 30, 2024. See the table summarizing nonaccrual loans by category in Note 7 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q. Although our nonperforming assets as a percentage of our Bank segment’s assets remained low as of June 30, 2024, any prolonged period of market deterioration could result in an increase in our nonperforming assets, an increase in our allowance for credit losses and/or an increase in net charge-offs in future periods, although the extent would depend on future developments that are highly uncertain.
See further explanation of our bank loan portfolio segments, allowance for credit losses, and the credit loss provision in Note 7 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis - Results of Operations - Bank” of this Form 10-Q and Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2023 Form 10-K.
Loan underwriting policies
Our underwriting policies for the major types of bank loans are described in “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk management - Credit risk” of our 2023 Form 10-K.
Risk monitoring process
Another component of credit risk strategy for our bank loan portfolio is the ongoing risk monitoring and review processes, including our internal loan review process, as well as our rigorous processes to manage and limit credit losses arising from loan delinquencies. There are various other factors included in these processes, depending on the loan portfolio. There were no significant changes to those processes during the three months ended June 30, 2024. See further discussion of our risk monitoring process in “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk management - Credit risk - Banking activities” of our 2023 Form 10-K.
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SBL and residential mortgage loan portfolios
Substantially all collateral securing our SBL portfolio is monitored on a daily basis. Collateral adjustments, as triggered by our monitoring procedures, are made by the borrower as necessary to ensure our loans are adequately secured, resulting in minimizing our credit risk. Collateral calls have been minimal relative to our SBL portfolio with no losses incurred during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2024.
We track and review many factors to monitor credit risk in our residential mortgage loan portfolio. The factors include, but are not limited to: loan performance trends, loan product parameters and qualification requirements, borrower credit scores, level of documentation, loan purpose, geographic concentrations, average loan size, risk rating, and LTV ratios. See Note 7 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for additional information about our residential mortgage loan portfolio.
The following table presents a summary of delinquent residential mortgage loans, the vast majority of which are first mortgage loans, which are comprised of loans which are two or more payments past due as well as loans in the process of foreclosure.
Amount of delinquent residential mortgage loans Delinquent residential mortgage loans as a percentage of outstanding residential mortgage loan balances
$ in millions 30-89 days 90 days or more Total 30-89 days 90 days or more Total
June 30, 2024 $ 7 $ 3 $ 10 0.08 % 0.03 % 0.11 %
September 30, 2023 $ 3 $ 4 $ 7 0.03 % 0.05 % 0.08 %
Our June 30, 2024 percentage compares favorably to the national average for over 30 day delinquencies of 1.88%, as most recently reported by the Fed.
Credit risk is also managed by diversifying the residential mortgage portfolio. Most of the loans in our residential loan portfolio are to PCG clients across the U.S. The following table details the geographic concentrations (top five states) of our one-to-four family residential mortgage loans.
June 30, 2024
Loans outstanding as a % of
total residential mortgage loans held for sale and investment Loans outstanding as a % of
total loans held for sale and investment
California 23% 5%
Florida 18% 4%
Texas 8% 2%
New York 8% 2%
Colorado 4% 1%
The occurrence of a natural disaster or severe weather event in any of these states, for example wildfires in California and hurricanes in Florida, could result in additional credit loss provisions and/or charge-offs on our loans in such states and therefore negatively impact our net income and regulatory capital in any given period.
Loans where borrowers may be subject to payment increases include adjustable rate mortgage loans with terms that initially require payment of interest only. Payments may increase significantly when the interest-only period ends and the loan principal begins to amortize. At June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, these loans totaled $2.94 billion and $2.85 billion, respectively, or approximately 32% and 33% of the residential mortgage portfolio, respectively. The weighted-average number of years before the remainder of the loans, which were still in their interest-only period at June 30, 2024, begins amortizing is five years.
Corporate and tax-exempt loans
All corporate and tax-exempt loans are independently underwritten in accordance with our credit policies, are subject to approval by a loan committee, and credit quality is monitored on an ongoing basis by our lending staff. Our corporate loans are generally secured by all assets of the borrower and in some instances are secured by mortgages on specific real estate. The majority of our tax-exempt loan portfolio is comprised of loans to investment-grade borrowers, and such loans are generally secured by a pledge of revenue. In a limited number of transactions, loans in the portfolio are extended on an unsecured basis.
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One way in which we manage credit risk is through diversification of the corporate bank loan portfolio. We monitor industry concentrations and have established limits relative to capital as part of our overall liquidity and capital planning. Further, key credit policies are reviewed at least annually by senior bank executives to ensure policies align with our banks’ risk appetites. Credit policies for our corporate loans include criteria related to single borrower loan limits, loan term and structure parameters (including guidance on leverage, debt service coverage ratios, and debt repayment ability), industry concentration limits, secondary sources of repayment, municipality demographics, and other criteria. Credit policies for our CRE loans also include LTV limits based upon property type. Credit risk in our corporate and tax-exempt loan portfolios is monitored on an individual loan basis for trends in borrower operating performance, payment history, credit ratings, collateral performance, loan covenant compliance, municipality demographics and other factors including industry performance and concentrations, geographic concentrations, and total relationship exposure. In addition, credit quality trends are monitored by industry to determine if a change in the risk exposure to a certain industry may warrant incremental monitoring or tightening of our underwriting standards during times of market uncertainty. We also utilize loan sales and other risk mitigation techniques to manage the size and risk profile of our corporate bank loans. Corporate and tax-exempt loans are also subject to regulatory review.
Our corporate bank loan portfolio does not contain a significant concentration in any single industry. The following table details the industry concentrations (top five categories) of our corporate bank loans.
June 30, 2024
Loans outstanding as a % of
total corporate bank loans held for sale and investment Loans outstanding as a % of
total loans held for sale and investment
Multi-family 13% 5%
Industrial warehouse 11% 5%
Office real estate 8% 3%
Loan fund 6% 3%
Subscription lines 5% 2%
The Fed’s measures to control inflation, including through increases in short-term interest rates in prior fiscal years, have had a dampening effect on certain sectors of the economy. We expect that the continued elevated interest rates coupled with the uncertainty regarding the timing of future Fed interest rate cuts will negatively impact borrowers through the remainder of our fiscal 2024. We continue to closely monitor economic factors, including inflation and interest rates, that may impact our corporate loan portfolio. Additionally, in our fiscal 2023 and year-to-date fiscal 2024 we have sold, and may continue to sell, corporate loans as part of our credit risk mitigation strategies.
The aforementioned dampening effect on the economy and changes in business and consumer behavior have most notably impacted the commercial real estate sector, specifically office real estate loans. Risks related to such loans have increased due to pressure from higher interest rates, uncertainty related to tenant lease renewals, and elevated refinancing risks for loans with near-term maturities, among other issues. To mitigate risks related to our CRE portfolio, the expected cash flows from all significant new or renewed income-producing property commitments are stress tested to reflect risks related to varying interest rates, vacancy rates, and rental rates. Additionally, we continue to maintain conservative underwriting standards, including LTV limits that generally range between 65% to 80% at origination, depending upon property type and, in times of uncertainty, we may originate loans at even tighter thresholds. Currently, LTV at origination is generally at or below 70% for newly-originated CRE loans. These LTV ratios are subject to change over the life of the loan as property values change.
We seek to mitigate our refinancing risks in our CRE portfolio by subjecting loans with stated maturities in the near term to enhanced monitoring procedures. For example, approximately 40% of our office real estate loans are scheduled to mature in calendar years 2024 and 2025. Such office real estate loans with near-term maturities are subject to monthly reporting if a loan reaches our lowest pass rating. We also remain in frequent contact with the related borrowers well in advance of a loan’s stated maturity to take action on the loan ahead of any credit concerns, including working with the borrower to restructure the loan as necessary and ensuring that our allowances for credit losses are adequate to cover potential losses on the loans.
As of June 30, 2024, our highest industry concentrations within our CRE portfolio were multi-family, industrial warehouse, and office real estate which were 5%, 4%, and 3%, respectively, of total loans held for sale and investment. As a result of the aforementioned pressures on office real estate loans within our CRE portfolio, we are actively monitoring credit metrics across these loans. As of June 30, 2024, 11% of such loans were considered criticized loans and only 5% were nonperforming. As of June 30, 2024, our allowance for credit losses related to office real estate CRE loans represented 6% of the amortized cost of such loans.
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As of June 30, 2024, our CRE portfolio included CRE construction loans of less than 2% of total loans held for sale and investment. Construction CRE loans involve risks such as project budget overruns, performance variables related to the contractor and subcontractors, or the inability to sell the project or secure permanent financing once the project is completed. With respect to commercial construction of residential developments, there is also the risk that the builder has a geographic concentration of developments. Construction CRE loans are monitored on an ongoing basis to ensure projects are on time and within budget to evaluate credit risk. Consistent with all CRE loans, construction CRE loans are also monitored for geographic concentration, as well as the total relationship exposure. Furthermore, CRE construction loans designated as higher risk are reviewed at least quarterly by senior bank executives.
In addition to the aforementioned CRE loans, we also have certain owner-occupied commercial real estate loans of approximately $200 million as of June 30, 2024 that were appropriately classified as C&I loans as the primary source of repayment for these loans is based on the financial strength of the owner and the cash flows of the respective business rather than the ability of the collateral to generate cash flows.
Liquidity risk
See the section “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and capital resources” of this Form 10-Q for information regarding our liquidity and how we manage liquidity risk.
Operational risk
Operational risk generally refers to the risk of loss resulting from our operations, including, but not limited to, business disruptions, improper or unauthorized execution and processing of transactions, deficiencies in our technology or financial operating systems and inadequacies or breaches in our control processes, including cybersecurity incidents. See “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk management - Operational risk” of our 2023 Form 10-K for a discussion of our operational risk and certain of our risk mitigation processes.
Effective the last week of May 2024, certain of our broker-dealer securities transactions, including those in the United States and Canada, transitioned from a trade date plus two business days settlement timeframe to a trade date plus one business day (“T+1”) settlement timeframe. The transition to a T+1 settlement timeframe subjects us to increased operational risk with respect to reporting and timely settlement of transactions and heightens the need for careful coordination with and dependencies on other industry participants. The transition to T+1 did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition.
Periods of severe market volatility can result in a significantly higher level of transactions on specific days, which may present operational challenges from time to time that may result in losses. These losses can result from, but are not limited to, trade errors, failed transaction settlements, late collateral calls to borrowers and counterparties, or interruptions to our system processing. We did not incur any significant losses related to such operational challenges during the nine months ended June 30, 2024.
As more fully described in the discussion of our business technology risks included in various risk factors presented in “Item 1A - Risk Factors” of our 2023 Form 10-K, despite our implementation of protective measures and endeavoring to modify them as circumstances warrant, our computer systems, software and networks may be vulnerable to human error, natural disasters, power loss, cyber-attacks and other information security breaches, and other events that could have an impact on the security and stability of our operations.
Model risk
Model risk refers to the possibility of unintended business outcomes arising from the design, implementation or use of models. See “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk management - Model risk” of our 2023 Form 10-K for information regarding how we utilize models throughout the firm and how we manage model risk.
Compliance risk
Compliance risk is the risk of legal or regulatory sanctions, financial loss, or reputational damage that the firm may suffer from a failure to comply with applicable laws, external standards, or internal requirements. See “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk management - Compliance risk” of our 2023 Form 10-K for information on our compliance risks, including how we manage such risks.
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
See “Item 2 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk management” of this Form 10-Q for our quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk.
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