RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 10-Q

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS INDEX PAGE Factors affecting “forward-looking statements” 47 Introduction 47 Executive overview 48 Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures 50 Net interest analysis 52 Results of operations Private Client Group 55 Capital Markets 58 Asset Management 59 Bank 62 Other 63 Statement of financial condition analysis 63 Liquidity and capital resources 64 Regulatory 70 Critical accounting estimates 70 Accounting standards update 72 Risk management 72 46 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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 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. 47 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW Summary results of operations Three months ended December 31, $ in millions, except per share amounts 2024 2023 % change Net revenues $ 3,537 $ 3,013 17 % Compensation, commissions and benefits expense $ 2,272 $ 1,921 18 % Non-compensation expenses $ 516 $ 462 12 % Pre-tax income $ 749 $ 630 19 % Net income available to common shareholders $ 599 $ 497 21 % Earnings per common share – basic $ 2.94 $ 2.38 24 % Earnings per common share – diluted $ 2.86 $ 2.32 23 % Non-GAAP measures: Adjusted net income available to common shareholders (1) $ 614 $ 514 19 % Adjusted earnings per common share - diluted (1) $ 2.93 $ 2.40 22 % Three months ended December 31, Other selected financial highlights 2024 2023 Return on common equity 20.4 % 19.1 % Adjusted return on common equity (1) 20.9 % 19.7 % Return on tangible common equity (1) 24.0 % 23.0 % Adjusted return on tangible common equity (1) 24.6 % 23.8 % Compensation ratio 64.2 % 63.8 % Adjusted compensation ratio (1) 64.0 % 63.4 % Effective income tax rate 19.9 % 21.0 % Quarter ended December 31, 2024 compared with the quarter ended December 31, 2023 For our fiscal first quarter of 2025, we generated net revenues of $3.54 billion, an increase of 17% compared with the prior-year quarter, and pre-tax income of $749 million, an increase of 19% compared with the prior-year quarter. Our net income available to common shareholders of $599 million also increased 21%, and our earnings per diluted share were $2.86, reflecting an increase of 23%. Our annualized return on common equity (“ROCE”) for the quarter was 20.4%, compared with 19.1% for the prior-year quarter, and our annualized return on tangible common equity (“ROTCE”) was 24.0% (1) , compared with 23.0% (1) for the prior-year quarter. Excluding the impact of $20 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 $614 million (1) for the three months ended December 31, 2024, an increase of 19% compared with adjusted net income available to common shareholders for the prior-year quarter. Our adjusted earnings per diluted share were $2.93 (1) , an increase of 22% compared with the prior-year quarter. Adjusted annualized ROCE for the quarter was 20.9% (1) and adjusted annualized ROTCE was 24.6% (1) compared with adjusted annualized ROCE of 19.7% (1) and adjusted annualized ROTCE of 23.8% (1) for the prior-year quarter. 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 due to equity market appreciation and net new assets to the firm since the prior-year period. Investment banking revenues also increased significantly compared with the prior-year quarter primarily due to more favorable market conditions in the current period, particularly for merger & acquisition activity. Offsetting these increases was a decrease in combined net interest income and RJBDP fees from third‑party banks of $25 million, or 4%, due to lower interest rates compared with the prior-year quarter, which more than offset the favorable impact from growth in interest-earning assets and RJBDP balances swept to third-party banks. (1) These 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. 48 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index Compensation, commissions and benefits expense increased 18%, primarily due to an increase in compensable revenues, as well as an increase in compensation costs to support our growth and annual cost increases, including salaries. Our compensation ratio, or the ratio of compensation, commissions and benefits expense to net revenues, was 64.2%, compared with 63.8% for the prior-year quarter. Excluding acquisition-related compensation expenses, our adjusted compensation ratio was 64.0% (1) , compared with 63.4% (1) for the prior-year quarter. Non-compensation expenses increased 12%, primarily due to higher communications and information processing expenses resulting from continued investments in technology to benefit our clients and advisors and to support our growth, and higher investment sub-advisory fees resulting from growth in assets under management in sub-advised programs. Expenses related to legal and regulatory matters also increased as the current quarter included provisions for legal and regulatory matters while the prior-year quarter reflected a net reserve release. Partially offsetting these increases in expenses, was a decrease in the bank loan provision for credit losses. Our effective income tax rate was 19.9% for our fiscal first quarter of 2025, a decrease compared with the 21.0% effective income tax rate for the prior-year quarter, primarily due to the impact of a larger tax benefit recognized during the current quarter related to share-based compensation that vested during the period. As of December 31, 2024, our tier 1 leverage ratio was 13.0% and total capital ratio was 25.0% both well above regulatory capital requirements. We also continue to have substantial liquidity with $2.3 billion (2) of cash at the parent as of December 31, 2024. In December 2024, the Board of Directors increased the quarterly cash dividend on common shares 11% to $0.50 per share and authorized common stock repurchases of up to $1.5 billion, replacing the previous authorization. During the three months ended December 31, 2024, we repurchased 310 thousand shares of our common stock for $50 million at an average price of $161 per share under the Board’s common stock repurchase authorization, leaving $1.45 billion available under such authorization. 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 across our businesses. We expect to continue to repurchase our common stock to offset dilution from share-based compensation and to be opportunistic with incremental repurchases. 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 the remainder of our fiscal 2025, we believe we are well-positioned for long-term growth with our strong capital position, total client assets under administration of $1.56 trillion, and net bank loans of $47.2 billion. Our PCG segment continues to benefit from growth in fee-based accounts and our financial advisor recruiting pipeline remains solid. Our fiscal second quarter of 2025 results will be negatively impacted by two fewer billable days which we expect to result in an approximate 2% decline in asset management and related administrative fees, as well as impacting our combined net interest income and RJBDP fees from third-party banks. Given our healthy pipeline and our investments in our platform and capabilities, we expect investment banking revenues to continue to benefit over the next few quarters as the market environment has become more conducive for transaction closings. Although the market is still challenging for our fixed income brokerage revenues, we expect to benefit from increased activity from depository institution clients resulting from changes in the outlook for short-term interest rates. With ample client cash balances and capital, we believe we are well-positioned to increase lending as new origination activity increases, which may increase provisions for credit losses in future periods. 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 also result in increased bank loan provisions for credit losses in future periods. While we maintain discipline in controlling our expenses, we continue to invest to support growth across our businesses which may increase expenses in future periods. Our fiscal second quarter of 2025 compensation expenses will also reflect our annual salary increases and the reset of payroll taxes on January 1, 2025. (1) These 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. (2) For additional information, please see the “Liquidity and capital resources - Sources of liquidity” section in this MD&A. 49 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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 December 31, $ in millions, except per share amounts 2024 2023 Net income available to common shareholders $ 599 $ 497 Non-GAAP adjustments : Expenses related to acquisitions: Compensation, commissions and benefits — Acquisition-related retention 8 11 Communications and information processing — — Professional fees 1 1 Other — Amortization of identifiable intangible assets 11 11 Total pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments related to acquisitions 20 23 Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (5) (6) Total non-GAAP adjustments, net of tax 15 17 Adjusted net income available to common shareholders $ 614 $ 514 Pre-tax income $ 749 $ 630 Pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments (as detailed above) 20 23 Adjusted pre-tax income $ 769 $ 653 Compensation, commissions and benefits expense $ 2,272 $ 1,921 Less: Acquisition-related retention (as detailed above) 8 11 Adjusted compensation, commissions and benefits expense $ 2,264 $ 1,910 Total compensation ratio 64.2 % 63.8 % Less the impact of non-GAAP adjustments on compensation ratio : Acquisition-related retention 0.2 % 0.4 % Adjusted total compensation ratio 64.0 % 63.4 % Diluted earnings per common share $ 2.86 $ 2.32 Impact of non-GAAP adjustments on diluted earnings per common share: Expenses related to acquisitions: Compensation, commissions and benefits — Acquisition-related retention 0.04 0.05 Communications and information processing — — Professional fees — 0.01 Other — Amortization of identifiable intangible assets 0.05 0.05 Total pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments related to acquisitions 0.09 0.11 Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (0.02) (0.03) Total non-GAAP adjustments, net of tax 0.07 0.08 Adjusted diluted earnings per common share $ 2.93 $ 2.40 50 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index Three months ended December 31, $ in millions 2024 2023 Average common equity $ 11,719 $ 10,423 Impact of non-GAAP adjustments on average common equity : Expenses related to acquisitions: Compensation, commissions and benefits — Acquisition-related retention 4 6 Communications and information processing — — Professional fees 1 — Other — Amortization of identifiable intangible assets 6 6 Total pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments related to acquisitions 11 12 Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (3) (3) Total non-GAAP adjustments, net of tax 8 9 Adjusted average common equity $ 11,727 $ 10,432 Average common equity $ 11,719 $ 10,423 Less : Average goodwill and identifiable intangible assets, net 1,872 1,908 Average deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill and identifiable intangible assets, net (139) (132) Average tangible common equity $ 9,986 $ 8,647 Impact of non-GAAP adjustments on average tangible common equity: Expenses related to acquisitions: Compensation, commissions and benefits — Acquisition-related retention 4 6 Communications and information processing — — Professional fees 1 — Other — Amortization of identifiable intangible assets 6 6 Total pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments related to acquisitions 11 12 Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (3) (3) Total non-GAAP adjustments, net of tax 8 9 Adjusted average tangible common equity $ 9,994 $ 8,656 Return on common equity 20.4 % 19.1 % Adjusted return on common equity 20.9 % 19.7 % Return on tangible common equity 24.0 % 23.0 % Adjusted return on tangible common equity 24.6 % 23.8 % 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. 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. 51 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index NET INTEREST ANALYSIS The Fed funds target rate began our fiscal 2024 at a range of 5.25% to 5.50% and remained throughout most of our fiscal 2024. In late September 2024, the Fed decreased the Fed funds target rate by 50 basis points, followed by two additional 25‑basis-point reductions during our fiscal first quarter of 2025 to end the quarter at a range of 4.25% to 4.50%. The Fed has indicated that it intends to closely monitor market conditions to determine whether it will consider making additional adjustments to short-term interest rates during the remainder of our fiscal 2025. The following table details the Fed’s short-term interest rate activity since the beginning of our fiscal year 2024. RJF fiscal quarter ended Effective date of interest rate action Increase/(decrease) in interest rates (in basis points) Fed funds target rate September 30, 2023 July 27, 2023 25 5.25% - 5.50% September 30, 2024 September 19, 2024 (50) 4.75% - 5.00% December 31, 2024 November 8, 2024 (25) 4.50% - 4.75% December 31, 2024 December 19, 2024 (25) 4.25% - 4.50% 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 we expect decreases in short-term interest rates to generally reduce our net earnings, although there may be offsetting favorable impacts. 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 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 demand for higher yields on cash balances, without sacrificing the benefits of FDIC insurance on such balances, by introducing new deposit products leveraging our bank subsidiaries or through initiatives offered within the RJBDP. Such programs include our ESP introduced to our clients in fiscal 2023 where such deposits are held by Raymond James Bank, offer enhanced rates, and offer 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. 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. Net interest income and RJBDP fees from third-party banks Three months ended December 31, $ in millions 2024 2023 % change Net interest income $ 529 $ 546 (3) % RJBDP fees from third-party banks 144 152 (5) % Net interest income and RJBDP fees from third-party banks $ 673 $ 698 (4) % Quarter ended December 31, 2024 compared with the quarter ended December 31, 2023 Combined net interest income and RJBDP fees from third-party banks declined 4% compared with the prior-year quarter primarily due to lower interest rates, which more than offset the favorable impact from growth in interest-earning assets and RJBDP balances swept to third-party banks. 52 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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 December 31, 2024 compared with the quarter ended December 31, 2023 Three months ended December 31, 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 $ 6,453 $ 76 4.65 % $ 5,760 $ 79 5.41 % Available-for-sale securities 8,753 49 2.26 % 10,333 56 2.16 % Loans held for sale and investment: (1) (2) Loans held for investment: SBL 16,485 270 6.40 % 14,587 266 7.16 % C&I loans 10,128 178 6.88 % 10,472 203 7.60 % CRE loans 7,641 135 6.92 % 7,245 141 7.61 % REIT loans 1,653 31 7.35 % 1,694 34 7.76 % Residential mortgage loans 9,536 91 3.82 % 8,799 77 3.48 % Tax-exempt loans (3) 1,305 9 3.36 % 1,481 10 3.27 % Loans held for sale 212 4 7.22 % 140 3 8.86 % Total loans held for sale and investment 46,960 718 6.02 % 44,418 734 6.51 % All other interest-earning assets 243 4 5.81 % 237 3 5.98 % Interest-earning assets — Bank segment $ 62,409 $ 847 5.35 % $ 60,748 $ 872 5.66 % All other segments: Cash and cash equivalents $ 4,056 $ 48 4.72 % $ 3,469 $ 53 6.07 % Assets segregated for regulatory purposes and restricted cash 3,648 42 4.55 % 3,623 47 5.13 % Trading assets — debt securities 1,395 19 5.41 % 1,100 15 5.57 % Brokerage client receivables 2,407 45 7.35 % 2,138 45 8.39 % All other interest-earning assets 2,579 26 3.93 % 1,936 21 3.92 % Interest-earning assets — all other segments $ 14,085 $ 180 5.05 % $ 12,266 $ 181 5.81 % Total interest-earning assets $ 76,494 $ 1,027 5.29 % $ 73,014 $ 1,053 5.69 % Interest-bearing liabilities: Bank segment: Bank deposits: Money market and savings accounts $ 32,548 $ 168 2.05 % $ 32,001 $ 160 1.99 % Interest-bearing demand deposits 20,921 229 4.34 % 19,565 244 4.97 % Certificates of deposit 2,452 28 4.59 % 2,757 32 4.56 % Total bank deposits (4) 55,921 425 3.02 % 54,323 436 3.19 % FHLB advances and all other interest-bearing liabilities 1,091 8 2.69 % 1,231 10 3.03 % Interest-bearing liabilities — Bank segment $ 57,012 $ 433 3.01 % $ 55,554 $ 446 3.19 % All other segments: Trading liabilities — debt securities $ 859 $ 11 5.07 % $ 756 $ 11 5.66 % Brokerage client payables 4,771 20 1.65 % 4,668 20 1.72 % Senior notes payable 2,040 23 4.50 % 2,039 23 4.51 % All other interest-bearing liabilities (4) 1,132 11 3.78 % 980 7 2.96 % Interest-bearing liabilities — all other segments $ 8,802 $ 65 2.92 % $ 8,443 $ 61 2.89 % Total interest-bearing liabilities $ 65,814 $ 498 3.00 % $ 63,997 $ 507 3.15 % Firmwide net interest income $ 529 $ 546 Net interest margin (net yield on interest-earning assets) Bank segment 2.60 % 2.74 % Firmwide 2.74 % 2.97 % (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.” 53 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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 December 31, 2024 compared to 2023 Increase/(decrease) due to $ in millions Volume Rate Total Interest-earning assets: Interest income Bank segment: Cash and cash equivalents $ 8 $ (11) $ (3) Available-for-sale securities (10) 3 (7) Loans held for sale and investment: Loans held for investment: SBL 32 (28) 4 C&I loans (7) (18) (25) CRE loans 6 (12) (6) REIT loans (1) (2) (3) Residential mortgage loans 6 8 14 Tax-exempt loans (1) — (1) Loans held for sale 2 (1) 1 Total loans held for sale and investment 37 (53) (16) All other interest-earning assets 1 — 1 Interest-earning assets — Bank segment $ 36 $ (61) $ (25) All other segments: Cash and cash equivalents $ 7 $ (12) $ (5) Assets segregated for regulatory purposes and restricted cash — (5) (5) Trading assets — debt securities 4 — 4 Brokerage client receivables 6 (6) — All other interest-earning assets 5 — 5 Interest-earning assets — all other segments $ 22 $ (23) $ (1) Total interest-earning assets $ 58 $ (84) $ (26) Interest-bearing liabilities: Interest expense Bank segment: Bank deposits: Money market and savings accounts $ 3 $ 5 $ 8 Interest-bearing demand deposits 16 (31) (15) Certificates of deposit (4) — (4) Total bank deposits 15 (26) (11) FHLB advances and all other interest-bearing liabilities (1) (1) (2) Interest-bearing liabilities — Bank segment $ 14 $ (27) $ (13) All other segments: Trading liabilities — debt securities $ 1 $ (1) $ — Brokerage client payables — — — Senior notes payable — — — All other interest-bearing liabilities 1 3 4 Interest-bearing liabilities — all other segments $ 2 $ 2 $ 4 Total interest-bearing liabilities $ 16 $ (25) $ (9) Change in firmwide net interest income $ 42 $ (59) $ (17) 54 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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 2024 Form 10-K. Operating results Three months ended December 31, $ in millions 2024 2023 % change Revenues: Asset management and related administrative fees $ 1,476 $ 1,191 24 % Brokerage revenues: Mutual and other fund products 152 136 12 % Insurance and annuity products 118 125 (6) % Equities, ETFs and fixed income products 163 121 35 % Total brokerage revenues 433 382 13 % Account and service fees: Mutual fund and annuity service fees 126 106 19 % RJBDP fees: Bank segment 187 223 (16) % Third-party banks 144 152 (5) % Client account and other fees 70 65 8 % Total account and service fees 527 546 (3) % Investment banking 8 11 (27) % Interest income (1) 126 118 7 % All other 5 4 25 % Total revenues 2,575 2,252 14 % Interest expense (27) (26) 4 % Net revenues 2,548 2,226 14 % Non-interest expenses: Financial advisor compensation and benefits 1,413 1,190 19 % Administrative compensation and benefits 418 379 10 % Total compensation, commissions and benefits 1,831 1,569 17 % Non-compensation expenses: Communications and information processing 112 93 20 % Occupancy and equipment 55 55 — % Business development 41 40 3 % Professional fees 15 14 7 % All other 32 16 100 % Total non-compensation expenses 255 218 17 % Total non-interest expenses 2,086 1,787 17 % Pre-tax income $ 462 $ 439 5 % (1) Effective October 1, 2024, we updated our methodology for allocating interest income on certain cash balances to our segments, resulting in a reduction in interest income in the Other segment and an increase in interest income in the PCG segment. Prior-period segment results have not been conformed to the current-period presentation. 55 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index Selected key metrics PCG client asset balances As of $ in billions December 31, 2024 September 30, 2024 June 30, 2024 March 31, 2024 December 31, 2023 Assets under administration (“AUA”) $ 1,491.8 $ 1,507.0 $ 1,415.7 $ 1,388.8 $ 1,310.5 Assets in fee-based accounts (1) $ 876.6 $ 875.2 $ 820.6 $ 798.8 $ 746.6 Percent of AUA in fee-based accounts 58.8 % 58.1 % 58.0 % 57.5 % 57.0 % (1) 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.” As of December 31, 2024, September 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023 PCG AUA included assets associated with firms affiliated with us through our RCS division of $188.2 billion, $180.7 billion, and $146.9 billion, respectively, of which $160.2 billion, $153.1 billion, and $122.8 billion, respectively, were 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 services fees.” The growth in RCS client assets is partially due to transfers into RCS from our other financial advisor channels. We may continue to experience transfers to our RCS division; however, consistent with our experience in recent fiscal years, we would not expect these financial advisor transfers to significantly impact our results of operations. Domestic PCG net new assets Three months ended December 31, $ in millions 2024 2023 Domestic PCG net new assets (1) $ 14,020 $ 21,575 Domestic PCG net new assets growth - annualized (2) 4.0 % 7.8 % (1) Domestic PCG net new assets represents domestic PCG client inflows, including dividends and interest, less domestic PCG client outflows, including commissions, advisory fees and other fees. (2) The Domestic PCG net new asset growth - annualized percentage is based on the beginning Domestic PCG AUA balance for the indicated period. PCG AUA as of December 31, 2024 decreased 1% compared with September 30, 2024 and were negatively impacted by changes in foreign exchange rates, as well as the departure of primarily one large branch in our independent contractor division which also negatively impacted our PCG assets in fee-based accounts and our domestic PCG net new assets growth. PCG assets in fee-based accounts were $876.6 billion as of December 31, 2024, a slight increase compared with September 30, 2024. 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. 56 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index Clients’ domestic cash sweep balances and ESP balances As of $ in millions December 31, 2024 September 30, 2024 June 30, 2024 March 31, 2024 December 31, 2023 RJBDP: Bank segment $ 23,946 $ 23,978 $ 23,371 $ 23,405 $ 23,912 Third-party banks 20,341 18,226 17,325 18,234 17,820 Subtotal RJBDP 44,287 42,204 40,696 41,639 41,732 Client Interest Program (“CIP”) 1,664 1,653 1,713 1,715 1,765 Total clients’ domestic cash sweep balances 45,951 43,857 42,409 43,354 43,497 ESP 13,785 14,018 14,039 14,863 14,476 Total clients’ domestic cash sweep and ESP balances $ 59,736 $ 57,875 $ 56,448 $ 58,217 $ 57,973 Three months ended December 31, 2024 2023 Average yield on RJBDP - third-party banks 3.12 % 3.66 % A 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. 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 months ended December 31, 2024 decreased from the prior-year quarter largely as a result of the 50-basis-point decrease in short-term interest rates enacted by the Fed late in the preceding quarter, as well as the two 25-basis-point rate cuts enacted during the current quarter. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis - Net interest analysis” for further information. Total clients’ domestic cash sweep and ESP balances increased 3% compared with September 30, 2024, primarily due to increases in RJBDP balances. 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. Quarter ended December 31, 2024 compared with the quarter ended December 31, 2023 Net revenues of $2.55 billion increased 14% and pre-tax income of $462 million increased 5%. Asset management and related administrative fees increased $285 million, or 24%, 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 and net new assets, due to the favorable impact of our advisor recruiting and retention. Brokerage revenues increased $51 million, or 13%, primarily due to higher client activity in the current quarter. 57 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index Account and service fees decreased $19 million, or 3%, primarily due to a decrease in RJBDP fees. RJBDP fees paid to PCG from our Bank segment decreased due to the impact of lower short-term interest rates and, to a lesser extent, a decline in average balances allocated to our Bank segment, while RJBDP fees from third-party banks decreased due to lower short-term interest rates, partially offset by 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. Net interest income increased $7 million, or 8%, largely due to an updated methodology for allocating interest income on certain cash balances to our segments, which resulted in a reduction in interest income in the Other segment and an increase in interest income in the PCG segment. Compensation-related expenses increased $262 million, or 17%, 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 cost increases, including salaries. Non-compensation expenses increased $37 million, or 17%, primarily due to higher communications and information processing expenses, largely to support our growth, and higher provisions for legal and regulatory matters, as the current quarter included provisions for legal and regulatory matters while the prior-year quarter reflected a net reserve release. 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 2024 Form 10-K. Operating results Three months ended December 31, $ in millions 2024 2023 % change Revenues: Brokerage revenues: Fixed income $ 85 $ 102 (17) % Equity 41 38 8 % Total brokerage revenues 126 140 (10) % Investment banking: Merger & acquisition and advisory 226 118 92 % Equity underwriting 35 26 35 % Debt underwriting 56 26 115 % Total investment banking 317 170 86 % Interest income 29 23 26 % Affordable housing investments business revenues 29 23 26 % All other 5 4 25 % Total revenues 506 360 41 % Interest expense (26) (22) 18 % Net revenues 480 338 42 % Non-interest expenses: Compensation, commissions and benefits 301 238 26 % Non-compensation expenses: Communications and information processing 30 27 11 % Occupancy and equipment 12 11 9 % Business development 21 16 31 % Professional fees 10 14 (29) % All other 32 29 10 % Total non-compensation expenses 105 97 8 % Total non-interest expenses 406 335 21 % Pre-tax income $ 74 $ 3 2,367 % 58 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index Quarter ended December 31, 2024 compared with the quarter ended December 31, 2023 Net revenues of $480 million increased 42% and pre-tax income was $74 million, compared with $3 million for the prior-year quarter. Investment banking revenues increased $147 million, or 86%, primarily due to more favorable market conditions in the current quarter compared with the prior-year quarter, particularly for merger & acquisition activity. Brokerage revenues decreased $14 million, or 10%, due to a decrease in fixed income brokerage revenues primarily due to lower volatility in credit spreads in the current quarter compared with the prior-year quarter. Compensation-related expenses increased $63 million, or 26%, primarily due to the increase in revenues. Non-compensation expenses increased $8 million, or 8%, primarily due to higher business development expenses and communications and information processing expenses, partially offset by lower professional fees. 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 2024 Form 10-K. Operating results Three months ended December 31, $ in millions 2024 2023 % change Revenues: Asset management and related administrative fees: Managed programs $ 189 $ 150 26 % Administration and other 93 74 26 % Total asset management and related administrative fees 282 224 26 % Account and service fees 6 6 — % All other 6 5 20 % Net revenues 294 235 25 % Non-interest expenses: Compensation, commissions and benefits 58 53 9 % Non-compensation expenses: Communications and information processing 17 15 13 % Investment sub-advisory fees 53 39 36 % All other 41 35 17 % Total non-compensation expenses 111 89 25 % Total non-interest expenses 169 142 19 % Pre-tax income $ 125 $ 93 34 % 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 line of the following table). 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 additional 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. 59 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index Revenues earned by Raymond James Investment Management 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 Raymond James Investment Management are impacted by market and investment performance and net inflows or outflows of assets. Fees for our managed programs are generally collected quarterly. Approximately 75% of these fees are based on balances as of the beginning of the quarter (primarily in AMS), approximately 10% 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 December 31, 2024 September 30, 2024 June 30, 2024 March 31, 2024 December 31, 2023 AMS (1) $ 181.9 $ 182.7 $ 170.5 $ 165.7 $ 154.2 Raymond James Investment Management 76.7 76.8 72.5 74.4 73.3 Subtotal financial assets under management 258.6 259.5 243.0 240.1 227.5 Less: Assets managed for affiliated entities (2) (14.7) (14.7) (13.7) (13.3) (12.5) Total financial assets under management $ 243.9 $ 244.8 $ 229.3 $ 226.8 $ 215.0 (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 Raymond James Investment Management and, as a result, is included in both AMS and Raymond James Investment Management 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 December 31, $ in billions 2024 2023 Financial assets under management at beginning of period $ 259.5 $ 207.9 Raymond James Investment Management: Net outflows (0.7) (0.9) Transfer of Charles Stanley Asset Management (1) 1.4 — Total Raymond James Investment Management 0.7 (0.9) AMS - net inflows 1.1 1.7 Net market appreciation/(depreciation) in asset values (2.7) 18.8 Financial assets under management at end of period $ 258.6 $ 227.5 (1) The transfer was effective as of October 1, 2024. 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. Raymond James Investment Management The following table presents Raymond James Investment Management’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 December 31, 2024 $ in billions AUM Average fee rate Equity $ 21.6 0.56 % Fixed income 44.4 0.20 % Balanced 10.7 0.33 % Total financial assets under management $ 76.7 0.32 % 60 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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”). Administrative fees associated with these programs are predominantly based on balances at the beginning of the quarter. $ in billions December 31, 2024 September 30, 2024 June 30, 2024 March 31, 2024 December 31, 2023 Total assets $ 509.8 $ 506.2 $ 474.7 $ 462.9 $ 431.4 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 December 31, 2024 September 30, 2024 June 30, 2024 March 31, 2024 December 31, 2023 Total assets $ 10.7 $ 10.6 $ 10.0 $ 9.8 $ 9.4 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 December 31, 2024 compared with the quarter ended December 31, 2023 Net revenues of $294 million increased 25% and pre-tax income of $125 million increased 34%. Asset management and related administrative fees increased $58 million, or 26%, driven by higher 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 9%, 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 $22 million, or 25%, 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. 61 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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 2024 Form 10-K. Operating results Three months ended December 31, $ in millions 2024 2023 % change Revenues: Interest income $ 847 $ 872 (3) % Interest expense (433) (446) (3) % Net interest income 414 426 (3) % All other 11 15 (27) % Net revenues 425 441 (4) % Non-interest expenses: Compensation and benefits 46 43 7 % Non-compensation expenses: Bank loan provision for credit losses — 12 NM RJBDP fees to PCG 187 223 (16) % All other 74 71 4 % Total non-compensation expenses 261 306 (15) % Total non-interest expenses 307 349 (12) % Pre-tax income $ 118 $ 92 28 % Quarter ended December 31, 2024 compared with the quarter ended December 31, 2023 Net revenues of $425 million decreased 4%, while pre-tax income of $118 million increased 28%. Net interest income decreased $12 million, or 3%, primarily due to the impact of the decrease in short-term interest rates enacted by the Fed late in the preceding quarter, as well as rate cuts enacted during the current quarter, partially offset by the impact of higher average interest-earning asset balances, particularly securities-based loans. The Bank segment net interest margin decreased to 2.60% from 2.74% for the prior-year quarter. The bank loan provision for credit losses decreased $12 million compared with the prior-year quarter. The bank loan provision for credit losses for the current quarter primarily reflected the impacts of an improved macroeconomic forecast and loan repayments on criticized loans, offset by provisions on new loans, loan downgrades, primarily in the CRE and C&I loan portfolios, and charge-offs of certain loans. The bank loan provision for credit losses for the prior-year quarter primarily reflected the impacts of specific reserves in our C&I and CRE portfolios, loan downgrades, and charge-offs, partially offset by the favorable impact of loan repayments and sales, which had a larger impact than provisions on new loans. Compensation expenses increased $3 million, or 7%. Non-compensation expenses, excluding the bank loan provision for credit losses, decreased $33 million, or 11%, primarily due to a decrease in RJBDP fees paid to PCG. RJBDP fees paid to PCG decreased $36 million, or 16%, primarily due to the impact of the aforementioned decreases in short-term interest rates, as well as lower average RJBDP balances swept to the Bank segment. 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). Additionally, non-compensation expenses decreased as the prior-year quarter included the impact of the FDIC special assessment during that quarter which did not reoccur in the current quarter. These decreases in expenses were partially offset by higher communications and information processing expenses. 62 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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 2024 Form 10-K. Operating results Three months ended December 31, $ in millions 2024 2023 % change Revenues: Interest income (1) $ 34 $ 49 (31) % All other 3 2 50 % Total revenues 37 51 (27) % Interest expense (25) (25) — % Net revenues 12 26 (54) % Non-interest expenses: Compensation and benefits 36 17 112 % All other 6 6 — % Total non-interest expenses 42 23 83 % Pre-tax income/(loss) $ (30) $ 3 NM (1) Effective October 1, 2024, we updated our methodology for allocating interest income on certain cash balances to our segments, resulting in a reduction in interest income in the Other segment and an increase in interest income in the PCG segment. Prior-period segment results have not been conformed to the current-period presentation. Quarter ended December 31, 2024 compared with the quarter ended December 31, 2023 Pre-tax loss was $30 million, compared with a pre-tax income of $3 million for the prior-year quarter. Net revenues decreased $14 million primarily due to a decrease in interest income due to an updated methodology for allocating interest income on certain cash balances to our segments, resulting in a reduction in interest income in the Other segment and an increase in interest income in the PCG segment, as well as a decrease in short-term interest rates. Non-interest expenses increased $19 million, primarily due to higher compensation expenses in the current quarter. 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 $82.28 billion as of December 31, 2024 were $710 million, or 1%, less than our total assets as of September 30, 2024. Cash and cash equivalents decreased $950 million predominantly driven by a decrease in cash held in our Bank segment, largely resulting from investments in bank loans. Available-for-sale securities decreased $533 million primarily driven by net maturities and, to a lesser extent, sales. Other receivables, net and collateralized agreements also decreased $317 million and $219 million, respectively. These decreases were partially offset by a $1.2 billion increase in bank loans, net including continued growth in securities-based loans. As of December 31, 2024, our total liabilities of $70.35 billion were $972 million, or 1%, less than our total liabilities as of September 30, 2024. Accrued compensation, commissions, and benefits decreased $538 million, primarily due to the payment of prior-year bonuses during the quarter. Collateralized financings, bank deposits, and trading liabilities also decreased $170 million, $160 million, and $141 million, respectively. 63 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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 or borrowing from the Federal Reserve’s discount window at our bank subsidiaries, accessing committed and uncommitted lines of credit at the parent or certain operating subsidiaries, or accessing capital markets. 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 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 can be readily monetized, 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. 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, 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. 64 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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 we have 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 16 of this Form 10-Q. Under regulatory capital rules applicable to us as a bank holding company that has made an election to be a financial 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 20 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. The following table presents the components of RJF’s regulatory capital used to calculate the aforementioned regulatory capital ratios. $ in millions December 31, 2024 September 30, 2024 Common equity tier 1 capital/Tier 1 capital Common stock and related additional paid-in capital $ 3,128 $ 3,253 Retained earnings 12,378 11,894 Treasury stock (3,007) (3,051) Accumulated other comprehensive loss (655) (502) Less: Goodwill and identifiable intangible assets, net of related deferred tax liabilities (1,719) (1,748) Other adjustments 559 461 Common equity tier 1 capital 10,684 10,307 Preferred stock 79 79 Less: Tier 1 capital deductions (3) (3) Tier 1 capital 10,760 10,383 Tier 2 capital Qualifying subordinated debt 99 99 Qualifying allowances for credit losses 513 519 Tier 2 capital 612 618 Total capital $ 11,372 $ 11,001 65 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index The following table presents RJF’s risk-weighted assets by exposure type used to calculate the aforementioned regulatory capital ratios. $ in millions December 31, 2024 September 30, 2024 On-balance sheet assets: Corporate exposures $ 19,956 $ 19,118 Exposures to sovereign and government-sponsored entities (1) 1,531 1,611 Exposures to depository institutions, foreign banks, and credit unions 2,037 2,009 Exposures to public-sector entities 586 621 Residential mortgage exposures 4,853 4,760 Statutory multi-family mortgage exposures 218 213 High volatility commercial real estate exposures 57 83 Past due loans 266 284 Equity exposures 532 706 Securitization exposures 141 134 Other assets 9,177 9,894 Off-balance sheet: Standby letters of credit 86 83 Commitments with original maturity of one year or less 176 181 Commitments with original maturity greater than one year 2,554 2,415 Over-the-counter derivatives 398 284 Other off-balance sheet items 324 429 Market risk-weighted assets 2,589 2,800 Total standardized risk-weighted assets $ 45,481 $ 45,625 (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 $10.05 billion at December 31, 2024 decreased $950 million compared with September 30, 2024. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents primarily resulted from net investments in bank loans, payments of prior-year bonuses, a decrease in bank deposits, and common stock repurchases and dividends paid on our common stock. These decreases were partially offset by net income and net maturities of available-for-sale securities during the period. Sources of liquidity Approximately $2.34 billion of our total December 31, 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 December 31, 2024, RJF had loaned $1.60 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 December 31, 2024 RJF $ 770 TriState Capital Bank 3,343 RJ&A 2,209 Raymond James Bank 2,078 RJ Ltd. 619 Raymond James Capital Services, LLC 181 Charles Stanley 145 Raymond James Trust Company of New Hampshire 129 Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. 124 Raymond James Investment Management 109 Other subsidiaries 341 Total cash and cash equivalents $ 10,048 66 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index RJF maintained depository accounts at Raymond James Bank and TriState Capital Bank totaling $301 million as of December 31, 2024. The portion of this total that was available on demand without restrictions, which amounted to $256 million as of December 31, 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, was held to meet regulatory requirements and was not available for use by the parent as of December 31, 2024. 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 arrangements require its net capital to be a minimum of 10% of aggregate debit items. At December 31, 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. 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 December 31, 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 December 31, 2024. See Note 13 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 December 31, 2024, we had outstanding borrowings under three 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 67 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index to us under uncommitted credit facilities. See Notes 6 and 13 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 December 31, 2024 $ 344 $ 345 $ 307 $ 318 $ 330 $ 267 September 30, 2024 $ 344 $ 402 $ 402 $ 337 $ 413 $ 413 June 30, 2024 $ 407 $ 374 $ 110 $ 349 $ 311 $ 181 March 31, 2024 $ 256 $ 371 $ 371 $ 244 $ 449 $ 449 December 31, 2023 $ 171 $ 193 $ 169 $ 225 $ 252 $ 194 Other borrowings and collateralized financings We had $950 million in FHLB borrowings outstanding at December 31, 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 December 31, 2024, we had $9.52 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 6 and 13 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 additional information on our FHLB borrowings, including the related maturities and interest rates. 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. As of December 31, 2024, our bank subsidiaries had pledged certain bank loans with the Federal Reserve and had $2.1 billion in immediate credit available from the FRB based on collateral pledged. With the pledge of incremental collateral, we could further increase credit available to us from the FRB. See Note 6 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding our assets 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 December 31, 2024, the clearing organization is under no contractual obligation to lend to us under this arrangement. At December 31, 2024, we had subordinated notes due May 2030 outstanding, with an aggregate principal amount of $98 million. See Note 13 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q and Note 16 of our 2024 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 $461 million as of December 31, 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 2024 Form 10-K for more information on our collateralized agreements and financings. 68 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index Senior notes payable At December 31, 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 April 2030, $800 million par 4.95% senior notes due July 2046, and $750 million par 3.75% senior notes due April 2051. See Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2024 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. 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 $1.20 billion as of December 31, 2024, comprised of $822 million related to employee-directed plans and $382 million related to company-directed plans, and we were able to borrow up to 90%, or $1.08 billion, of the December 31, 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 December 31, 2024. 69 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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. 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 11 and 12 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q and Notes 14 and 15 of our 2024 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 15 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 2024 Form 10-K. RJF and many of its subsidiaries are each subject to various regulatory capital requirements. As of December 31, 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 December 31, 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 20 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 additional information on regulatory capital requirements. RJF and certain of its subsidiaries are subject to regular reviews and inspections by regulatory authorities and SROs. In addition, regulatory agencies and SROs institute investigations from time to time into industry practices, among other things. For example, in August 2024, the SEC’s Division of Enforcement requested information regarding our practices related to cash sweep programs for investment advisory clients and is reportedly conducting similar reviews at other financial institutions. The firm has been cooperating with this inquiry. In addition, in August and December 2024, a total of three putative class action lawsuits were filed in federal district court alleging, among other things, that the firm breached its fiduciary duties or agreements with regard to rates paid to clients in our cash sweep programs. All three cases have been consolidated, and we intend to vigorously defend against these lawsuits. The SEC adopted final rules mandating central clearing of cash, repurchase transactions and reverse repurchase transactions in U.S. Treasuries. The rules require initial compliance for cash transaction reporting by December 2025, and reporting of repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions by June 2026. Industry groups have requested extensions to those compliance dates, and we are monitoring the status of this rule. We are continuing to evaluate the impact that this rule will have on our business practices, financial position, and results of operations. In December 2024, the SEC adopted a final rule amending SEC Rules 15c3-3, the Customer Protection rule, and 15c3-1, the Net Capital rule. These amendments will require large clearing/carrying broker-dealers, including RJ&A, to compute customer and Proprietary Account of Broker-dealer reserve requirements and make any required reserve account deposits daily rather than the current weekly requirement. The effective date for the regulation is December 31, 2025. We are currently evaluating the impact that this rule will have on our business practices, financial position, and results of operations. 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 2024 Form 10-K. 70 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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 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 most notably, 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 December 31, 2024, to what our estimate would have been under a downside case scenario and an upside case scenario, without considering any offsetting effects in the qualitative component of our allowance for credit losses as of December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2024, use of the downside case scenario would have resulted in an increase of approximately $175 million in the quantitative portion of our allowance for credit losses on bank loans, while the use of the upside case scenario would have resulted in a reduction of approximately $35 million in the quantitative portion of our allowance for credit losses on bank loans at December 31, 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 2024 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 December 31, 2024. 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 2024 Form 10-K. In addition, refer to Note 15 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for information regarding legal and regulatory matters contingencies as of December 31, 2024. 71 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“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. Since this amendment only requires additional disclosures, adoption of this ASU will not have an impact on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. 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. Since this amendment only requires additional disclosures, adoption of this ASU will not have an impact on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. In November 2024, the FASB issued amended guidance related to disclosure of disaggregated expenses (ASU 2024-03). This amendment requires public business entities to provide detailed disclosures in the notes to financial statements disaggregating specific expense categories, including employee compensation, depreciation, and intangible asset amortization, as well as certain other disclosures to provide enhanced transparency into the nature and function of expenses. This new guidance is effective for annual periods beginning in our fiscal 2028 and interim periods beginning in our fiscal first quarter of 2029 with early adoption permitted. This guidance will be applied on a prospective basis with retrospective application permitted. Since this amendment only requires additional disclosures, adoption of this ASU will not have an impact on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. 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. 72 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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, to a lesser extent, 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. Within our banking operations, we hold investments in an 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 2024 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. Market Risk Management 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. Trading activities We are exposed to market risk, primarily related to interest rate risk, as a result of our trading inventory (primarily comprised of fixed income financial 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. We are also exposed to equity price risk as a result of our capital markets activities. Our broker-dealer activities are generally client-driven, and we hold 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. 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. 73 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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 two to three times per year on average. 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 2024 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. 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. Three months ended December 31, 2024 Period-end VaR Three months ended December 31, $ in millions High Low December 31, 2024 September 30, 2024 $ in millions 2024 2023 Daily VaR $ 4 $ 1 $ 3 $ 2 Average daily VaR $ 2 $ 2 We perform daily back-testing procedures for our VaR model, as defined by the Fed’s MRR, 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 months ended December 31, 2024, our regulatory-defined daily losses in our trading portfolios exceeded our predicted VaR on one occasion. 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 an 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 additional information regarding this hedging strategy, see Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2024 Form 10-K and Notes 5, 12 and 13 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q. We also manage interest rate risk as part of our liquidity management framework. See “Item 2 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and capital resources” of this Form 10-Q for additional information. 74 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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. 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 65% as interest rates rise and approximately 55% 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 $1,837 4% +100 $1,890 7% 0 $1,768 —% -100 $1,676 (5)% -200 $1,622 (8)% (1) Our 0-basis point scenario was based on interest rates as of December 31, 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 in our banking operations 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 December 31, 2024, our available-for-sale securities portfolio had a fair value of $7.73 billion with a weighted-average yield of 2.23% 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 December 31, 2024, the effective duration of our available-for-sale securities portfolio was approximately 3.49, which means that we would expect the market value of our available-for-sale securities portfolio to increase approximately 3.49% for every 100-basis point decline in interest rates and decline approximately 3.49% for every 100-basis point increase in interest rates. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2024 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 December 31, 2024, our EVE analyses were within approved limits. 75 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index The following table shows the maturities of our bank loan portfolio at December 31, 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 $ 16,620 $ 238 $ 10 $ 1 $ 16,869 C&I loans 1,411 5,482 3,462 35 10,390 CRE loans 816 5,168 1,576 26 7,586 REIT loans 586 1,092 5 — 1,683 Residential mortgage loans 7 28 155 9,412 9,602 Tax-exempt loans 64 377 853 — 1,294 Total loans held for investment 19,504 12,385 6,061 9,474 47,424 Held for sale loans — — 59 133 192 Total loans held for sale and investment $ 19,504 $ 12,385 $ 6,120 $ 9,607 $ 47,616 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 December 31, 2024. Interest rate type $ in millions Fixed Adjustable Total SBL $ 67 $ 182 $ 249 C&I loans 851 8,128 8,979 CRE loans 474 6,296 6,770 REIT loans — 1,097 1,097 Residential mortgage loans 213 9,382 9,595 Tax-exempt loans 1,230 — 1,230 Total loans held for investment 2,835 25,085 27,920 Held for sale loans 7 185 192 Total loans held for sale and investment $ 2,842 $ 25,270 $ 28,112 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. Our banking operations are also 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 $1.09 billion and $1.23 billion at December 31, 2024 and September 30, 2024, respectively, when converted to the USD using the spot rate at that time. A majority of such loans are held in a Canadian subsidiary of Raymond James Bank. Raymond James Bank utilizes short-term, forward foreign exchange contracts to mitigate its foreign exchange risk related to such investment in the Canadian subsidiary. 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 2024 Form 10-K and Note 5 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding these derivatives. Other sources of foreign exchange risk Investments in non-bank foreign subsidiaries At December 31, 2024, we had foreign exchange risk in our investment in RJ Ltd. of CAD 461 million and in our investment in Charles Stanley of £289 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 December 31, 2024. Foreign exchange gains/losses related to our foreign investments are primarily reflected in OCI on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income 76 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index and Comprehensive Income. See Note 16 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 on 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 on 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 2024 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. 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 2024 Form 10-K and Notes 5 and 6 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for additional 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 2024 Form 10-K for additional information about our determination of the allowance for credit losses associated with certain of our brokerage lending activities. 77 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index We offer loans to financial advisors for recruiting and retention 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 2024 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 operations 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 periodic independent reviews 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 use a 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 loan portfolio segment 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 2024 Form 10-K. We segregate our bank loan portfolio into six loan portfolio segments, which also serve as classes of financing receivables for purposes of credit analysis. See “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk management - Credit risk” of our 2024 Form 10-K for further information about the risk characteristics relevant to each portfolio segment. 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 December 31, 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 C&I loans $ (4) 0.16 % $ (6) 0.23 % CRE loans — — % (2) 0.11 % Total loans held for sale and investment $ (4) 0.03 % $ (8) 0.07 % 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 December 31, 2024 September 30, 2024 Nonperforming loans (1) $ 161 $ 175 Nonperforming assets $ 161 $ 175 Nonperforming loans as a % of total loans held for sale and investment 0.34 % 0.38 % Allowance for credit losses as a % of nonperforming loans 281 % 261 % Nonperforming assets as a % of Bank segment total assets 0.26 % 0.28 % (1) Nonperforming loans at December 31, 2024 and September 30, 2024 included $72 million and $89 million, respectively, of loans, which were current pursuant to their contractual terms. 78 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index See the table summarizing nonaccrual loans by portfolio segment in Note 7 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for additional information. Although our nonperforming assets as a percentage of our Bank segment’s assets remained low as of December 31, 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 2024 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 2024 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 independent loan review process, as well as our 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 December 31, 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 2024 Form 10-K. 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. 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. 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 December 31, 2024 $ 5 $ 9 $ 14 0.05 % 0.10 % 0.15 % September 30, 2024 $ 6 $ 8 $ 14 0.07 % 0.08 % 0.15 % Our December 31, 2024 percentage of over 30 day delinquent residential mortgage loans compares favorably to the national average of 1.84%, as most recently reported by the Fed. 79 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index 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. December 31, 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 22% 5% Florida 18% 4% Texas 8% 2% New York 7% 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 December 31, 2024 and September 30, 2024, these loans totaled $2.94 billion and $2.96 billion, respectively, or approximately 31% of the residential mortgage portfolio at each respective period end. The weighted-average number of years before the remainder of the loans, which were still in their interest-only period at December 31, 2024, begins amortizing is five years. Corporate and tax-exempt loans 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. 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. December 31, 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 12% 5% Industrial warehouse 10% 4% Loan fund 7% 3% Office real estate 7% 3% Subscription lines 6% 2% The Fed enacted a 50-basis-point decrease in short-term interest rates late in the preceding quarter and two 25-basis-point rate cuts during the current quarter. Despite lower short-term interest rates, market-wide corporate loan growth has remained muted in our fiscal first quarter of 2025, but we believe we are well-positioned to increase lending as new origination activity increases, which may increase provisions for credit losses in future periods. We continue to closely monitor economic and other factors that may impact our borrowers and corporate loan portfolio, including the regulatory environment following the recent change in the U.S. presidential administration, inflation, and interest rates. 80 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Management’s Discussion and Analysis Index Risks related to our CRE loans, specifically, office real estate loans, continue to be impacted by remote work, pressure from the relatively high interest rate environment that persisted throughout most of our fiscal 2024, uncertainty related to tenant lease renewals, and elevated refinancing risk for loans with near-term maturities, among other issues. As of December 31, 2024, our highest industry concentrations within our CRE portfolio were multi-family, industrial warehouse, and office real estate, and the concentrations of such loans were generally consistent with those for our corporate loan portfolio detailed in the preceding table. Refer to “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk management - Credit risk - Banking activities” of our 2024 Form 10-K for further information on our CRE loans and a discussion of our risk monitoring process for these loans. There were no significant changes to those processes during the three months ended December 31, 2024. Refer to Note 7 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q for additional information on our credit metrics related to our CRE loan portfolio. 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 2024 Form 10-K for a discussion of our operational risk and certain of our risk mitigation processes. 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 three months ended December 31, 2024 or 2023. As more fully described in the discussion of our business technology risks included in various risk factors presented in “Item 1A - Risk Factors” and “Item 1C - Cybersecurity” of our 2024 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 2024 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 2024 Form 10-K for information on our compliance risks, including how we manage such risks. 81 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Index 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.