The latest senior moves in North American wealth management.

Raymond James
Raymond James has appointed Kirk Abrahamson and David Gray to join the firm’s employee advisor channel in West Des Moines, Iowa. Both men had previously worked at RBC Wealth Management.

Abrahamson joins Raymond James from RBC Wealth Management, where he previously managed about $312 million in client assets. He will be based at RJA’s West Des Moines office, which is managed by Steve DeVenney. Abrahamson is joined by client relationship consultants Michael Rowedder and Colby Spann, CFP®. The team operates as the Abrahamson Investment Group of Raymond James.

Abrahamson has been in the financial services industry for more than three decades. He began his career at Merrill Lynch, then spent more than a decade as an advisor at Piper Jaffray before joining RBC Wealth Management in 2002. Abrahamson is a graduate from the University of Northern Iowa.

In Gray’s case, he previously managed about $104 million in client assets at RBC. Gray is the vice president of wealth management and operates as David P Gray of Raymond James from RJA’s West Des Moines office.

Gray has been in the financial services industry for over 33 years. He began his career at JP Morgan where he worked for 11 years.