Former Merrill Team Join Raymond James

Tom Burroughes

24 April 2019

Raymond James has recruited a team of advisors - Gus Panos, Jason Firek, CFP®, and John Gaynor, CPFA, CRPC® - to join its employee broker/dealer business in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

The advisor trio operates as Panos Firek Wealth Management. They join from Merrill Lynch, where they previously managed more than $400 million in client assets and had over $4 million in annual production.

Also joining the team at Raymond James are financial planning consultant Jennifer Pulcini, senior client service associate Nicole Yates, and practice business manager Amanda Fredericks. Clients include automotive company executives, business owners, professionals and families.

Panos began his financial services career in 1991. In 2000, he joined Morgan Stanley, where he met Firek, and in 2007 they moved to Merrill Lynch.

Firek has been in the financial services industry since 2002 when he joined Morgan Stanley, and in 2007 he moved to Merrill Lynch.

Gaynor, vice president and senior financial advisor, joined the industry and the Panos Firek team in 2003 at Merrill Lynch.