Jones focuses on asset management for high net worth individuals and families, and also advises on corporate retirement assets, specifically 401 plans.

Jones joins Raymond James from Morgan Stanley, where she managed over $435 million in client assets and had some $1 million in annual fees and commissions. She started her career in the financial services industry in 1981 at Robinson-Humphrey & Co.

Meanwhile, joining Jones is registered sales associate Brenda Meadows, who is also latterly of Morgan Stanley. Meadows has over 33 years of financial industry experience, including several years as an operations manager and complex risk officer.

In other recent news, last week Raymond James appointed James Hall as a retirement team partner and financial advisor within the Green Financial Group, an independent firm in Houston, TX.

Through its three broker/dealer subsidiaries, Raymond James Financial has about 6,200 financial advisors across the US, Canada and overseas, with total client assets of about $412 billion.