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Shawn J. Barko

RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
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CRD#: 2690394
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Professional summary


Shawn Joseph Barko, AIF® is a registered financial advisor currently at RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC. located in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Shawn is registered as an IAR (Investment Advisor Representative) and RR (Registered Representative) and started their career in finance in 1999. Shawn has worked at 3 firms and has passed the Series 65, Series 63, Series 79TO, SIE, Series 31, Series 7, Series 4, Series 14, Series 9, Series 10 and Series 24 exams.

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Are you a "fiduciary"?
Yes

Aliases


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Other business activities


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(1)Name of Business: FINRA Dispute Resolution Services Address: Brookfield Place\n200 Liberty Street, New York, NY, 10281, United States Activity Type: Part-Time Activity/Employment Position/Title: Other Investment Related: No Start Date: 01/25/2008 Hours per month devoted to this business: 0-1 Hours per month devoted to this business during trading hours: 0-1 Description of duties: Current member on the active list of FINRA Arbitrators. (2) United Way Suncoast, 4925 Independence Pkwy # 120, Tampa, FL Non-Profit, 07/28/2022, Not-Investment Related, Committee Member, HPM:2-10, HPM: 0-1, DOD: Finance Committee member. Review financial reports of the UWS.

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CRS (Client Relationship Summary) - RIA


RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC. - Registered Investment Advisory firm

Version Date: Mon Aug 29 2022

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.(“Raymond James”, “we”, “us”) is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as both a broker/dealer and an investment adviser and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Brokerage and investment advisory services and fees differ and it is important for you to understand these differences. Free and simple tools are available to research firms and financial professionals at Investor.gov/CRS, which also provides educational materials about broker/dealers, investment advisers, and investing.

Types of Services Offered:

Services

The investment advisory programs we offer include:

  • Financial Advisor managed - Accounts in this program may be:

    • Discretionary – Your financial professional makes investment decisions to buy, sell or hold securities in your account.

    • Non-discretionary – Your financial professional offers advice and recommendations to buy, sell or hold securities but you make the final investment decisions.

  • Firm managed – We or another firm, which may or may not be affiliated with us, manages investments in your account. All firm managed programs are discretionary.

We also offer other investment advisory services including:

  • Financial Planning – Your financial professional helps you develop a goal-based strategy or financial plan intended to achieve your financial objectives.

  • Investment Consulting – Your financial professional offers advice on investments held at or outside of Raymond James

Monitoring

We and your financial professional conduct ongoing monitoring of your advisory accounts tailored to your advisory relationship and advisory account(s).

Account Minimums

Most advisory programs have minimum account size requirements.

Limited Investment Offerings

We provide advice on proprietary and non-proprietary products. Depending on your choice of account type, strategy and model, you may receive advice with respect to a broad range of investments, or you may receive advice regarding a limited range of investments. For example, we do not make all mutual funds available for use in advisory programs and generally limit the offered mutual funds to a single share class.

For additional information about brokerage and investment advisory services, please see raymondjames.com/legaldisclosures.


Questions to ask your Professional:
  • Given my financial situation, should I choose an investment advisory service? Should I choose a brokerage service? Should I choose both types of services? Why or why not?
  • How will you choose investments to recommend to me?
  • What is your relevant experience, including your licenses, education and other qualifications? What do these qualifications mean?

In an investment advisory account, you will incur advisory fees which are generally assessed quarterly at the rate you agreed upon with your financial professional (based on our established fee schedule). Generally that will be a “wrap” fee that covers the applicable advisory fee, third-party manager fees, execution charges on trades, and custody and clearing services. The wrap fee does not include commissions and other charges for trades that a third-party manager directs to another broker/ dealer. In addition, it does not include underlying management fees and operating expenses for investment products and other charges described in our advisory brochure.

Because we and your financial professional are compensated based on the amount of assets in your account, we and your financial professional are incentivized to increase your assets.

During periods of lower trading activity, the advisory fee may be higher than the transaction charges you would have paid in a brokerage account. To determine whether an investment advisory account is appropriate for you, you should carefully analyze the projected costs of an investment advisory account versus a brokerage account based on factors such as expected size, volume and frequency of transactions, projected holding period and the advisory services provided by your financial professional.

You will pay fees and costs whether you make or lose money on your investments. Fees and costs will reduce any amount of money you make on your investments over time. Please make sure you understand what fees and costs you are paying.

For additional information about our fees and charges, please visit:raymondjames.com/clientfees; raymondjames.com/legal-disclosures.


Questions to ask your Professional:
  • Help me understand how these fees and costs might affect my investments. If I give you $10,000 to invest, how much will go towards fees and costs, and how much will be invested for me?

When we provide you with a recommendation as a broker/ dealer or act as your investment adviser, we have to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. At the same time, the way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests. You should understand and ask about these conflicts because they can affect the recommendations and investment advice we provide you. Here are some examples to help you understand what this means.

Proprietary products – We and our affiliates serve as the investment manager for some investments and earn a management fee. Some products offered to you include fees paid to us for the use of proprietary research. Any such fees are in addition to any brokerage transaction charges or advisory fees you will incur. We therefore have a financial incentive to recommend proprietary products over third-party products.

Third-party payments – We receive payments from third parties when you invest in certain products (e.g. mutual funds). These payments represent additional compensation to us, or provide compensation for ongoing support activities we perform on behalf of third parties, such as product servicing, tax reporting, statement and trade confirmation mailings or recordkeeping. This results in a financial incentive to recommend products that provide additional compensation to us over those that pay lesser amounts or none at all. Such payments may also affect which products we make available.

Revenue sharing - The companies that sponsor, manage, and/ or promote certain investments offered by us earn revenue by charging you a fee, such as a management fee in a mutual fund. A portion of these fees may be shared with us. We use the payments in part to support activities related to servicing client accounts, to provide educational programs and technology applications to financial professionals, and to provide ongoing product support for certain investments. We have an incentive to promote the product sponsors that share the most revenues over those that share less revenues or none at all.

Principal trading – We may buy a security from you or sell you a security from our own account, predominantly with bonds and other fixed income securities. This may create incentives to act against your best interest to generate trading profits or minimize losses. When permitted in an advisory account, principal transactions require trade by trade consent.

This summary does not identify all of our conflicts of interest, or all material facts about the conflicts of interest listed. For additional information about these and other conflicts of interest, please see raymondjames.com/legal-disclosures .


Questions to ask your Professional:
  • How might your conflicts of interest affect me, and how will you address them?

Most financial professionals are compensated as a percentage of the revenue sources described below:

  • Commissions, markups and markdowns earned in brokerage accounts, which vary by product.

  • Ongoing fees from mutual fund and certain other product issuers.

  • Advisory fees which are generally assessed quarterly at the rate you agreed upon with your financial professional (based on our established fee schedule).

  • Fees related to other products and services provided to you.

The percentage of revenue that your financial professional receives will generally increase as total revenue earned from their client accounts increases. Therefore, financial professionals are incentivized to increase revenues on your and other clients’ accounts.

  • Financial professionals may receive incentive compensation based on revenues earned from client accounts, assets under management, and other performance metrics such as professional competencies, designations, etc. Incentive compensation may include retention bonuses in the formof restricted stock units of Raymond James Financial, Inc., deferred compensation, paid travel for recognition trips and reimbursement of certain expenses.

  • When financial professionals affiliate with us, they may receive compensation in connection with transitioning from their prior firm. This includes an upfront payment and additional potential compensation based on the revenues generated from client accounts in the first few years or on the growth in total assets they manage. This creates incentives for financial professionals to encourage you to move your assets to Raymond James and to produce greater revenues by charging higher fees and engaging in commission-generating securities transactions.

CRS (Client Relationship Summary) - BD


RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC. - Broker-Dealer Firm

Version Date: Mon Aug 29 2022

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.(“Raymond James”, “we”, “us”) is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as both a broker/dealer and an investment adviser and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Brokerage and investment advisory services and fees differ and it is important for you to understand these differences. Free and simple tools are available to research firms and financial professionals at Investor.gov/CRS, which also provides educational materials about broker/dealers, investment advisers, and investing.

Types of Services Offered:

Services

As a broker/dealer, our primary service is buying and selling securities for your account at your direction. Your financial professional can offer recommendations to buy, sell or hold securities but you make the final investment decisions. We also provide custody and clearing services.

Monitoring

Unlike in advisory accounts, we do not offer or provide monitoring services for your brokerage accounts. Your financial professional may voluntarily review holdings in your brokerage accounts and may or may not make recommendations to you based on those reviews. These voluntary account reviews do not represent an account monitoring service.

Account Minimums

Other than limited exceptions related to particular client-types, we generally do not require a minimum account size to open a brokerage account. Some securities require investment minimums.

Limited Investment Offerings

We offer and make recommendations on proprietary and non-proprietary products. We do not offer or make recommendations on all products of any particular type; for example, we do not offer or make recommendations on all mutual funds, or make available all share classes of the offered mutual funds.

For additional information about brokerage and investment advisory services, please see raymondjames.com/legaldisclosures.


Questions to ask your Professional:
  • Given my financial situation, should I choose an investment advisory service? Should I choose a brokerage service? Should I choose both types of services? Why or why not?
  • How will you choose investments to recommend to me?
  • What is your relevant experience, including your licenses, education and other qualifications? What do these qualifications mean?

In a brokerage account, you will incur transaction charges when you buy or sell securities, including:

  • Commissions;

  • Markups and markdowns (similar to commissions);

  • Upfront or ongoing fees that you pay to a mutual fund or other product issuer, a portion of which is paid to us in connection with your transaction; and

  • Handling and processing fees on each securities transaction.

Transaction charges differ from one product to another which creates an incentive to recommend products that have higher transaction charges. You will incur greater total transaction charges when there are more trades in your account, which creates an incentive to encourage you to trade more often.

Depending upon your account and relationship, you may also incur periodic account maintenance or IRA custodial fees, as well as processing, service, and account fees upon certain events or occurrences. You will incur interest charges if you borrow on margin using a securities-based loan in any of your accounts. Certain investments, such as mutual funds, have embedded fees that are generally paid by you to the companies that sponsor, manage, and/or promote the investment.

You will pay fees and costs whether you make or lose money on your investments. Fees and costs will reduce any amount of money you make on your investments over time. Please make sure you understand what fees and costs you are paying.

For additional information about our fees and charges, please visit:raymondjames.com/clientfees; raymondjames.com/legal-disclosures.


Questions to ask your Professional:
  • Help me understand how these fees and costs might affect my investments. If I give you $10,000 to invest, how much will go towards fees and costs, and how much will be invested for me?

When we provide you with a recommendation as a broker/ dealer or act as your investment adviser, we have to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. At the same time, the way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests. You should understand and ask about these conflicts because they can affect the recommendations and investment advice we provide you. Here are some examples to help you understand what this means.

Proprietary products – We and our affiliates serve as the investment manager for some investments and earn a management fee. Some products offered to you include fees paid to us for the use of proprietary research. Any such fees are in addition to any brokerage transaction charges or advisory fees you will incur. We therefore have a financial incentive to recommend proprietary products over third-party products.

Third-party payments – We receive payments from third parties when you invest in certain products (e.g. mutual funds). These payments represent additional compensation to us, or provide compensation for ongoing support activities we perform on behalf of third parties, such as product servicing, tax reporting, statement and trade confirmation mailings or recordkeeping. This results in a financial incentive to recommend products that provide additional compensation to us over those that pay lesser amounts or none at all. Such payments may also affect which products we make available.

Revenue sharing - The companies that sponsor, manage, and/ or promote certain investments offered by us earn revenue by charging you a fee, such as a management fee in a mutual fund. A portion of these fees may be shared with us. We use the payments in part to support activities related to servicing client accounts, to provide educational programs and technology applications to financial professionals, and to provide ongoing product support for certain investments. We have an incentive to promote the product sponsors that share the most revenues over those that share less revenues or none at all.

Principal trading – We may buy a security from you or sell you a security from our own account, predominantly with bonds and other fixed income securities. This may create incentives to act against your best interest to generate trading profits or minimize losses. When permitted in an advisory account, principal transactions require trade by trade consent.

This summary does not identify all of our conflicts of interest, or all material facts about the conflicts of interest listed. For additional information about these and other conflicts of interest, please see raymondjames.com/legal-disclosures .


Questions to ask your Professional:
  • How might your conflicts of interest affect me, and how will you address them?

Most financial professionals are compensated as a percentage of the revenue sources described below:

  • Commissions, markups and markdowns earned in brokerage accounts, which vary by product.

  • Ongoing fees from mutual fund and certain other product issuers.

  • Advisory fees which are generally assessed quarterly at the rate you agreed upon with your financial professional (based on our established fee schedule).

  • Fees related to other products and services provided to you.

The percentage of revenue that your financial professional receives will generally increase as total revenue earned from their client accounts increases. Therefore, financial professionals are incentivized to increase revenues on your and other clients’ accounts.

  • Financial professionals may receive incentive compensation based on revenues earned from client accounts, assets under management, and other performance metrics such as professional competencies, designations, etc. Incentive compensation may include retention bonuses in the formof restricted stock units of Raymond James Financial, Inc., deferred compensation, paid travel for recognition trips and reimbursement of certain expenses.

  • When financial professionals affiliate with us, they may receive compensation in connection with transitioning from their prior firm. This includes an upfront payment and additional potential compensation based on the revenues generated from client accounts in the first few years or on the growth in total assets they manage. This creates incentives for financial professionals to encourage you to move your assets to Raymond James and to produce greater revenues by charging higher fees and engaging in commission-generating securities transactions.

Certified licenses


Advisors may have various certifications and credentials from different organizations. AdvisorCheck highlights these seven certifications - AIF®, CFP®, ChFC®, CFA, CLU®, CIMA®, CPWA®
AIF®

Experience


Current

May 29, 2008 - Present

RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Office #1: 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, FL 33716
RIA
BD
CRD#: 705
St. Petersburg, FL
Current

April 2, 1998 - Present

RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Office #1: 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, FL 33716
RIA
BD
CRD#: 705
St. Petersburg, FL
Past

November 15, 2012 - March 14, 2013

MORGAN KEEGAN & COMPANY, LLC

RIA
CRD#: 4161
ST. PETERSBURG, FL
Past

October 31, 2012 - March 14, 2013

MORGAN KEEGAN & COMPANY, LLC

BD
CRD#: 4161
ST. PETERSBURG, FL
Past

August 31, 1999 - September 25, 1999

RONEY & CO.

BD
CRD#: 45091
DETROIT, MI

Primary Firm SEC Registration


This SEC-registered firm can serve clients nationwide. Some states may require the firm to submit a notice filing if the firm has more than 5 clients or a physical office there. You can view these state-level filings under the section titled "State Registrations and Notice Filings".
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.
ALEX. BROWN | STRATEGIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES | RAYMOND JAMES CONSULTING SERVICES | RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC. | PUBLIC FINANCE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES GROUP | INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES | INSTITUTIONAL FIDUCIARY SOLUTIONS | ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES

CRD#: 705 / SEC#: 801-10418, 8-10999

RIA
Registered Investment Advisory firm - SEC (12/19/1974 Approved)
BD
Broker-Dealer Firm Regulated by FINRA (Florida district office)

State Registrations and Notice Filings


Listed states reflect where the advisor is authorized to serve clients under state regulations.

IAR
means the advisor is registered as an Investment Advisor Representative in this state and is authorized to provide investment advice to clients there.
RR
indicates the advisor is registered as a Registered Representative in this state, allowing them to offer securities such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds through a broker-dealer.

Visual representation of state registrations

RR
Florida
(4/9/1998)
IAR
Florida
(5/29/2008)
RR
Virgin Islands
(5/17/2010)

Exams


State Security Law Exam
IAR
Series 65
Date: 5/21/2008
Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
State Security Law Exam
General Industry/Product Exam
RR
Series 79TO
Date: 1/2/2023
Investment Banking Registered Representative Examination
General Industry/Product Exam
General Industry/Product Exam
RR
Series 31
Date: 12/21/2012
Futures Managed Funds Examination
General Industry/Product Exam
Principal/Supervisory Exam
Principal/Supervisory Exam
RR
Series 14
Date: 3/7/2008
Compliance Officer Examination
Principal/Supervisory Exam
Principal/Supervisory Exam
Principal/Supervisory Exam
SRO Registrations
RR
FINRA
SRO Registrations
RR
Investors' Exchange LLC
SRO Registrations
RR
MEMX LLC
SRO Registrations
RR
NYSE American LLC
SRO Registrations
RR
NYSE Arca, Inc.
SRO Registrations
RR
NYSE Texas, Inc.
SRO Registrations
RR
Nasdaq PHLX LLC
SRO Registrations
RR
Nasdaq Stock Market
SRO Registrations
RR
New York Stock Exchange

Current Firm


RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.
ALEX. BROWN | STRATEGIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES | RAYMOND JAMES CONSULTING SERVICES | RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC. | PUBLIC FINANCE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES GROUP | INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES | INSTITUTIONAL FIDUCIARY SOLUTIONS | ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES

CRD#: 705 / SEC#: 801-10418, 8-10999

RIA
Registered Investment Advisory firm - SEC (12/19/1974 Approved)
BD
Broker-Dealer Firm Regulated by FINRA (Florida district office)
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Contact information


Main Address
880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, FL 33716
Mailing Address
880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, FL 33716
Phone number
(727) 567-1000
Established
Florida since 02/19/1969
Firm type
Corporation
Fiscal year end
September
Firm Size
Large
# of Employees
13,966

SEC notice filing (53 States and Territories)


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FINRA licenses (53 States and Territories)


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Documents


Customer Relationship Summary (CRS / SEC)Customer Relationship Summary (CRS / FINRA)Latest Form ADV

Part 2 Brochures

RAYMOND JAMES WRAP FEE PROGRAM BROCHURE (12/1/2025)

Direct owners and executive officers


NamePositionCRD#
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC.HOLDING COMPANY
AULETTA, SUZANNE ELIZABETHDIRECTOR1418817
BARKO, SHAWN JOSEPHCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER2690394
BUNN, JAMES EDWARDDIRECTOR3130320
CAMPAGNOLI, VINCENT JOHNCHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER1421076
CURTIS, SCOTTDIRECTOR1707935
DELEON, ALLYSSA NICOLEPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER / FINOP6902665
ELWYN, TASHTEGO SPRINGPRESIDENT - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DIRECTOR2319098
MARTIN, PHILIP ROGERRIA CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER2613565
RUST, KEITH GDIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL OPERATIONS OFFICER5915636
SANTELLI, JONATHANGENERAL COUNSEL / SECRETARY6306997
SICKLING, JAMES PHILIPDIRECTOR1240810

Regulatory assets under management


Total Number of Accounts1,070,028
AUM (Assets Under Management)$ 433,814,330,581

Disclosures


Regulatory Event181
Arbitration72

Accountant surprise examination report


Filing DateForm ADV-E CoverForm ADV-E Report
09/12/2025
Cover Page
08/21/2024
09/27/2023

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Company Information


RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.

RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.

CRD#: 705St. Petersburg, FL 33716

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