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Michael Robert Ball

RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES
TROY, MI
·CRD# 7165676·7 years experience

Professional Summary

Michael Robert Ball is a registered financial advisor currently at RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC. located in Troy, Michigan. Michael is registered as a RR (Registered Representative) and started their career in finance in 2020. Michael has worked at 1 firm and has passed the Series 63, Series 7TO and SIE exams.

At a Glance

Best-Interest Standard

Fiduciary Standard

Fee Structure

Account Minimum

Active Clients

Fiduciary Standard

Fee Structure

Account Minimum

Active Clients

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Years of Experience

7 years in the financial services industry

Current & Past Employments

RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.·CRD# 705
RIA
BD
1152 E. Long Lake Road, Troy, MI 48085
January 7, 2020 - Present

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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 | ALEX.BROWN

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)

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

16,780

SEC notice filing (53 States and Territories)

Registered to provide investment advisory services in 53 US states and territories.

FINRA licenses (53 States and Territories)

Registered to provide investment advisory services in 53 US states and territories.

Documents

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

Part 2 Brochures

RAYMOND JAMES WRAP FEE PROGRAM BROCHURE (9/25/2026)

Direct owners and executive officers

NamePositionCRD#
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC.HOLDING COMPANY—
BARKO, SHAWN JOSEPHCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER2690394
BUNN, JAMESDIRECTOR3130320
CHAPMAN, LEIGHTREASURER5380931
CURTIS, SCOTTDIRECTOR1707935
DELEON, ALLYSSA NICOLEPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER / FINOP6902665
ELWYN, TASHTEGO SPRINGPRESIDENT - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DIRECTOR2319098
KONEFAL, RICHARD EUGENEDIRECTOR2431960
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 Accounts

1,143,145

AUM (Assets Under Management)

$500,955,604,975

Disclosures

Regulatory Event

182

Arbitration

72

Accountant Surprise Examination Report

Filing DateForm ADV-E CoverForm ADV-E Report
08/20/2026Cover PageReport
09/12/2025Cover PageReport
08/21/2024Cover PageReport

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Other business activities

Outside business activity is any business or activity undertaken by an advisor that is outside the scope of their relationship with their firm (e.g., consulting services, real estate, freelance work, teaching, etc.). Investors should stay informed about these activities to ensure no conflicts of interest.

The advisor shows no other business activity.

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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 | ALEX.BROWN

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.
RR
indicates the advisor is registered as a Registered Representative in this state, allowing securities offerings such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds through a broker-dealer.
RR
Michigan
(9/22/2020)

Don't see your state listed? The advisor may still be able to work with you under the federal De Minimis Rule, which allows up to five investment advisory clients in a state without registration. Some states, like TX, LA, NE, and NH, may still require registration or notice filing. Contact the advisor or their firm to confirm their investment advisory availability in your state.

Exams

Financial professionals may take different exams throughout their careers based on the types of services they provide and roles they perform.

Series 63 — Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination

Passed Sep 2020About the Series 63 exam

Series 7TO — General Securities Representative Examination

Passed Jan 2020About the Series 7TO exam

SIE — Securities Industry Essentials Examination

Passed Oct 2019About the SIE exam
FINRA
SRO Registrations
Investors' Exchange LLC
SRO Registrations
MEMX LLC
SRO Registrations
NYSE American LLC
SRO Registrations
NYSE Arca, Inc.
SRO Registrations
NYSE Texas, Inc.
SRO Registrations
Nasdaq PHLX LLC
SRO Registrations
Nasdaq Stock Market
SRO Registrations
New York Stock Exchange
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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.

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.

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