"Jeremy will play an integral role in providing strategic leadership to take our mergers and acquisitions capabilities to a higher level," says Paul Allison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Raymond James Ltd. "His focus will be to leverage the unique domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions expertise of Raymond James and deepen relationships with Canadian corporate clients."

Jeremy is a seasoned industry professional. Over the past three years he has served as a senior officer and Portfolio Manager of Trapeze Capital. Prior to joining Trapeze, Jeremy was Director of Global Markets and Investment Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions at Merrill Lynch Canada where, over a nine-year period, he played a senior leadership role in many of the nation's most significant M & A transactions.

"Jeremy has earned a solid reputation for his ability to support corporate clients with innovative ideas and value added growth solutions," says Allison. "We are confident he will deliver the same high quality results as a key partner in helping us achieve our strategic goals for building our mergers and acquisitions business in Canada."

Raymond James is a leading North American independent full service investment dealer offering a full range of professional investments and products including: private client service, financial and estate planning, portfolio management, insurance, equity research, investment banking and institutional sales and trading. Through its network of approximately 4,800 Financial Advisors in Canada, the United States and key international centres, Raymond James serves more than 1.3 million individual investors and families and manages more than $220 billion in client assets under administration. For more information about Raymond James, please visit our web site at www.raymondjames.ca

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