Florida Judge Denies Raymond James’ Summary Judgment Motion in Fee Overcharging Case

Posted on October 25th, 2018 at 11:13 AM
Florida Judge Denies Raymond James’ Summary Judgment Motion in Fee Overcharging Case

From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law LLC:

A Florida state court judge has denied Raymond James’ motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit that accuses the firm of marking up processing fees up to 10 times on certain accounts.

Raymond James overcharged processing fees in self-directed accounts called passport accounts. Passport accounts allow customers to select a variety of investments, including stocks, bonds, real estate investment trusts, and eligible mutual funds and require a minimum investment of $25,000.

Furthermore, a passport account requires a flat fee for each transaction placed by a customer, and the fees range from $9.95 to $30. However, according to the customer’s complaint, the actual cost of executing and clearing trades was closer to $5. As a result, Raymond James made a significant profit from the markups. The customer further alleged that the profits made by Raymond James as a result of the markups violate FINRA Rule 2122, which requires all charges and fees to be directly related to the expenses incurred in processing the transaction.

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