Raymond James has appointed James Hall as a retirement team partner and financial advisor within the Green Financial Group, an independent firm in Houston, TX.

Hall joins Raymond James from USCA Securities, where he managed $100 million in assets. Before that, he spent time at UBS, Morgan Stanley, Paine Webber and Shearson Lehman Brothers. While at Morgan Stanley, he partnered with Jeff Green, founder of Green Financial Group.

In other recent news at Raymond James & Associates, last week Edward Tills was brought in from Morgan Stanley as first vice president of investments in Rochester, NY.

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.