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| 1800: | Alex. Brown & Sons founded, becoming the first investment banking firm in the U.S. |
| 1830: | Financed the continent’s first railroad, the Baltimore & Ohio, which opened markets to the West |
| 1865: | Issued letters of credit, one of the firm’s earliest innovations, to help rebuild businesses in the South after the Civil War |
| 1933: | Purchased seat on the New York Stock Exchange |
| 1976: | Pioneered industry-focused healthcare conference |
| 1986: | Helped launch IPOs for Microsoft, Oracle and Sun Microsystems over a 10-day period |
| 1990s: | Was a lead underwriter known for high-profile IPOs |
| 1992: | Brought AOL and Starbucks public in the same year |
| 1997: | Alex. Brown was the number six stock underwriter1 by total dollar amount of deals and served 115,000 high-net-worth clients |
| 1997: | Merger with Bankers Trust Company added premier private wealth management capabilities and enabled global competition for corporate clients |
| 1999: | Deutsche Bank acquired Bankers Trust, becoming Deutsche Bank’s Private Services division to create a global platform with expanded investment banking and products |
| 2000: | Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown celebrated its 200-year anniversary |
| 2001: | Deutsche Bank shares listed on New York Stock Exchange |
| 2002: | Deutsche Bank acquired Zurich Scudder Investments and RREEF, becoming one of the world’s largest managers of assets and real estate |
| 2012: | Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management is formed |
| 2015: | Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown had 210 Client Advisors in 16 branches managing $50 billion in assets |
| 2016: | Alex. Brown partners with Raymond James, the nation’s 7th largest wealth management firm by assets under management2 |
1Source: Securities Data Corporation
2Source: On Wall Street ranking
Raymond James is not affiliated with the companies mentioned, except Alex. Brown.