X0306 4 2016-11-21 0000720005 RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC RJF 0001185788 TROCIN JEFFREY E 880 CARILLON PARKWAY ST. PETERSBURG FL 33716 1 Executive Vice President - RJF Common Stock 2016-11-15 5 G 0 150.0000 0.0000 D 152015.0000 D Common Stock 2016-11-21 4 A 0 4307.0000 0.0000 A 156322.0000 D Common Stock 12949.0000 I ESOP Includes 128 shares of common stock acquired on March 2, 2016, 103 shares of common stock acquired on June 2, 2016, and 99 shares of common stock acquired on September 2, 2016, pursuant to the registrant's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Vesting of Performance Restricted Stock Units (PRSUs) granted on 12/13/2013. Reflects a reduction in shares previously attributable to the reporting person due to holdings by adult children now independent of the reporting person. Since the date of the reporting person's last Form 4 reflecting common stock holdings, the reporting person has disposed of 3,000 shares held in his ESOP account pursuant to a diversification election made under the Internal Revenue Code, and his ESOP account has received additional allocations under the ESOP through November 21, 2016. trocinjeffreypoa.txt This Form 4 reports (1) a gift of shares by the reporting person and (2) the acquisition by the reporting person of common stock resulting from the vesting of RSUs granted on 12/13/2013 based on the company's attaining certain levels of average after-tax return-on-equity over a three-year measurement period. /s/ Jeffrey E. Trocin by Jonathan J. Doyle as Attorney-in-Fact 2016-11-23