Morgan Stanley team managing $180 million joins Raymond James in California

Father-daughter team of John and Deanna DeRosa in Newport Beach join employee channel.
DEC 27, 2017

John DeRosa and Deanna DeRosa, a father-daughter team managing $180 million at Morgan Stanley, have moved to the employee channel of Raymond James in Newport Beach, Calif. The senior DeRosa began his financial services career at Eastman Dillon & Co. in 1970, and had stints at Paine Webber and Kidder Peabody before joining Smith Barney in 1999, which was acquired by Morgan Stanley in 2009. Ms. DeRosa began her financial services career in 1994 at Kidder Peabody and then spent four years in Japan before joining her father at Smith Barney in 1999. ​

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